Postal services will be restored on the Stocking Farm estate in Leicester following the sudden closure of a Post Office earlier this year. Post Office has confirmed a plan to reopen a counter at a new location after customers were left ‘angry and heartbroken’ in February this year. The former …
Read More »Royal Mail issues one-week deadline warning to anyone using 1st or 2nd class stamps
Royal Mail has issued a warning to remind its customers of a looming deadline that will affect anyone who uses its stamps. The UK postal service introduced new barcoded stamps back in 2022 with each barcode allowing the stamps to be traced through the postal system. Since then, people have …
Read More »Royal Mail one week stamp warning as old versions to expire – how to exchange
Anyone with the older style Royal Mail stamps at home has one last week to use or exchange them before they become worthless. The six month grace period granted to the old style of stamps ends on Monday, July 31. After the deadline, only the new version stamps with barcodes …
Read More »Royal Mail sorting office in Craigavon on the market for £1.83m
A PURPOSE-built Royal Mail sorting office in Craigavon is on the market for £1.83 million. Number 2 Balteagh Road, Craigavon in Co Armagh, was built in 1995 and spans 22,087 sq ft and sits within a site of 1.9 acres able to host 134 cars and 10 lorries. Within the …
Read More »Royal Mail appoints German boss to navigate the death of letters
The German has taken home in excess of £3m over the last two years, more than double the £1.3m paid to outgoing Royal Mail chief Simon Thompson over the same period. The task facing Seidenberg cannot be underestimated. One of the worst campaigns of industrial action in a generation drew …
Read More »New IDS CEO pledges 'bright future' – Printweek
International Distributions Services (IDS) is changing its board structure following the departure of Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson. Source link
Read More »FTSE 100 Live 20 July: Shares hold gains, Easyjet and Royal Mail post updates
Royal Mail shares 3% higher, Anglo American leads FTSE 100 Royal Mail shares rose again today as the appointment of a new boss got the City’s stamp of approval following a year of strike turmoil. Martin Seidenberg takes charge of owner International Distributions Services from next month, with one of …
Read More »Royal Mail owner chooses new boss from Dutch subsidiary
T he company behind Royal Mail has appointed its next boss from its rapidly growing Dutch subsidiary following a bruising time for the logistics giant. International Distributions Services (IDS) said that Martin Seidenberg will become chief executive of the group. Since 2020 he has run GLS – an Amsterdam-based parcel …
Read More »Royal Mail slashes opening times at North Staffordshire delivery offices
Royal Mail has slashed the opening hours at some of its North Staffordshire delivery offices. StokeonTrentLive readers have confirmed that opening times have this week been cut at its depots on Bengry Road, in Normacot, and on Brock Way, in Silverdale. The Silverdale changes mean the centre now shuts earlier …
Read More »New UK passport change to come into effect this week for first time in 70 years
A change will be made to UK passports for the first time in 70 years. Prior to her death in September of last year, UK passports were issued by the late Queen Elizabeth II, under Her Majesty’s name. As reported by the Liverpool Echo, passports issued up until recently state: …
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