Royal Mail profits rise despite postal fall (Guardian Unlimited)

• Six months’ operating profit up 4% to £184m on last year • Impact of autumn strikes not included in figures, but CWU’s reaction is positive Royal Mail Group has grown its profits by £7m in the first half of the financial year despite another fall in the amount of post being sent in the UK. The chief executive, Adam Crozier, claimed that the process of modernising Royal Mail was paying off …

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