Today, Royal Mail Special Delivery announced a package collection and delivery service for all UK businesses. Any business can arrange for documents and packages to be picked up from their offices and delivered the next morning to any location in the UK for less than £10.
Read MoreManagerial union Amicus launches its campaign today to secure a decent pay settlement for 15,000 Post Office managers. The Mission for Managers document outlines a package of looked-for reforms and is intended to coincide with Royal Mail chairman Allan Leighton’s announcement of his new management structure for the Post Office.
Read MoreThe Royal Mail has banned the sale of stamps from its own sorting offices and stripped nearly 4,000 post offices across the UK of stamp vending machines.
Customers at most post offices around the country will now have to join lengthy queues if they wish to buy stamps at the counter.
The changes have gone through without any public consultation, leading to criticism of the Royal Mail’s “monopolistic attitude”.
Read MoreStamp prices should rise by a penny from next spring, the postal regulator is expected to announce next week.
Postcomm is likely to suggest that alongside the increase, which would net Royal Mail ý170m a year, the company should face tougher performance targets and a compensation scheme for customers.
Read MoreRoyal Mail has launched its most extensive and developed online campaign to date, in an attempt to inform its customers about the core services that it offers through the Internet. The campaign centres around the Royal Mail Special Delivery service and allows the service to be booked online for the first time. However, the campaign is part of a wider strategy for the company
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