Tag: Royal Mail

Nine out of ten first class letters arrive next day says Royal Mail

Posted by | Feb 28, 2002 | |

More than nine out of ten First Class letters are arriving the day after posting for the second three months in succession. Royal Mail is delivering a substantially better performance compared to a year ago but still has work to do in under-performing parts of the country if the year end target of 92.1% is to be met, Consignia said today. The latest quality of service report covering the final three months of 2001 showed that 90.4% of First Class letters arrived the day after posting. This was a 0.3 percentage point below the quarterly performance for July to September – but it is much better than the 87.0% result in the October to December period in 2000.

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Second post axed in trial to cut costs

Posted by | Feb 27, 2002 | |

THE Royal Mail began the most radical and controversial shake-up in its history yesterday with the launch of trials for a two-tier system for businesses and households. Within the next few months, 14 centres in the country are to replace first and second post for households with one delivery just before or just after midday. Businesses will receive one early post.

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Businesses to get priority as postal deliveries are cut

Posted by | Feb 27, 2002 | |

Businesses are to get priority over households for early postal deliveries, Royal Mail said yesterday. It confirmed proposals, first made at the start of the year, to drop the second daily delivery and replace it with a single delivery to business addresses between 7am and 9am. Urban households should receive mail between 9am and 1pm, while rural homes would receive post by late lunchtime. Royal Mail hopes the proposals will ensure more first class mail arrives the next working day.

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Royal Mail to reduce deliveries

Posted by | Feb 26, 2002 | |

THE Royal Mail is to launch trials of new “delivery patterns” which will lead to post arriving later and the ending of second deliveries, it was announced today. The changes, to be tested in 14 areas of the UK, will mean a single delivery arriving by lunchtime. The plans, due to be extended across the country from the autumn, are expected to lead to job losses among postal workers.

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Homeworkers attack `second-rate' post service

Posted by | Feb 26, 2002 | |

Leaders of a million businessmen and women who work from home tonight attacked plans to deliver post later in the day and end second deliveries. The Royal Mail said the changes, to be tested in 14 areas of the UK, will mean a single delivery arriving by lunchtime. Royal Mail said some people will receive later deliveries, although others could see no change, or even have post delivered earlier than at present.

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