Tag Archives: Post Office

Britain’s postal service the Royal Mail announced on Tuesday that special barcodes will be added to its ordinary stamps, to improve mail processing but also allow people to send animated videos and messages to be sent to recipients. A pattern similar to a QR code will appear next to the …

The firm is encouraging customers to use up their existing stamps but they will be able to swap any old ones with the new barcoded versions from March 31 via a Freepost address. The announcement follows a successful national trial last year. At the time, Mr Landon compared the change …

Residents in Rugby say they are still waiting to receive Christmas cards because of huge postal delays affecting the area. A number of people living in the town said they were still receiving cards sent over the festive period, some sent from within Rugby itself. Royal Mail has apologised for …

The new Post Office scam uses a clone website to lure bank details off customers. Here’s how to avoid the fake delivery message that is stealing money of thousands of UK recipients The Post Office don’t deliver parcels — this is the job of the Royal Mail ( Image: PA) …

A man has shared his amazement online after a letter was delivered which he explained was like “seeing my life on an envelope”. Feargal Lynn, a musician from Co Antrim, was surprised when a small envelope was popped through his letterbox with ten lines of text on it, rather than …

London — Britain’s postal service, the Royal Mail, was able to work out who an unaddressed letter was meant for when the sender included only the recipient’s first name, postcode, and “life story.” Hearty applause to @RoyalMail Cushendall and Ballymena for being able to deliver this letter to me today …

Don’t get caught out if you’re planning on sending important post or parcels this year, as we’ve got the exact dates the Post Office won’t be open for business in 2022. While you can always pop to a letterbox, the Royal Mail service doesn’t run 365 days a year The …

Over Christmas we are looking back on a remarkable year for business across the region. One that started in the midst of latest lockdown restrictions but which seemed to be on the up with vaccination roll-outs. As businesses were getting back to some level of normality, they took a fresh …

Of Royal Mail’s 1,200 UK delivery offices, which is where mail is sorted, 23 of those are currently experiencing severe delays. We’ve a full list of affected areas below, although Royal Mail says it will rotate deliveries in these locations in a bid to minimise delays. It adds that it …

Delays at post depots have raised fears of disruption in the run-up to Christmas, as the Royal Mail confirmed that staff absences are now at twice the levels of 2018. Postal bosses have insisted that deliveries are operating normally across most counties, despite rising staff sickness and isolation rates. However, …