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Could a First Class stamp end up costing more than a quid?

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.

CVG: new grammages are lighter and give more square metres per tonne

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.

Thompson: open letter to customers

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: strike action could make pay offer unaffordable

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 –...

There has been an increase in mail effectiveness

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...

115,000 postal workers have been taking industrial action

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...

Thompson: "we need change to survive"

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: social media campaign gets personal

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...

Christmas 2022: CWU not happy with Royal Mail

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.

Thompson: "we need change to survive"

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...