In January, regulator Ofcom began offering consultations on the future of the universal postal service. According to the regulator, the agency is now concentrating on implementing improvements to the second-class service, while maintaining first-class delivery six days a week. Second-class deliveries would only occur on alternate weekdays under the proposed …
Read More »Post Office’s head of postmasters makes abrupt exit in wake of Horizon scandal
Another top executive is leaving the Post Office as the embattled business prepares for the final stage of the Horizon inquiry. Staff were told on Wednesday that Martin Roberts, group chief retail officer at the taxpayer-owned organisation, will leave on Aug 2. He has been in post since Feb 2022 …
Read More »Royal Mail launches scanner for counterfeit stamps – Evening Standard
The company also confirmed it would continue to waive £5 penalties for members of the public to collect post with counterfeit stamps. Royal Mail … Source link
Read More »Royal Mail launches barcode scanner within its app to detect counterfeit stamps
Customers simply need to scan a stamp’s barcode using the app to find out if it’s fake or the real Royal Mail is cracking down on counterfeit stamps ( Image: PA Wire/PA Images) Royal Mail has stepped up its fight against stamp fraudsters with a scanner within its app to …
Read More »Post Office was 'very badly run' with 'creaky' IT infrastructure, says ex-chair
He said the first time the issue was raised in front of him was at a board meeting before the Post Office's independence from Royal Mail in 2013. Source link
Read More »Royal Mail customers livid as different Post Office charges for parcel drop-offs ‘make no sense’
Royal Mail customers are furious after discovering they are charged different Post Office prices to send a package depending on where they are sending the parcel and package from Royal Mail customers have spoken out over the discrepancy after noticing the difference. ( Image: No credit) Royal Mail patrons are …
Read More »Former Royal Mail executive tells inquiry she was assured accounting software was reliable
Open this photo in gallery: Moya Greene, former Chief Executive of Royal Mail Group, speaks in London, in November, 2015.Toby Melville/Reuters The Canadian businesswoman who headed Britain’s Royal Mail for nearly a decade has told a public inquiry that she was misled by company executives about the scale of a …
Read More »Labour must move quickly to stop Royal Mail’s hasty sell-off to fast-buck foreign investor – Paul Routledge
The new government has only been in power for five minutes but they need to urgently halt the sale of our 500-year-old institution for £3.5bn to Czech tycoon who made his billions flogging Russian gas Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky has bid £3.5bn for Royal Mail ( Image: AFP via Getty …
Read More »Royal Mail slashes airmail operations to tackle late letter deliveries
In addition to the cost savings, Royal Mail said the move will save around 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year and help it meet a target of achieving net zero emissions by 2040. The company’s delivery lorries run partly on hydrotreated vegetable oil – a renewable alternative to diesel …
Read More »Belfast is dog attack hotspot for postal workers – The Irish News
The number of attacks by dogs on postal workers has increased in the past year, with 42 incidents every week, new research reveals. Royal Mail said there were 2,206 dog attacks in the year to March, an increase of 15% on the previous 12 months. Some of the attacks had …
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