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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Royal Mail is agitating to end Saturday deliveries as it hits customers with yet another increase in the price of First Class stamps. The move would fundamentally change the 500-year-old postal service, which is currently obligated to deliver letters to every address six days a week. There are fears that …
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In a letter to the Business Select Committee in June, he wrote: “The ability to send and receive letters and parcels is important both socially and economically. This is particularly true for consumers who might be more vulnerable.” Ofcom will publish evidence later in the year on how demand is …
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A man in his 40s has been hospitalised with serious injuries following a crash on the A30. The crash involved a red Royal Mail truck and a red Bateman agricultural crop sprayer at around 8.10pm on Friday, August 25. Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police were first alerted to the …
Read More »The future of the Royal Mail has been cast into doubt after new figures showed that it is failing to meet delivery targets for any postcode in Britain. Industry experts believe the company – which was partially privatised in 2013 before being sold off completely two years later – is …
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A Royal Mail lorry driver was today jailed for four years after he wasted his sleep breaks on a nightshift to watch videos then nodded off at the wheel and killed a grandfather. Stefan-Alexandru Bloj was on his first ever night shift for the postal service and had only three …
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This exclusivity, which dated back to the spin-off of the Post Office in 2012, ended under the terms of a new partnership signed in 2020, which allowed the company to open up its network to other providers. The Post Office has since also struck click and collect deals with Amazon …
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