Royal Mail

Royal Mail is a well-known brand with over 500 years of history, from its origins as a postal service exclusively for the King and his court to today's international delivery service.

Our postmen are committed to providing a six-day delivery service to 32 million homes in the UK each week. Since 2013, the service has been listed on the London Stock Exchange as a subsidiary of International Distributions Services plc. To date, our leadership and shareholders (including Royal Mail employees) have been committed to continuing and further strengthening our postal service's reputation for reliability and consistency.

Prior to privatization, Post Office Limited was a subsidiary of Royal Mail Group, with Royal Mail responsible for delivering letters and parcels and Post Office providing counter services. The Postal Services Act 2011 was passed, paving the way for the separation of Royal Mail Group plc and Post Office plc in 2012 and the privatisation of Royal Mail in 2013.

In recent years, Royal Mail has been optimising its network to compete effectively in the structurally growing parcel market alongside its traditional letter business. We are a modern, digitally innovative brand connecting customers, companies and nations.

Transforming our network and the way we work to handle more parcels is a key part of our growth plans as we seek to make the most of opportunities in the market. This was important before, but the parcel growth we have seen during the pandemic has made it even more important. Our two new state-of-the-art automated parcel centres in Warrington and Daventry provide us with the infrastructure we need to compete in the growing parcel market.