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Royal Mail staff are to be offered the remaining 10% shares with the Government to take on the group's pension liabilities. [3] The changes were enabled by the Postal Services Act 2011 . As part of the plans, the roles fulfilled by Postcomm were absorbed into the communications regulator Ofcom from 1 October 2011.
Historically, Royal Mail and the Post Office were part of the same entity and were a public authority. They split into separate organisations in 2012. [ 11 ] The Post Office's unique position, with a history as a prosecutor going back to 1683, gave the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) concerns about its neutrality.
Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company. It is owned by International Distribution Services . It operates the brands Royal Mail (letters and parcels) and Parcelforce Worldwide (parcels).
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 ...
The CWU has accused Royal Mail of refusing an offer to suspend the strikes and establish a period of calm until January 16. Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU ...
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 ...
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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]