Royal Mail has opened its Write to Santa service for 2020 letting you get a free letter from Father Christmas – and children are bound to love it. We reckon children will adore getting a response from the man in the big red suit – this year of all years. …
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Royal Mail boss hints that Saturday post could be scrapped because it is no longer ‘economic’ to deliver letters six days a week Royal Mail boss says delivering letters six days a week is no longer ‘economic’ Chairman Keith Williams says changes are needed to reflect customer habits During the …
Read More »Post Office to shut 600 ATMs in blow for high streets across Britain
Cost-cutting has resulted in about 55 bank and building society branch closures every month since 2015, according to Which? The Post Office does not currently own or operate any of the 2,000 ATMs at its branches, which are run by Bank of Ireland. As part of its new plan it will …
Read More »Retired engineer, 75, faces having his dachshund and five pugs put to sleep for savaging postman
A grandfather-of-nine faced having to put down his pet dachshund and five pugs today after they surrounded a postman and nipped at his legs – leaving him scarred for life. Allen Parkinson, 75, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, was hauled into court after the six dogs escaped through his open French doors …
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CHILDREN can once again write to Santa for Christmas 2020 and get a response from the big man himself. It was 1963 when Royal Mail first started helping Father Christmas add some extra magic to children’s Christmas. 1 Father Christmas is once again responding to children’s letters in the postCredit: …
Read More »East Yorkshire ship specialist’s major contribution to Extreme E race series
A specialist East Yorkshire business has overseen the multi-million pound refit of a former South Atlantic ferry ready for its new role as a floating motor racing paddock. The former Island of St Helena Royal Mail ship is in the final stages of a transformation into an ultra-efficient floating hub …
Read More »Royal Mail launch new service in ‘biggest changes to daily delivery since launch of the post box’
Royal Mail have launched a parcel collection service which will see parcels and mail collected from people’s homes reports the BBC. This comes as there has been an increase in online shopping – especially throughout the pandemic – and as Royal Mail are set to make a loss this year. …
Read More »Royal Mail releases new stamps to celebrate 50 years of Star Trek TV and movie franchise
Royal Mail is set to release a new set of stamps to celebrate 50 years of the Star Trek TV and film franchise. The long-running space adventure has so far produced more than 780 TV episodes and 13 movies after its first broadcast in the UK in 1969. The main …
Read More »Royal Mail launches new parcel pick-up service across Britain
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Royal Mail Plc, one of the world’s oldest postal companies, on Wednesday launched a new parcel pick-up service across Britain, in a move that would enable postmen and postwomen to collect and deliver parcels on their daily rounds. Reporting by Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru; Editing by …
Read More »Postal workers to collect from the doorstep as Royal Mail shakes up service | Business
Royal Mail postal workers will for the first time collect parcels on the doorstep, in one of the biggest changes to the service as it adapts to the decline in letters and rapid growth in online shopping. From Wednesday customers across the UK will be able to pay a fee …
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