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Households across Scotland are to be sent information about Royal Mail’s new pricing policy, which will come into effect later this month.

The leaflets explaining the scheme, which will take into account the size and thickness of mail as well as its weight, will be sent over the next fortnight.

Royal Mail is also spending GBP10million publicising the changes which will mean 85% of mail will be cheaper or will cost the same. The changes, which will come in on August 21, will also benefit business. For more information visit a post office branch, call 08456 113113 or log on to www.royalmail.com/size

The Royal Mail has saddled itself with a bill for pounds 3m by buying 5,000 new bikes for postmen and women.

The British-built Pashley Mailstar models will replace older bikes in the postal organisation’s 33,000-strong fleet.

The Communication Workers Union welcomed the move and claimed it had persuaded the company to end an “embargo” on replacing bikes.

Royal Mail predicts a record 135 million postcards will be sent and received this summer.

The UK may be a nation of ‘texters’ but when it comes to showing someone you care while away on holiday, a postcard still trumps the text message for that personal touch. In a recent poll conducted by You Gov in conjunction with Royal Mail, over 68 per cent of people still rate the postcard over a text message.

But the texting culture has influenced what is written on the back of a postcard with over 50 per cent of people now using common “textisms” to say they care. “C U Soon” is now the most popular sign off with other well-known abbreviations such as “R” for “are” and “Gr8” featuring heavily.

Royal Mail expects to deliver 28 million postcards sent from within the UK this year and novelty cards now rank above the great British landmarks/ tourist spots as the cards of choice. The top five cards to send from the UK are:

1) Novelty shaped cards e.g. ice-cream, deckchair, sun, boat
2) Buckingham Palace
3) Double Decker buses
4) Tower of London
5) Blackpool Tower