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Royal Mail’s delivery pledges have changed. Here’s what the company could look like in future

The last few months have been busy for Royal Mail. In late April, Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group acquired its parent company, International Distribution Services, for £3.6 billion – a value well below the May 2021 peak of £6 billion.

The Conversation

Royal Mail makes major change to delivery rules so service can 'survive' - starting from today

The shakeup will have a big impact on when we get our post

Woman & Home

What to know about the Royal Mail changes effective from now

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The Independent UK

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Major changes to Royal Mail delivery times take effect today

Regulators say the changes are needed to help the postal service ‘survive’

The Independent UK

When should you make a break with a brand identity?

In a nostalgia-filled world, is it ever okay to completely disown your past?

Creative Bloq

Post Office could hand ownership to staff amid review after Horizon scandal

Ministers to consider mutualisation as an option in first big review of the organisation in 15 years

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Fewer deliveries, higher cost... is this Ofcom's idea of reform?

Second class deliveries two or three days a week isn’t reform of the postal service

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Royal Mail to stop second class post on Saturdays and stamp costs to be reviewed

Ofcom has given the green light to Royal Mail to axe the six-day-a-week service for second-class letters from later this month.

Evening Standard

Royal Mail to scrap some Saturday deliveries to cut costs

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The Independent UK

Royal Mail given go ahead to slash second class deliveries to just three a week

Ofcom gives all clear to historic reduction in postal deliveries to save money for Royal Mail’s loss making letters service

Evening Standard

Royal Mail gets go ahead to axe second-class post on Saturdays

Deliveries will also alternate on weekdays to reflect changing behaviour of users but critics say regulator has let courier off the hook

The Guardian - UK

FTSE 100 share index hits record high; four people arrested over UK cyber-attacks – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as shares in London end the day at a new closing high

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail given go-ahead to make changes to second-class post service

Ofcom added that it had also launched a review of the price of stamps

The Independent UK

Royal Mail given green light to scrap second-class post on Saturdays

The regulator said that from July 28, Royal Mail will be allowed to deliver second-class post on alternate days from Monday to Friday only.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

A first-class service by Royal Mail again

Brief letters: Addressless delivery | Oasis and Our Friends in the North | Measuring the heatwave | Green-ink teacher | Language gripes

Euronews

UK postal workers faced more than 2,000 dog attacks last year, Royal Mail reveals

Roughly 30,000 postal workers have been attacked by dogs in the last decade in Britain.

Evening Standard

Czech billionaire Kretinsky named chairman of Royal Mail after takeover

Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group closed its £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail’s owner earlier this month.

The Independent UK

Dive-bombing seagulls behind Royal Mail delays, postal workers say

Seagulls in Liskeard, Cornwall, have become so aggressive that some postal workes have had to abandon their routes

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The Guardian - UK

Kudos to Royal Mail for a special delivery

The Independent UK

Postmaster whose father died in Air India crash faces battle with Royal Mail to save the family business

Umang Patel, who lost his father in a plane crash earlier this month, said Royal Mail’s decision to close a small delivery office could cost him his Post Office branch

The Guardian - UK

Emma Gilthorpe resigns as Royal Mail chief executive after just a year

Move comes weeks after delivery company’s owner was sold for £3.6bn to Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský

The Independent UK

MP asks Government to deliver ban on low-level letterboxes in new Bill

Anneliese Midgley says letterboxes at the bottom of doors are responsible for injuries to postal workers, including the partial loss of fingers.

The Guardian - UK

Competition watchdog to investigate Evri merger with DHL’s UK parcel arm

CMA to decide whether deal will substantially lessen competition in delivery market

The Independent UK

Evri tie-up with DHL’s UK parcel arm being probed by competition watchdog

The CMA will look into whether the deal could ‘result in a substantial lessening of competition’ in the postal delivery sector.

Evening Standard

New stamps to celebrate the Royal Observatory

Royal Mail released images of the 10 new stamps on the 350th anniversary of the institution.

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