Small businesses and greetings card firms blast ‘drastic’ Royal Mail plan to end daily second class deliveries and cut the 85p-a-letter service to five times a fortnight

Royal Mail has come under fire from small businesses and greetings card firms over plans to slash daily second-class letter deliveries. The company revealed plans yesterday to scrap the deliveries on Saturdays and cut the service to just five times every two weeks.  But critics including the Federation of Small Businesses …

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Colchester whistleblower speaks about Royal Mail chaos

The ex-employee from Colchester, who worked as a postman and at a distribution centre in Chelmsford, has lifted the lid on the inner workings of Royal Mail. It comes after countless residents in the city reported being left without mail for weeks on end, with some missing important hospital appointments as …

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Here’s why the Royal Mail (IDS) share price is pumping

2024-04-04 05:54:15 ET International Distributions Services (LON: IDS) share price has staged a strong recovery this week as investors cheer the recent actions by Royal Mail. The stock surged to a high of 240.8p on Thursday, its highest point since March 11th. Still, it remains about 18.8% below the highest …

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Firms fear cost of Royal Mail changes

Representatives of small businesses and workers have expressed concern at “drastic’’ plans to reduce the frequency of second-class post deliveries, warning it could have damaging knock-on effects for the economy. Royal Mail is proposing to cut the delivery of second-class letters to every other weekday as it looks to tackle …

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