Postal workders to vote on industrial action
Postal services may be hit by a national strike. Almost 150,000 Royal Mail workers are to be balloted on industrial action over a pay dispute
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Business Reply / Freepost envelope statistics
Last year Royal Mail posted 324 million direct mail response envelopes, 44% of which were first class. Compared to the 4.8billion items sent in total, this is good return business but year-on year this figure is remaining constant even as the industry grows.
Read MoreRoyal Mail delivers bumper postbag of 2.1bn items
The Christmas postbag increased by 50 million items this year despite the popularity of emails, Royal Mail said today.
It delivered 2.1 billion items this year, while Parcelforce Worldwide, part of Royal Mail, handled nearly 12 million packages, up by around 500,000 on last year.
How letters posted across the Midlands fared
SEVEN out of ten letters posted for an Evening Mail survey arrived less than 24 hours later – dispelling fears that Consignia runs a ‘second-class’ service.
A random sample of letters posted across the Midlands showed Consignia is fighting back hard against its critics.
Read MoreRoyal Mail accused on Survey
THE Royal Mail has been accused of trying to con millions of customers into giving it confidential information which it can then sell on.
It has sent them a questionnaire which it claims is designed to help cut down on junk mail.
But critics say the real purpose of the initiative, which includes a survey of personal information more detailed than the national census, is to compile a database of the families, lifestyles and spending habits of millions of Britons.
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