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Transport and communication workers ‘among most likely to strike last year’

Transport, storage, information and communication workers were by far the most likely to go out on strike in the second half of last year, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed. The ONS said that of the nearly 2.5 million ...

08 Mar 2023 at 11:47

Royal Mail’s six-day delivery service must continue, says business minister

Royal Mail’s six-day delivery service must continue, a business minister has said, as the group proposes cuts. The postal service put forward proposals in April that would see a dramatic reduction in second-class letter deliveries. Regulator ...

02 May 2024 at 12:16

City

Second class Saturday letter deliveries could be scrapped under Ofcom review

Royal Mail could be allowed to ditch Saturday deliveries for second class letters under an overhaul of the UK postal service being considered by the industry watchdog. Regulator Ofcom, which has been consulting on the future of the ...

05 Sept 2024 at 12:10

Music

The Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie ‘grateful’ to close festival

Alternative rock bands The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie closed out All Points East with an emotional and electric set, celebrating the 20th anniversaries of their respective albums Give Up and Transatlanticism. The ...

26 Aug 2024 at 00:42

City

Royal Mail returns to profit after ‘year of change’

Royal Mail has cheered returning to an underlying profit for the first time in three years despite a “competitive and challenging” backdrop. In its first set of figures since the group’s £3.6 billion takeover by Czech ...

01 Sept 2025 at 08:42

Nearly four million working days lost to strikes in past year, says think tank

Around 3.9 million working days have been lost to industrial action in the past year, more than at any point since the 1980s, according to new research. Many of the strikes have been fuelled by real-terms falls in ...

14 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Royal Mail to introduce 3,500 parcel-friendly ‘postboxes of the future’

Royal Mail is rolling out 3,500 solar-powered “postboxes of the future” across the UK, featuring a digitally activated drop-down drawer so customers can send parcels as large as a shoebox. The new design – the ...

27 Aug 2025 at 07:35

City

Royal Mail move to scrap second class post on Saturdays to take ‘many months’

The owner of Royal Mail has said it will take “many months” to roll out changes that will see it ditch second class letter deliveries on Saturdays across the UK. International Distribution Services (IDS) – ...

01 Sept 2025 at 10:54

Royal Mail launches services to help customers post to US after new charges

Royal Mail has announced it will be the first international postal operator to launch new services so people can continue sending goods to the United States ahead of new customs requirements coming into ...

28 Aug 2025 at 07:19

Local News

New stamp marking the 50th anniversary of Sydney Opera House

Today An Post, the Irish Postal Service, issued a stamp marking the 50th anniversary of Sydney Opera House. The stamp was unveiled onsite at Sydney Opera House by Consul General of Ireland Sydney, ...

20 Oct 2023 at 15:33

Royal Mail referred to regulator over letter delivery

A committee of MPs has referred Royal Mail to regulator Ofcom for breaching its requirement to deliver letters across the country six days a week. In a strongly worded report, the Business, ...

17 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Music

The Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie to co-headline All Points East

The Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie will co-headline the All Points East festival in London next summer, it has been announced. The US indie rock bands will perform on Sunday August ...

08 Dec 2023 at 10:59

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