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Royal Mail warns on stamp prices if USO doesn't change
Royal Mail’s chairman has warned that the price of a First Class stamp could go up to more than £1 if the group has to keep making Saturday deliveries.
Crown Van Gelder improves inkjet paper yield
Crown Van Gelder has added two new weights to its Letsgo High Performance inkjet paper range that are aimed at making mailings more affordable.
Workers rally on latest Royal Mail strike date
Postal workers were massing in central London this afternoon after talks to resolve the long-running strike action at Royal Mail broke down again.
Royal Mail acts on Christmas post
Industrial action has forced Royal Mail to bring forward its Christmas last posting dates by as much as six days compared with last year, as the stand-off between the group and CWU members continues –...
Significant increases in mail engagement and effectiveness in Q3
JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q3 2022, which found there has been a significant increase in the amount of mail UK consumers are reading and looking at and...
Labour frontbencher calls for Royal Mail inquiry; strike impact laid bare
Shadow secretary of state for Business and Industrial Strategy Jonathan Reynolds has written to secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Grant Shapps to address his “extreme...
Royal Mail CEO warns on strike action
Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson has warned CWU leadership to “reflect on saving Christmas and their members’ jobs” amid ongoing strike action at the group.
CWU launches 'no confidence' action against Royal Mail CEO
Workers at Royal Mail delivery offices across the UK have been pictured supporting a ‘no confidence’ motion in CEO Simon Thompson, in the latest salvo against Royal Mail management organised by the...
Royal Mail: CWU announces further pre-Christmas strike dates
The CWU has announced a raft of new strike dates that will hit Royal Mail in the busy run up to Christmas, including Christmas Eve.
Royal Mail seeks urgent reform of USO, posts huge loss
Royal Mail wants to ditch Saturday deliveries and its parent group has confirmed that it will separate the business, which has racked up losses of nearly £220m at the half-year, if “significant change...