Tag Archives: Post Office

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, …

Such “safe account” scams make up a fifth of all fraud losses, according to the banking trade body UK Finance, with victims losing £4,500 per case on average. Four in five of the scams start with a text message, according to TSB. It said Royal Mail was the most impersonated …

Some packages have to be sent off today if you want to be sure they will reach their destination in time for December 25, especially if you are sending them overseas Some parcels have to be sent today to arrive for Christmas – so get yours in the post ( …

The Government has written down the value of the Post Office to zero after the state-owned chain was hit by the postmasters scandal. In its annual report, the Department for Business said the value of its holding in Post Office Ltd had plummeted from £145m to “nil” in the year …

Some Coatbridge residents have went up to two weeks without receiving any post following a Covid outbreak among Royal Mail staff. More than half of all postal workers in the area have been off through coronavirus at the same time, with other sickness absences also hitting staffing numbers. Royal Mail …

S ir Keir Starmer has faced union demands to stick with Jeremy Corbyn-era policies to nationalise key industries. The Labour leader should not make “timid tweaks” to the system and instead aim for “deep and transformative change”, according to a motion moved at the party’s conference in Brighton The Communication …

ROYAL MAIL has been delivering letters and parcels for over 500 years and has tons of services available from “signed for” to “UK guaranteed” delivery. We explain the different Post Office delivery package options on offer. 3 If you’re sending an important parcel, there are lots of delivery options from …

The only thing Back’s £1.8bn “transformation plan” succeeded in transforming was relations with the unions, and not for the better. He infuriated the Communication Workers Union, first by trying to force through changes to pay and working conditions while commuting from his luxury Swiss apartment, then refusing to jet into Britain …

Thanks to TikTok, we’ve been learning all sorts of weird and wonderful things – from why Digestive biscuits are called Digestives to sneaky tricks to apply the perfect winged eyeliner. But as well as teaching us valuable life hacks, the videos often make us pause for thought. This seems to …