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Martin Lewis has urged shoppers to stock up on a cheap and common item before they spike in price, reaching more than twice the sum people would pay a decade ago. But the Money Saving Expert has warned that buyers only have until October 2 before the price goes up. …

A warning has been issued for people to stock up on a common £1.10 item before October 2. Martin Lewis’ website Money-Saving Expert is urging people to act now before prices go up by 14 per cent at the start of next month. First class stamps will increase on October …

Royal Mail has begun recruiting workers in Devon to help sort Christmas cards and parcels during the busy festive period. It says the extra hands are needed for day and night shifts in Exeter to play a “key role in delivering Christmas to the nation”. The company says: “The festive …

Royal Mail has started the Christmas countdown by recruiting workers in Cornwall for the busy festive period. Extra hands are needed for day and night shifts in Truro to play a “key role in delivering Christmas to the nation”, says the company. Depending on the shifts, employees at the Truro …

Christmas is a time of giving, which also makes it a time when parcels zip up and down the country. To meet high demand at its busiest time of year, Royal Mail is looking to recruit new staff over the Christmas period. The company is looking to recruit mail sorters …

A Derbyshire family has been recognised for serving their community for three decades. Bhupinder and Parminder Sangha acquired Allenton Post Office in September 1993 and have become a hallmark of the community. Their children, Harry and Harminder were teenagers when their parents took control of the business, and have both …

As many as 77% of UK holidaymakers are planning to travel somewhere new in the next 12 months, with even more hoping to visit one of their dream travel destinations. Research, commissioned by Post Office, revealed a definitive travel bucket list. More than eight in 10 UK tourists want to …

Postal workers at Royal Mail face a deluge of attacks on jobs, working conditions, pay, and entitlements as the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) national agreement takes effect. Anger is growing, with ballots for industrial action in Scotland and London only the tip of the iceberg. At Hayes delivery office near …

Big Sender! Royal Mail releases a 12-stamp issue of Dame Shirley Bassey performing in her remarkable 70-year career By Milo Pope Updated: 20:10 EDT, 6 September 2023 She has won many plaudits throughout her 70 year career and now Dame Shirley Bassey is the subject of 12 special stamps.  The …

Furious residents have branded Royal Mail deliveries in parts of Nuneaton a ‘joke’. They say that pockets of the town have been left without mail for weeks and, as a result, some have missed important hospital appointments and bills. One area especially hard hit has been Galley Common, particularly around …