Saturday letter delivery rules could be relaxed

“However, the number of letters we send and receive has declined by 46% over the last decade, as people and businesses increasingly use digital alternatives. And as the number of letters delivered each day falls, the average cost of delivery is increasing,” it said. Source link

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Ofcom to review Royal Mail’s universal service obligations

UK communications regulator Ofcom announced plans to review the nation’s universal postal service on Tuesday, as a result of the changing needs and habits of postal users. Ofcom said the universal postal service, underpinned by the Postal Services Act of 2011, mandated International Distributions Services subsidiary Royal Mail to deliver …

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Royal Mail marks “an important step” on its journey to achieve Net Zero

Royal Mail’s Net-Zero and near-term targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). SBTi has validated that the corporate greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets submitted by Royal Mail are in line with the latest climate science to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. The targets are part of Royal Mail’s Steps …

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Royal Mail stamp price rises to £10 for one book

A book of first-class stamps will cost £10 after Royal Mail raised prices for the second time in six months, despite failing to hit its delivery targets. Yesterday the company announced that it would increase the price of a first-class stamp from £1.10 to £1.25 from October 2, a rise …

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The end of the Saturday post? After months of strikes and disrupted deliveries, watchdog paves way for end to letters on Saturday as first-class stamp cost to rise again by 15p to hit £1.25

Royal Mail is agitating to end Saturday deliveries as it hits customers with yet another increase in the price of First Class stamps.  The move would fundamentally change the 500-year-old postal service, which is currently obligated to deliver letters to every address six days a week. There are fears that …

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