Royal Mail has been fined £21m for failing to meet delivery targets for the third year in a row and warned fines are likely to continue unless there’s an improvement. As well as failing to meet current delivery times for both first and second class mail, Royal Mail did not …
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Ofcom has fined Royal Mail a record £21m for late deliveries of first and second class letters, one of the largest fines the regulator has ever … Source link
Read More »Royal Mail fined £21m by watchdog for missing mail delivery targets
Royal Mail has been fined £21 million for missing its annual first and second class mail delivery targets, leading to millions of letters arriving late across the UK, regulator Ofcom has said. It represents the third-largest fine ever imposed by the communications watchdog. Royal Mail delivered 77% of first class …
Read More »Jason Manford returns as the host of the Royal Variety Performance – as previous presenters Amanda Holden and Alan Carr stand down
Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By AYAAT YASSIN-KASSAB Published: 11:42 EDT, 15 September 2025 | Updated: 11:44 EDT, 15 September 2025 Jason Manford has been confirmed as the host of the Royal Variety Performance – as Amanda Holden and Alan Carr stand down from the role. The 44-year-old …
Read More »Royal Mail delivers postbox of the future: New solar-powered design will take parcels as well as letters as mail bosses fight back against Amazon
Britain’s iconic red postboxes still have some life in them yet, as Royal Mail begins to rollout new ‘postboxes of the future’. Around 3,500 of the new solar-powered postboxes are set to be rolled out across the UK. The new designs feature a digitally activated drop-down drawer which will enable …
Read More »Royal Mail fail to deliver one in four first class letters on time in first months under new ownership approved by ministers
Royal Mail failed to deliver one in four first-class letters on time in the months after it was taken over by the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, it has been reported. The postal service, which is already under scrutiny after it increased the cost of a first-class stamp to £1.70 in April, is …
Read More »BT refunds £18m to customers over contract failures
Ofcom opened an investigation into BT after receiving information it may have failed to provide required documents to customers (BT Group/PA) (PA Media) BT has refunded £18 million to customers after Ofcom ruled it did not give them enough information about their contracts. The regulator fined BT £2.8 million last …
Read More »Sky challenges Ofcom’s end-of-contract notification rule in latest legal bid
British media giant Sky is trying to appeal a regulatory ruling obliged it to notify customers their contract with the telecoms giant was coming to an end. Ofcom, the communications regulator, opened a probe into Sky in 2020 and found in 2022 that the media giant breached obligations to provide …
Read More »Major changes to Royal Mail delivery times take effect today
Major changes to Royal Mail’s delivery times and targets have come into effect as regulator Ofcom looks to cut costs and modernise the service. From today, Royal Mail can start delivering second-class letters on alternate weekdays, instead of six days a week. The target to deliver these letters will remain …
Read More »Major changes to Royal Mail delivery times take effect today
Major changes to Royal Mail’s delivery times and targets have come into effect as regulator Ofcom looks to cut costs and modernise the service. From today, Royal Mail can start delivering second-class letters on alternate weekdays, instead of six days a week. The target to deliver these letters will remain …
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