Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In 1922, following the establishment of the Irish Free State, the union's Irish section split away to form the Irish Post Office Engineering Union. [3] In 1925, the Post Office Telegraph Mechanicians' Society joined the union. [4] However, by 1939, membership was only 39,000. [1] By 1983, the POEU was the twentieth largest union in the UK, with ...
Bates & Others v Post Office Ltd was a UK group legal action taken by 555 subpostmasters against Post Office Limited, commonly known as the Post Office, the state-owned post office company. It was heard by Justice Fraser in the High Court between 2017 and 2019. Six judgments were handed down, two of them dealing with substantive matters while ...
The Communication Managers' Association (CMA) was a trade union representing managers in the United Kingdom, principally those working for the Post Office.. The union was founded in 1952 with the merger of the Post Office Controlling Officers' Association, the London Postal Superintending Officers' Association, and the Central Telegraph Superintending Officers' Association, the three unions ...
The inquiry is set to "examine the UK's response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and learn lessons for the future". [24] [25] Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry: BEIS: Sir Wyn Williams: 19/05/2021 postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk: To gather a clear account of the implementation and failings of the Horizon IT system at the Post Office over ...
Post Office Limited, formerly Post Office Counters Limited and commonly known as the Post Office, is a state-owned retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of postal and non-postal related products including postage stamps, banking, insurance, bureau de change and identity verification services to the public through its nationwide network of around 11,500 ...
After the opening up of the industry, competitors such as Whistl and UK Mail found their place offering business postal solutions. These companies, despite being competitors to Royal Mail, hand over sorted mail to the Royal Mail for "last mile delivery" due to the sheer dominance the latter hold in a process called 'Down Stream Access'. [3]
Subpostmasters are self-employed business operators, approved by Post Office Ltd to act as their agents in running Post Office branches (outlets). In Jan 2023, the NFSP had 6727 members who operated approximately 9,300 post office branches. [1] Post Office Ltd is contractually obliged to consult the NFSP on behalf of subpostmasters. [2]
The Postcode Address File (PAF) is a database that contains all known "delivery points" and postcodes in the United Kingdom. The PAF is a collection of over 29 million Royal Mail postal addresses and 1.8 million postcodes . [ 1 ]