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Roll Out of the Earlier Access Slots
20 March 2023
Find attached a communication and appended contract change notices announcing the roll out of the earlier access slot trial. ...

Disruptive Event in respect of Severe Weather Mar 2023
16 March 2023
You will be aware that various regions of the UK were impacted by adverse weather throughout last week. On Thursday 9 March 2023, the Met Office issued an amber weather warning indicating ...

Withdrawal of Non-barcoded GLL and Parcels from January 2024
09 March 2023
Please find attached a communication providing an update (with appended change notices) on the withdrawal of non-barcoded Parcels and General Large Letters. ...

INDUSTRIAL ACTION UPDATE: CWU NOTIFICATION OF BALLOT RESULT -
21 February 2023
We are disappointed that the CWU members who took part in the ballot have voted in favour of taking further industrial action.Royal Mail remain committed to resolving this dispute and want to agree a ...

National strike action dates formally notified by the CWU
03 February 2023
The CWU has formally notified Royal Mail they plan to call on their members who collect, sort and deliver parcels and letters to take 24 hours of national strike action from 1230hrs on Thursday 16 Feb ...

Royal Mail and CWU update
27 January 2023
The CWU agreed to recommence facilitated talks with Royal Mail through ACAS. The talks commenced on Monday 9 January and are ongoing.Royal Mail is committed to reaching an agreement to resolve the cur ...

Extending the Programmatic Mail application deadline
23 January 2023
In November we launched our Programmatic Mail incentive to support brands using mail in a programmatic way.Programmatic advertising is a rapidly growing way for brands to serve highly targeted adverts ...

Preparing customers for the implementation of dynamic baselines
20 January 2023
As we announced in August, we are introducing dynamic baselines into the Access Letters Contract (ALC) from 1 April 2023.Dynamic baselines enable Royal Mail to create a baseline for a period comprised ...

ACCESS NOTICE: General Large Letters and Parcels Tariff Change
20 January 2023
Find attached a letter notifying customers of price changes to our Access General Large Letter services and our Wholesale Parcels services to take effect from 3 April 2023. ...

ISBA opens second Origin consultation on a fractional advertiser contribution
18 January 2023
ISBA is conducting a second industry-wide consultation over 4 weeks, to seek feedback from advertisers on the specific elements of contribution for the Core Reporting service of the Origin platform.&n ...
