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Daniel Kretinsky has agreed not to push through unreasonable price rises following his takeover of the Royal Mail – David W Cerny/Reuters The cost of a first-class stamp is to rise by 5p as Royal Mail gears up for a looming takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. The postal service …

The World Socialist Web Site spoke with Ian, a postal worker from the north-west of England who is a member of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC). Ian spoke about the “USO reform” announced by regulator Ofcom and being implemented by Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) through …

Stamp prices are set to rise again next month as “the cost of delivering mail continues to increase”. Royal Mail has confirmed the cost of a First-Class stamp will rise by 5p to £1.70 from April 7, with the price of a Second-Class stamp increasing by 2p to 87p. Prices …

The British asset management firm announced the change to Abrdn in 2021. · Iain Masterton The vowels are back. British asset management firm Abrdn (ABDN.L) announced this week that it is reinstating the Es in its name four years after it removed them in a rebranding exercise dubbed an “act …

Metro reporter Luke Alsford with some of the lost post that has now been handed back to Royal Mail (Picture: UKNIP) At least a thousand undelivered letters and packages have been discovered dumped in a bin in East London. A postal worker is believed to have left around 1,000 items …

Posties have stopped delivering to a section of Burnley Road in Ainsdale, Southport, after a Royal Mail worker was bitten by a dog, resulting in hospital treatment. The halt comes following two troubling encounters with the canine, with Royal Mail and the police confirming that a man was attacked last …

Deliveries have been suspended to one part of the road Royal Mail has suspended deliveries to a cul-de-sac on one Merseyside road Royal Mail deliveries have been suspended to homes in a cul-de-sac after a postman was attacked by a dog. Royal Mail confirmed it has stopped the delivery of …

Royal Mail’s £3.6bn sale to the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is being held up by a political crisis in Romania caused by claims of Russian meddling. More than two months after the takeover was waved through by the British Government, Mr Kretinsky’s EP Group is still waiting for approval from …

A choir made up of 39 victims of the Post Office scandal performed on the show, with Simon Cowell labelling them the winners The Hear Our Voice choir performing on Britain’s Got Talent(Image: ITV) Fans of Britain’s Got Talent were left reaching for the tissues as 39 victims of the …

One of the victims of former postman Michael Stewart, 63, who was convicted of multiple sexual offences against women in Northumberland, says she is still waiting for a direct apology from Royal Mail. While the company issued a general statement apologising about Stewart’s “abhorrent” behaviour, one of the women affected …