Tag: Royal Mail

A third of Royal Mail managers are “not up to the mark”, the chief executive of the state-run business told a meeting of Britain’s business leaders. Adam Crozier’s comments at the Business Insider Elite Leadership Awards, where he was guest speaker, were described by the Amicus union as “frankly insulting”.
Responding after his speech to a question about future challenges for the company, Mr Crozier said the Royal Mail had 15,000 managers, of which “5,000 are fantastic, 5,000 are good and 5,000 are not up to the mark”. He also said it was important for senior management to “take ownership of bad news”. The company has shed more than 30,000 jobs across the board over the past three years and a Royal Mail spokesman last night admitted he “could not rule out” further job cuts.However, he insisted: “That is not our agenda for these managers.”

Royal Mail is launching a new promotion in support of the customer publishing industry by offering a 15% discount on customer magazine mailing costs. The initiative is designed to encourage clients with a prospective customer title to consider using mail as a distribution method. New clients are being encouraged to test mailed-out customer magazines as a marketing tool, supported by reports that almost two-thirds of all customer magazines are currently posted to recipients.