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 …
Read More »Royal Mail truck driver seriously injured after A30 crash with crop sprayer
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 »Royal Mail fails to hit delivery targets in EVERY British postcode: Future of body ‘in doubt’ as households are left waiting up to two weeks for post – piling pressure on NHS over ‘missed appointments due to late letters’
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 …
Read More »Royal Mail driver who nodded off at wheel and killed grandfather, 64, after watching videos instead of sleeping on nightshift breaks is jailed for four years
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 …
Read More »French delivery company strikes deal with Post Office in blow to Royal Mail
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 …
Read More »Postbox that survived ‘two world wars and covid’ closes after snails eat mail
The bizarre closure of Royal Mail postboxes in a Cornish village has been branded “daft” and “inconvenient”. A Marazion business owner contacted Royal Mail about the unusual closure of a postbox after a metal telecomms pole was installed nearby – only for another to close days later because snails keep …
Read More »What is happening to hundreds of victimised Royal Mail workers?
Last week the World Socialist Web Site wrote to Charles Falconer, a partner at law firm Gibson Dunn, requesting information about the legal review he is heading into the sacking and suspension of hundreds of union reps and other postal workers during the Royal Mail dispute. The Falconer Review was …
Read More »Postal workers denounce mass sackings at Royal Mail’s Prenton Delivery Office
Six workers remain sacked from Royal Mail’s Prenton Delivery Office in the Wirral. Eleven posties were initially suspended for taking their legally entitled tea breaks at two local pubs. Their treatment is part of a wave of company victimisations, with reports confirming that Royal Mail is targeting workers to enforce …
Read More »Royal Mail jobs in Cornwall that pay £30,000
We live in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK. So getting out and about in our countryside, whilst also enjoying plenty of exercise, working for the Royal Mail is a relatively attractive proposition. The popularity and convenience of online shopping isn’t fading – our posties are being …
Read More »Council A500 blunder leaves taxpayers £1.50 out of pocket
A council has apologised to around 100 taxpayers – after an A500 blunder left some of them out of pocket. Cheshire East Council sent the letter regarding its desire to turn the entire stretch of the A500 between the M6 roundabout at Barthomley and the Weston roundabout into a dual-carriageway …
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