Royal Mail has been granted permission by the communications watchdog to slow down first and second-class letter deliveries as part of a cost-cutting measure. As of the end of July, Ofcom’s new regulations will permit Royal Mail to deliver second-class letters on alternate weekdays from Monday to Friday, rather than …
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UK regulator Ofcom has announced that Royal Mail will be allowed to cut its Second Class delivery service as part of its review of the universal service obligation. Under the changes, Royal Mail will deliver Second Class letters in a two-week cycle, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday one week and …
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Royal Mail has won regulatory approval to reduce second-class letter deliveries to just two days a week from July 28, cutting Saturday services as … Source link
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A Post Box in the community of Twyn Wenallt, near Gilwern, was removed in February 2025 following a defacement. Local MS, Peter Fox, wrote to the Royal Mail after being contacted by a significant number of concerned residents to relay their concerns, and to ask when the box would be …
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Ofcom has laid out reforms to Universal Service that will enable Royal Mail to change the frequency of second-class post. In an announcement today (10 July), the regulator said UK postal users would have extra protections against long delivery delays under the reforms, which it said will enable Royal Mail …
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Royal Mail has been given the go-ahead to scrap second-class letter deliveries on Saturdays from the end of this month, the regulator has announced. Under reforms due to the decline of postal letters, rising prices and long delays, Royal Mail will shift to delivering second-class letters on alternate weekdays Monday …
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The regulator said that from July 28, Royal Mail will be able to axe the six-day-a-week service for second-class letters, but will maintain Monday to Saturday deliveries for first-class post. It said it would keep the target for second-class letters to arrive within three working days despite changing deliveries to …
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Stamp Market Tips by Henry Gitner and Rick Miller Austria is a landlocked country in central Europe. Its people speak German, and it is the only major German-speaking nation that managed to avoid German unification in the 19th century. Austria issued its first stamps in 1850 while it still comprised …
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A new housing estate in Glasgow is still an ‘island’ with no shop, post box or frequent bus service according to a councillor. Sighthill in the north of the city is eventually expected to have 1000 newly built homes, after high rise flats were demolished more than a decade ago. …
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