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Royal Mail deliveries slump by over 20 per cent during the web age
Email and social networks take their toll on service 14 June 2011 13:53 GMT TweetRoyal Mail has released its financial results for 2010-11, and one thing is clear - it has taken a hell of a kicking due to the rise in communication technologies.
In the last five years, the time period in which web 2.0, smartphones and tablets...
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Royal Mail posts world's first intelligent stamp
Clever AR style railway stamps go on sale 3 September 2010 15:44 GMT TweetYeah, yeah, yeah - we know what you're thinking. "Stamps and trains, I better put on my anorak for this one".
But there is a cool tech angle, we promise. Stick with it.
For Royal Mail has released the world's first intelligent stamps...
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Play.com guarantees Modern Warfare 2 deliveries
You could say it's going beyond the Call of Duty 5 November 2009 17:30 GMT TweetPlay.com has announced that, despite the threatened Royal Mail strikes on Friday 6th and Monday 9 November, it will be delivering CoD:MW2 to its customers by an alternative partner on the official release date, 10 November.
The online retailer... -
UK postcode database gets Wikileaked
Royal Mail "looking into it" 17 September 2009 13:25 GMT TweetThe UK postcode database is reported to have been leaked online over at the Wikileaks site.
The database is said to contain all of the UK's 1.8m postcodes - as well as their exact geographical locations - data the Royal Mail jealously guards.... -
Buy your stamps online and print them out yourself
Royal Mail unveils new service 19 September 2006 17:05 GMT TweetThe Royal Mail today is making it easier for people to buy stamps and send their letters.
Now customers can buy stamps via the internet to print on to labels and envelopes. The postage includes first-class, second-class, recorded, special and... -
eBay helps revival in Postal Orders
Seven per cent of all Postal Orders used for eBay alone 3 September 2006 16:12 GMT TweetPostal Orders is enjoying a massive revival thanks to eBay the Post Office has said with nearly one in three Postal Orders sold now being used to pay for goods bought by online and home shoppers.
The Post Office has calculated that £104 million... -
Post Office launch HomePhone service
10 January 2005 21:24 GMT TweetThe Royal Mail in the UK has announced that it is to enter the landline phone market with the aim to attract 1 million customers by 2008.
The service will be called HomePhone claims to give users a saving of up to 20 per cent, while providing... -
Royal Mail produces UK’s first printable digital stamp
15 January 2004 16:06 GMT TweetThey were pioneered and introduced in America four years ago, but the digital stamp has now been released by Royal Mail for Britain.
The principle is the same as the US version; stamps are paid for online, and then sent electronically. The...