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Advertising Mail Compliance
06 October 2025
Royal Mail Advertising Mail offers a postage discount on standard access, provided the content of the items meeting the requirements set out in the Access Letters Contract. We acknowledge a ...

Royal Mail Regulatory Financial Statements 2024/25
02 October 2025
Royal Mail has published its Regulatory Financial Statements for 2024/25 which can be found here. ...

Royal Mail Wholesale releases 2nd Class Christmas Digital Stamp
25 September 2025
We are delighted to inform you that Royal Mail Wholesale has released the new 2025 2nd Class Christmas stamp image as an image option for use on Digital Stamp mailings. This year we are also introduci ...

Update on NHS Mail barcode option
06 August 2025
I am delighted to inform you that we have deployed the technical changes which enable our sorting machines to identify and extract volume using the new NHS barcode. As we have previously explaine ...

Universal Service Reform Access FAQ page
04 August 2025
Following recent queries from some Access customers regarding the Universal Service reform changes which took effect from 28 July, we have set up an FAQ page which aims to provide customers and supply ...

Universal Service Changes Go Live Today
28 July 2025
We write to update you on Universal Service reform following Ofcom’s decision which takes effect on 28 July 2025.Operational deploymentFrom 28 July, our Standard service becomes a ‘by D+3& ...

Ofcom publishes its decision on Universal Service Reform
14 July 2025
On 10 July, Ofcom published its decision on the “Future of the universal postal service” following extensive consultation with stakeholders. The full decision document can be viewed here.R ...

Ofcom publishes its decision on Universal Service Reform
10 July 2025
Ofcom has, today, published its decision on the “Future of the universal postal service” following extensive consultation with stakeholders. The full decision document can be viewed here.& ...

Parcel Barcode Not Seen Adjustment Charge
10 July 2025
The Barcode Not Seen adjustment charge was introduced into the Wholesale Parcels Contract on 5 April 2021 alongside the new Manual Mailmark product. It mirrors the principle applied in the Access Lett ...

2024-25 Regulatory Financial Statements
09 July 2025
Due to the takeover of IDS plc, the publication of the 2024/25 Regulatory Financial Statements have been delayed. We expect that these statements will be published within a few months of the original ...
