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Committee believes that Royal Mail has deprioritised delivery of letters as a matter of company policy

Royal Mail referred to Ofcom

Under-fire bosses at Royal Mail now have another problem on their plates, after MPs referred the business to Ofcom over its "systematic failure" to meet parts of the Universal Service Obligation...

77% of mail items were read, looked at or glanced at in Q4

Mail open, read, and retention rates improve in Q4

JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q4 2022, which revealed that more mail was opened, read, and retained over the Christmas trading season than at any other...

Royal Mail and CWU agree that workplace tensions need to be reduced

Royal Mail and CWU talks extended

Crunch talks between Royal Mail and the CWU have been extended, with “progress made in some areas”.

Donelan: New laws release British businesses from unnecessary red tape

UK GDPR replacement data laws unveiled

New data laws are being introduced by technology secretary Michelle Donelan today (8 March) in parliament that the government said will cut down pointless paperwork for businesses and reduce cookie...

(L-R) Propack MD Jason Clough with CEO and founder Neil Lloyd

Propack launches sustainable greetings cards business

Propack has launched its own online sustainable greetings cards retail business, Planet Bee Cards.

Royal Mail: 25% decline in letters compared to pre-pandemic

Royal Mail hikes stamp prices, agrees new talks with CWU

Royal Mail has announced an inflation-busting near-16% increase in the price of First Class stamps, which will breach the £1 mark for the first time.

(L-R) Antony Moore, operations director, and Kevin Dunn, business development director at PHD

PHD invests £2m in mailing growth

Burton-on-Trent secure document mailing company PHD Mail has invested £2m in an array of brand-new machinery, capitalising on growth it has seen in the transactional mail market.

Pureprint: second expansion move since start of the year

Pureprint opens Plymouth office, adds Pepper people

Pureprint Group has opened a new office in Plymouth after taking on a number of ex-Pepper Communications staff.

The session was live streamed from Parliament

Tense session for Royal Mail bosses

Royal Mail bosses faced further scrutiny over their approach to the USO, among other matters, in the latest appearance before MPs with committee chair Darren Jones saying that answers had “completely...

Thompson: recalled after questions raised over previous evidence

MPs set to grill Royal Mail CEO again

Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson will appear before the Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Committee again later today.