Royal Mail is plotting to axe Saturday letter deliveries and signed-for parcels in bid to modernise and push through cost savings The Royal Mail’s new UK boss is looking at changes as part of a six-month review It comes as postal service is looking to modernise and making big cost savings Decision to scrap Saturday … Read more
A Royal Mail postwoman broke down in tears this afternoon amid a backlash over a TikTok video in which she bragged that she only waited two seconds for people to answer the door before leaving – and insisting: ‘It was a joke.’ Welsh postwoman Laura Orgill, 26, posted the original video showing herself shoving a … Read more
A Royal Mail poster girl has sparked backlash with a TikTok video bragging about only waiting two seconds for people to answer the door before leaving. Welsh postwoman Laura Orgill, 26, posted the video showing herself shoving a ‘we missed you’ leaflet through someone’s letterbox just seconds after knocking on her rounds in south Wales. The video – … Read more
Three in five get scam delivery texts: Crooks are bombarding Britons with phone messages pretending to be from mail firms… and demanding bank details to complete ‘deliveries’ Conmen are exploiting the fact that millions have switched to online shopping A Which? survey found as many as 61 per cent had received a fake delivery text Scammers … Read more
Never miss a parcel! (but it’ll cost you): Royal Mail launches service for people to book a specific time slot for letters and packages to compete with rivals Amazon, DPD and Hermes The Royal Mail is planning a new tiered service offering timed deliveries The cheapest option will allow the Royal Mail to determine the … Read more
Royal Mail set to reveal profits have DOUBLED to more than £700million in pandemic after online shopping frenzy and rise in letter writing Royal Mail saw a fall in trade when the pandemic started but has bounced back Set to announce the company has doubled profits to £700 million next week Bosses will announce a … Read more
Mail bosses will use drones to deliver PPE and Covid testing kits to the Isles of Scilly in pilot scheme that could be rolled out across Britain Royal Mail to start trialling using drones to deliver equipment such as Covid tests If successful the technology could be used to access remote areas across Britain Project … Read more
Ticket to write! Royal Mail releases 12 stamps to honour ex-Beatle’s Sir Paul McCartney’s career Stamp set features a selection of eight LPs defining Sir Paul McCartney’s career Photographs spanning three decades of Sir Paul in the recording studio Royal Mail collaborated closely with the singer/songwriter on the collection Sir Paul is the most successful … Read more
British public now trust Amazon more than the Royal Mail (but we still have faith in its postmen), figures shows Royal Mail CEO Nick Landon sent an internal message to his 140,000 staff He said ‘all of our pride should be dented by Amazon Logistics taking top spot’ The Royal Mail was privatised in 2013 … Read more
Chain mail! Knights fighting bloody battles appear on stamps to mark 550 years since key conflict in the Wars of the Roses Knights are seen attacking each other in furious battles on Royal Mail stamps depicting the Wars of the Roses The illustrated commemorative stamps show some of the bloody clashes between rival camps over … Read more