The price of sending bulky items though the post is set to soar under radical plans being hatched by Royal Mail.
If the proposals are given the go-ahead then the price of sending an A4-sized envelope first class will rise from 28p to 46p, in a move that will anger many businesses.
Royal Mail wants to scrap the 150-year-old system of weighing parcels to determine the price of postage and replace it with a sized-based system.
Read MoreAn Post has said it realises the country’s postal service needs to be significantly improved.
New figures released by the Communications regulator reveal a quarter of all mail An Post handles arrives late.
ComReg says there has been some improvement in the service, but that An Post is failing to meet its targets of delivering 94% of mail on time.
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Read MoreNightspeed Secure Worldwide Express says it has gained business from retailers with its new Printspeed service to distribute fragile marketing items and print goods.
Nightspeed collects parcels from Michael John Design and delivers them to branches of Tesco and Boots throughout the UK and southern Ireland. It also delivers promotional items for Sainsbury.
Read MoreParcelforce Worldwide has cut operational losses by 40% from £98m to £59m in the first half of the year following the termination of uneconomic contract and continue job losses.
In the past year the firm has restructured including a change in focus to entirely handling express, time-guaranteed parcels for business customers.
The pace of moving to the planned level of owner-drivers is now behind schedule due to “the prevailing industrial relations climate”.
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