They're commonly used by businesses to enable them to send large quantities of letters at a lower price - but they can also be used with Royal Mail's Cleanmail system. Describing how the barcodes ...

Metro reporter Luke Alsford with some of the lost post that has now been handed back to Royal Mail (Picture: UKNIP) At least a thousand undelivered letters and packages have been discovered dumped ...

Royal Mail say they carefully consider prices, balancing affordability with the increasing cost of delivering mail. Letter volumes have fallen from 20bn a year in 2004/5 to 6.7 billion in 2023/4 ...

Simon Thompson has been appointed chief executive of Windracers, a British drone company that has already worked with Royal Mail to deliver letters to the Scilly Isles, Orkney and Shetland Islands.

Three months ago, the Danish postal service celebrated its 400th birthday – describing itself as a “backbone of society” and ...

Royal Mail said the price increase will come into force from April 7. Larger items will also face sharper price hikes, with the cost of a first class large letter up to 100g increasing from £2. ...

Royal Mail says it needs to raise prices because it delivers fewer letters. In 2004-05, Royal Mail delivered 20billion letters a year, but this dropped to 6.6billion last year.