Posts tagged with 'Royal Mail'

5 March 2015 Royal Mail is joining the Chinese e-commerce boom with the launch of a shop front on Alibaba’s Tmall Global e-marketplace, the largest business-to-consumer retail platform in Asia Platform will offer 302 million online Chinese consumers the opportunity to buy distinctive British products from companies including Brompton Bicycles Royal Mail Group Chief Executive […]
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3 March 2015 Royal Mail operations staff are throwing down the gauntlet to their colleagues around the country in an effort to raise the most funds for the company’s charity partner, the Stroke Association. In a first for theIn a first for the company, Royal Mail’s “Ops Fundraising Challenge” pits four teams across the country […]
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27 February 2015 We have thought carefully about the impact on our customers and our own business before deciding to increase our stamped letter prices. We recognise how difficult it has been for householders and businesses in the recent tough economic conditions From 30 March, the price of a First Class stamp will increase by […]
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24 February 2015 The physical nature of mail has the ability to drive stronger emotional associations with a brand, making customers feel valued and important compared to other media, new research from Royal Mail MarketReach has revealed A dedicated direct mail campaign, devised by Publicis Chemistry, has been created to promote the findings of the […]
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23 February 2015 Royal Mail plc today announced that it has enhanced its in-house IT capability through the purchase of StoreFeeder, a privately-held UK-based technology company. StoreFeeder built Royal Mail’s consumer and small business shipping tool, Click and Drop, which was launched in October 2014. As well as allowing consumers and small businesses to ship […]
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20 February 2015 Royal Mail’s latest Quality of Service report reveals that the company beat its Second Class target for the first three quarters, delivering 98.9 per cent within three working days against a target of 98.5 per cent. For the same period, Royal Mail delivered 92.9 per cent of First Class mail the next […]
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(19 February 2015)Royal Mail has issued a stamp to commemorate Colossus – the world’s first electronic, digital and programmable computer. This is part of the Inventive Britain set of Special Stamps, issued on 19 February 2015. The stamps are on sale now from Royal Mail by phone on 03457 641 641 or from www.royalmail.com/inventivebritain and […]
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19 February 2015 The stamps depict eight key inventions created by British inventors over the last century: Colossus computer, World Wide Web, Catseyes, Fibre Optics, Stainless Steel, Carbon Fibre, DNA Sequencing and the i-limb Royal Mail worked with The Royal Academy of Engineering on selecting the inventions to appear on the stamps One of the […]
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(18 February 2015)To mark the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Sheep, Royal Mail has issued a limited-edition stamp sheet available in selected Post Offices across the UK. Twenty First Class fireworks stamps feature alongside labels of intricate designs and iconic imagery relevant to the Lunar New Year. The sheet contains five images of […]
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(12 February 2015)Cardiff has been named as the most loved-up place in the UK in the Royal Mail’s League Table of Love. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Royal Mail analysed mail volumes in its Mail Centres nationwide to identify the places that sent the most Valentine’s Day cards and letters in 2014. Cupid’s arrow appears to […]
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