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  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    Royal Mail names new UK chief as it aims to expand parcels business

    Former Ocado executive Simon Thompson appointed to refocus company in wake of online boom

  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
    Royal Mail agrees pay deal to end 2-year union dispute

    Agreement will help UK postal service usher in changes to business as it focuses on parcels

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    UK retail industry
    Courier companies deliver as they take up Christmas challenge

    Vast hiring spree and deployment of thousands of extra vans have helped groups cope with flood of online orders

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Royal Mail raises price of 1st class stamp to claw back letter losses

    Company gambles demand will hold up despite 10% increase

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Royal Mail could save £225m by ditching Saturday post, says Ofcom

    UK watchdog forecasts move to five-day operation would still meet 97% of customers’ needs

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    LombardBryce Elder
    Vets IPO likely to test the market’s animal spirits

    Investors should fear IVC Evidensia’s fantastical float valuation; Royal Mail makes slow but steady progress

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    Royal Mail raises revenue forecasts as online boom boosts business

    Shares jump as turnover in parcels exceeds letters for first time due to surge in deliveries

  • Sunday, 25 October, 2020
    Royal Mail’s chairman says its letter-delivery duty is ‘not economic’

    Keith Williams suggests company should reform to reflect how Britons are sending more parcels

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    Royal Mail launches doorstep parcel collections in ecommerce boom

    Demand for UK packages deliveries grows with surge in online shopping triggered by pandemic

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  • Tuesday, 8 September, 2020
    LombardCat Rutter Pooley
    Royal Mail investors had better be prepared to wait a minute

    Patience required for shareholders in postal service; Travis Perkins needs to get a move on

  • Tuesday, 8 September, 2020
    Royal Mail shares leap after it predicts more parcel deliveries

    Group warns its UK business will not become profitable without ‘substantial’ change

  • Friday, 10 July, 2020
    Royal Mail fined £1.6m for failing to deliver post on time

    Postal service, which briefly overcharged for stamps, ‘let its customers down’, Ofcom says

  • Sunday, 28 June, 2020
    News in-depth
    Royal Mail pushed to its limits to deliver through coronavirus

    Dealing with the pandemic brought huge complexities and costs for the British institution

  • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
    Lex
    Royal Mail: sorting problems Premium

    Sale of international division will cause more pain to the postal group

  • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
    Royal Mail to cut 2,000 management jobs as profits tumble

    Covid-19 heaps further pressure on UK postal service already hit by drop in business

  • Monday, 18 May, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    Companies stop pulling punches as lockdowns ease

    Royal Mail and Invesco dispatch marked cards; Compass is on right path

  • Friday, 15 May, 2020
    Royal Mail chief Rico Back abruptly resigns

    Brief tenure marked by weak results, slump in shares and union tensions

  • Thursday, 2 April, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Europe split over handling of postal services while in lockdown

    France and Spain cut services while UK, Germany and Italy run operations as normal

  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2020
    Royal Mail staff to delay strike over coronavirus

    Staff vote in favour of a walkout but union says they can help deliver supplies to elderly

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
    Royal Mail shares tumble after turnround warning

    Company expects to miss targets to stabilise margins as strike threats hit reforms

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    Terra Firma’s Guy throws Hands in air like he really does care

    Private equity epiphany; Royal Mail; CEO succession at HSBC

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    LexUK companies
    Royal Mail: dead letter Premium

    Only when Royal Mail turns round its UK business will it get a more cheering message across

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Royal Mail warning on UK business triggers share slide

    Postal services group says unit could slump to loss next year with revamp ‘behind schedule’

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    City Bulletin
    Royal Mail gets election boost for declining letter business

    Your morning City briefing on companies in the news, job moves and what’s happening in the markets

  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
    UK labour disputes
    Royal Mail wins court injunction to block strikes

    Walkouts were set to cause widespread disruption ahead of UK election and Christmas

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