The communications regulator has launched an investigation into poor performance at Royal Mail that could lead to a fine after more than a quarter of first-class mail was not delivered on time. Ofcom said it would examine the postal service operator’s failure to meet targets during a year marked by …
Read More »Ofcom launches investigation into Royal Mail after it missed delivery targets
R egulator Ofcom said it has launched an investigation into Royal Mail’s failure to meet its delivery targets in the past year – and could hand out a fine. The British delivery firm fell short of its performance targets across the 2022 to 2023 financial year for first and second …
Read More »Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee resolution: It is time to declare our own red lines in the fight against Royal Mail and the CWU bureaucracy
The following resolution was unanimously adopted by a meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee on Sunday May 14. The vote followed a wide-ranging discussion among postal workers in attendance from across the UK, from delivery, processing, and Parcelforce. A report on the meeting will be published in the coming …
Read More »UK’s Ofcom probes Royal Mail over failure to meet delivery target
May 15 (Reuters) – Ofcom, Britain’s communications regulator, said it launched a probe on Monday into Royal Mail’s failure to meet delivery targets in the past year, adding it would consider imposing a financial penalty. Royal Mail earlier said it did not meet delivery targets for 2022-2023, blaming union disputes …
Read More »Opposition parties the big winners in Thailand’s election
Pita Limjaroenrat Jack Taylor/AFP via Getty Images With nearly all of the votes counted, Thailand’s main opposition parties came out on top in Sunday’s election. The liberal Move Forward party and populist Pheu Thai Party are both set to win more than triple the number of seats of the junta’s …
Read More »Royal Mail postal deliveries are worst on record
The figures follow revelations in the Telegraph last week that “postal deserts” had sprung up across the country, leaving households starved of deliveries for up to a fortnight. Grant McPherson, Royal Mail operating chief said: “We’re sorry to any customers who may have been impacted by our performance during a …
Read More »Logistics UK call for measures to support industry decarbonising fleet operations
In their 2023 Electric Vehicle Report, Logistics UK, the trade association for the UK freight industry, have called for more support in moving the industry towards full decarbonisation. The report is based on responses from 32 Logistics UK member organisations, between December 2022 and January 2023. These members included companies …
Read More »King Charles to be in ‘perpetual orbit’ between Royal residences
King Charles will be in ‘perpetual orbit’ if he chooses to split his time between his more than a dozen royal residences, from London to Transylvania, a royal historian has claimed. It has been widely known for some time that the newly crowned monarch has no desire to move into …
Read More »British homes could be sending an average of £5,700 to foreign gas producers by 2035
Average home could be buying foreign gas worth around £500 a year by 2035 UK will need to speed up deployment of renewable power and insulate homes British homes will send an average of £5,700 abroad to foreign gas producers to heat their homes and water and cook food by …
Read More »Sir Mo Farah dedicates Bafta documentary award to ‘children being trafficked’
The four-time Olympic champion revealed how he was brought to Britain from Somalia illegally, having assumed the name of another child, after his father was killed in the civil war. Collecting the prize at the event at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, Sir Mo dedicating the best single documentary …
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