Tag Archives: Post Office

Royal Mail is pressuring regulators to approve plans for less frequent letter deliveries, as the company scrambles to fend off a £3.1bn takeover bid from a Czech billionaire. International Distributions Services (IDS), Royal Mail’s parent company, said foot-dragging by Ofcom had “held back” plans to modernise the company. Keith Williams, …

Post Office bosses plotted to raid convicted sub-postmasters’ pensions to make up account shortfalls, an inquiry heard. David Miller, the Post Office’s former chief operating officer, denied being the architect of what he described as a “horrendous” plan to target the pensions of sub-postmasters accused of theft. The Post Office …

Yesterday senior MPs called on Royal Mail to stop the fines, which increased last October from £2.50 to £5, as it investigates issues with new barcoded stamps. A spate of customers claim they have been wrongly surcharged. The Liberal Democrats said it was “ridiculous” customers were being caught up in …

Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has apologised for not meeting Alan Bates in 2010 when the sub-postmasters campaigner wrote to him for the first time about the Horizon scandal. Sir Ed, who was the Post Office minister at the time, was advised to meet Mr Bates …

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Alan Cook is now being questioned by Edward Henry KC, who represents Janet Skinner, a sub-postmistress who served a nine-month sentence for false accounting after pleading guilty in 2006. “She’d been jailed on the lie, Mr Cook, that Horizon was infallible,” Mr Henry said. “But you said you had no …

Exclusive: Former Real Housewives of Cheshire star Deborah Davies has been left horrified after an alleged Royal Mail error flagged that she owed the company £8,000 Debbie has been left horrified by the error ( Image: @deborahdaviespsychic/Instagram) Deborah Davies has been left in complete shock after Royal Mail claimed she …

The Royal Mail introduced barcode stamps in 2022 in an effort to put a stop to forgeries that were costing the postal service tens of millions of pounds every year.  The barcodes are scanned when post arrives at sorting offices and suspicious stamps are then inspected by staff who then …

What colour is the logo? If you have bought individual stamps, this step won’t apply to you. However, when purchasing a book of stamps or even a sheet of stamps, find the Forest Stewardship Council certification. All genuine Royal Mail stamp books and sheets will have the FSC logo. What …