Dear reader, You’re adamant that your watch was stolen, but Royal Mail seemed to be insinuating that your lazy packaging efforts might have caused the watch to fall out of its own accord and become lost somewhere within its vast system. I asked you for pictures of the opened package, as …
Read More »Key August 2023 benefits payment dates, law and rule changes
This August will see many changes to people’s lives through a variety of new rules, regulations and other alterations. There is a Bank Holiday which will mean changes to the date people will receive benefits payments and people will also see the continued support from the government’s energy price guarantee, …
Read More »Royal Mail warns time is running out to use postage stamps before major changes
A warning has been issued to everyone in the UK with unused first and second class stamps. Royal Mail introduced a new barcode on the back of stamps in 2022. These allow the stamps to be traced. But, since the introduction, customers have still been able to use non-barcoded first …
Read More »Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee meeting draws lessons of CWU Royal Mail betrayal and discusses fightback strategy
The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) met Sunday to discuss the lessons of the year-long dispute at Royal Mail. It was the first Zoom meeting held since the Communication Workers Union (CWU) pushed through its pro-company agreement in a ballot ending on July 11. A report was given on the …
Read More »Royal Mail lorry driver on his first ever nightshift fell asleep at the wheel and killed a grandfather after using his sleep breaks to watch videos on his phone instead, court hears
A Royal Mail lorry driver on his first ever nightshift fell asleep at the wheel and killed a grandfather after using his breaks to watch videos on his phone, a court has heard. Stefan-Alexandru Bloj’s 44-tonne lorry ploughed into the back of David Sullivan’s Citroen van at a roundabout near …
Read More »Post Office services set to return to city estate after closure
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 …
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