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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]
International Distribution Services plc (formerly Royal Mail Limited, Royal Mail plc and International Distributions Services plc) is a British company providing postal and courier services. The UK government initially retained a 30% stake in the company, [ 4 ] but sold its remaining shares in 2015. [ 5 ]
Royal Mail Special Delivery is an expedited mail service that guarantees delivery by 1 p.m. or 9 a.m. the next day for an increased cost. In the event that the item does not arrive on time, there is a money back guarantee. It insures goods to the value of £50 for 9 a.m. or £750 for 1 p.m.
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Royal Mail said last month that the cyber incident meant that post offices were unable to handle international mail or parcels at its 11,500 branches. Royal Mail international services restored ...
Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre (HWDC) is a sorting office for inbound and outbound international mail operated by Royal Mail. Located close to Heathrow Airport, the HWDC is situated in the town of Langley, Berkshire, near Slough, and began operations in 2003.
Parcelforce Worldwide is a provider of express delivery services covering 99.6% of the world's population, with over 6,500 employees. [3] Its European delivery partner, General Logistics Systems (GLS), is also a subsidiary of International Distribution Services and delivers more than one million parcels a day across 34 countries in Europe. [4]
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]