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Royal Mail is required by law to maintain the universal service, whereby items of a specific size [72] can be sent to any location within the United Kingdom for a fixed price, not affected by distance. The Postal Services Act 2011 guaranteed that Royal Mail would continue to provide the universal service until at least 2021. [73]
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The survey found that almost a quarter of people (23%) turned to more expensive ways of sending mail, such as Special Delivery Guaranteed, during Christmas 2022. However, 39% of those who did so ...
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]
Royal Mail regional operations director Jay Brooks said he wanted to apologise to anyone affected by delays, adding: "I want to reassure people that the vast majority of mail does arrive to the ...
In May 2008, Postcomm called for the part-privatisation of Royal Mail to safeguard the universal service. [2] Following the Hooper Report into the future of the postal services industry, in October 2010, Business Secretary Vince Cable confirmed plans for the privatisation of up to 90% of the business and the possible mutualisation of the Post ...
Royal Mail said on Monday that it wants to avoid a build-up of items to be sent overseas sitting in its sorting offices. It said in a statement: “To support faster recovery when our service is ...
The British Royal Mail's 1st Class, as it is styled, is simply a priority option over 2nd Class, at a slightly higher cost. Royal Mail aims (but does not guarantee) to deliver all 1st Class letters the day after posting. [72] In Austria priority delivery mail is called Prio, in Switzerland A-Post. [73]