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An entire museum in London is dedicated to celebrating the 500-year-long history of British postal services. Yet that history is becoming an increasingly sorry tale.
Ofcom suggested in October 2012 that the first and second class post systems could be replaced by a single class. The new class would be set at a higher price than the current second class, but would be delivered in a shorter time-frame. [135] Royal Mail was fined £50 million by Ofcom in 2018 for breach of European Union competition law.
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The Parcel Post service of Royal Mail was started in 1883, [6] though parcel services operated by the railway companies, later Red Star Parcels and British Road Services, were also heavily used for many decades. Royal Mail was split into three divisions in 1986 [6] and in August 1990, Royal Mail Parcels was rebranded as Parcelforce.
The Mount Pleasant Mail Centre (often shortened as Mount Pleasant, known internally as the Mount [1] and officially known as the London Central Mail Centre) [2] is a mail centre operated by Royal Mail in London, England. The site has previously operated as one of the largest sorting offices in the world. [3]
Regular USPS mail is not delivered on January 2, 2023. In some circumstances, priority packages will be delivered. If you're expecting something urgent, keep an eye on the tracking number.
Daniel Křetínský is set to become the new owner of Royal Mail after the sale of its parent firm was approved by the government. ... the 49-year-old is now worth £6bn - up £2bn on 2023 ...
[24] [25] The CWU criticised Royal Mail for "pleading poverty" despite having posted a full-year operating profit of £758 million two months before. [24] On 17 August 2022, CWU announced that members at Royal Mail had voted by 98.7% for further strike days over terms and conditions (adding to the separate dispute over pay) [26] on a 72% ...