The universal postal service requires Royal Mail to deliver letters to every address in the UK, six days a week at a uniform price, and parcels five days a week. Mole Valley District Council leader Stephen Cooksey said he had written to Postmasters in Dorking and Leatherhead to ask when …
Read More »ONGOING problems being experienced by Royal Mail are continuing to affect the Island’s postal deliveries, but Jersey Post has reported some recent improvement to the service. Reports from Islanders about incoming post from the UK taking five or six days to arrive surfaced last month, a few weeks after the …
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Furious residents have branded Royal Mail deliveries in parts of Nuneaton a ‘joke’. They say that pockets of the town have been left without mail for weeks and, as a result, some have missed important hospital appointments and bills. One area especially hard hit has been Galley Common, particularly around …
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Royal Mail is hoping to end Saturday letter deliveries after the postal regulator called for evidence on how its services might change as the popularity of paper post continues to fall. Ofcom, which has previously estimated Royal Mail could save up to £225m annually by dropping Saturday delivery and conducted …
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Royal Mail has announced on Tuesday that the price of a first class stamp will rise by 15p from October to £1.25. This comes as the company has said they are facing “increasing cost pressures” amid a “challenged economic environment.” “We understand the economic challenges that many of our customers …
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Saturday deliveries could be axed if the Royal Mail has its way – with regulator Ofcom saying the idea is “under review”. Britain’s postal service is facing a radical overhaul next month, with the cost of a first-class stamp set to jump by 15 pence to £1.25 from October 2. …
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“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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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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THE Royal Mail has revealed how much the price of first class stamps will rise by within just weeks. The firm has announced they will go up from £1.10 to £1.25 on October 2. 1 Royal Mail first class stamps are rising by 15p within weeksCredit: Getty However, second class …
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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The price of a first-class stamp will jump by 15p from the start of October, Royal Mail has announced, but it has kept the price of second-class stamps …
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