Tag Archives: Royal Mail

Christmas is on its way once again, with only 100 days until the big day. And with friends and family sending cards and gifts, Royal Mail is looking to recruit new staff to help with the increasing demand over the period. The company is hiring seasonal mail sorters in Tonbridge …

A postman thought he was going to die when a dog chased him down and dragged him to the ground, a court heard. Postman Steven McKay was attacked by a Belgian shepherd in September last year, the court was told. Owner Joseph Blaney, 37, begged him not to call the …

SIR – I do wonder about the people running Royal Mail, and what business acumen they demonstrated to secure their roles (“Royal Mail adds Christmas and net zero surcharge to deliveries”, report, September 15). The company is clearly struggling amid the headwinds created by electronic communications and inflation. Sadly, however, …

Has Royal Mail got some kind of death wish? Has its reputation not been trashed enough? Does it want, perhaps, to end all deliveries entirely and finally succumb to a wriggling, complaining last breath after decades of deterioration?  We now learn that it is going to charge businesses a special …

An IT manager has been slapped with a £70 fine by a council spy camera – after ‘letting pedestrians cross a road’. Ash Hulme says he was pulling onto the Royal Mail car park, on Leek Road, when he stopped to let pedestrians pass. But the 36-year-old has been left …

Royal Mail is increasing the cost of posting letters and parcels for businesses over Christmas and imposing a net zero “green surcharge”.  In a move that risks increasing costs for shoppers, business account customers will be asked for an additional 5p or 10p “peak surcharge” for deliveries between November and …

Royal Mail plc (LON:RMG – Get Free Report) shares passed above its 50 day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 207 ($2.59) and traded as high as GBX 207 ($2.59). Royal Mail shares last traded at GBX 207 ($2.59), …

Daventry Road Post Office’s reopening date has been confirmed. The store will re-open on Monday, September 18 at 1pm at a new, nearby, location – Budgens, 50 Daventry Road, Coventry, CV3 5DP. This will restore Post Office services to the area after the closure of the branch at 201 Daventry …

“Keep up the fight” was the response of a postal worker at the Royal Mail’s Mount Pleasant sorting office in London to the campaign for the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee’s (PWRFC) next online Zoom meeting on Sunday, September 24 at 7pm. Over the past week hundreds of copies of the …

A popular postman who was described as ‘one of the nicest men’ has died suddenly after decades serving the community. The devastated family of Garry Skeggs, 53, of Dover, have paid tribute to the “most wonderful” dad, grandad, husband, son and brother. Garry, who died on Tuesday (September 5), worked …