What is Royal Mail?
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} '''Royal Mail''' is a [[postal service]] company in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>[http://www.royalmail.com/ Royal Mail]; retrieved 21 August 2012.</ref> It was established as early as 1516. The [[British Government]] formerly owned it and since 2013 own 30% of it. The Universal Service Obligation says the company must deliver letters to all 32 million UK addresses six days a week, Monday to Saturday. It has put up the price of postage [[Postage stamp|stamps]] because the number sent has dropped. They say the network was built for 20 billion letters but is now only delivering seven billion. In 2024 people got two letters a week on average. It lost £419 million in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2024-03-01|title=First class stamp price to rise again to £1.35, says Royal Mail|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68447820|access-date=2024-03-01}}</ref> == Related pages == * [[Mail]] * [[Royal Mail Ship]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.royalmailgroup.com/ royalmailgroup.com] {{Postal services in the United Kingdom}} {{authority control}} {{UK-stub}} ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Postal services in the United Kingdom| ]] [[Category:Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange]] [[Category:1510s establishments in England]]