The good news, from our point of view anyway, is that the price of second-class stamps remains the same, for now. Today’s increase in the price of first-class stamps is the second price rise in a year, with a first-class …
It has been widely reported that Royal Mail is set to increase the price of a first-class stamp from £1.10 to £1.35 from Monday 2nd October 2023, whilst at the same time loudly proclaiming that second-class post remains the same …
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As an experiment, I thought I’d try using the new ChatGPT from OpenAI to see if it could give me any useful information about second class stamps in the UK. The following is the result of our conversation. Question: how …
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Yesterday, Royal Mail announced that they are changing forever the world of Machin stamps. In a press release the company announced that following a successful national trial of barcoded stamps, (see image below) they would be rolling these out, as …
The Universal Service Obligation placed on Royal Mail is one of the most important pieces of legislation in the UK. The obligation means that it recognises Royal Mail as the designated provider of the Universal Postal Service in the UK …
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Many people will tell you that the value proposition between 1st Class Royal Mail stamps and 2nd Class stamps is flimsy at best. People have debated the differences between 1st and 2nd class stamps with some saying that there are …
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1st January 2021 sees a second price rise in a year by Royal Mail and this time they blame it on ‘Coronavirus’. They have said that increased costs of PPE, paying staff for additional overtime, and paying for agency workers …
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Royal Mail have put the price of second class stamp up today, 25th March 2019 from 58 to 61p. The change is part of the annual price rise which Royal Mail applies to its service offerings in the UK and …
The 2p rise for the 2nd class stamp is put into effect today, 27th March 2018. Royal Mail states the increase is to maintain their high level of service across Britain, as a stamp can get a letter either down …
It was, of course, inevitable. With increasing numbers of people choosing electronic communications over letters, leading to declining mail volumes, and costs increasing, Royal mail has had no option but to raise the price of first and second class stamps …
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