Tag Archives: Royal Mail

The East Yorkshire coast is blessed with beautiful beaches, but few are as intriguing as Mappleton. Not only is it a bit of a hidden gem, usually far less busy than the big tourists beaches, but it also boasts a “hidden” cove and a chance to find fossils. Popular with …

Diggers have started work ahead of the creation of a new Nuneaton Royal Mail depot and sorting office. They have been spotted on the corner parcel of land at the junction of Bermuda Road and Hazell Way. As we reported in our newsletter, the current facility in Church Street has …

A quaint former Post Office in the heart of Somerton is set to become part of a house. A planning application to incorporate the former retail site at The Triangle into the existing residential premises connected to it has been successful. The Post Office closed in March 2022, but the …

South London residents have expressed their frustration at postal services after being left for as much as two weeks without receiving their mail at home. Residents of Bromley and surrounding areas have resorted to travelling miles into town to collect their letters over the last few months, as postal staff …

Torbay Cemetery & Crematorium is inviting families to remember fathers and father-figures next month and has a number of special ways to help them do just that. On Sunday 18 June – Father’s Day itself – between 9.30am and 1pm, local people are being invited to visit the crematorium and …

A man and a woman have been arrested in Dunmurry after a postman suffered a “vicious” attack on Thursday afternoon. Police say the postal worker was repeatedly struck in the face in the Brianswell Close area of Poleglass, with the assault continuing after he fell to the ground. Róisín Brown, …

It is thirteen years since pensions-fund expert John Ralfe described Royal Mail as a hedge fund that delivers letters. That was before privatisation and was Ralfe’s warning about Royal Mail’s secret decision to invest £5.13 billion of workers’ pension funds into the futures market—a high-stakes gamble that risked financial ruin for …

The World Socialist Web Site has received further write-ins from postal workers across the UK speaking out against brutal cost-cutting revisions agreed between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail. Mass anger towards the CWU’s surrender document with Royal Mail has forced the CWU postal executive to “postpone” balloting on the …

The future stability of Royal Mail has been thrown into question again, after the CWU suspended the ballot over its proposed pay and conditions agreement due to the “command and control” workplace environment it described as “toxic”. Yesterday afternoon (24 May) the CWU issued a statement explaining the latest …

Royal Mail has apologised to a number of customers served by the West Park delivery office after repeated complaints over late parcels and post. A handful of St Budeaux and Barne Barton residents contacted PlymouthLive after numerous Facebook posts in their local residents group highlighted the issue. Some residents said …