Postage Prices Increase

Royal Mail has announced that the price of First and Second class stamps for standard letters weighing up to 100g would rise by 3p, to 39p and 30p respectively, from 6 April 2009, in line with the price controls set by the regulator, Postcomm.

Business customers will see price increases averaging 4.2%, but the changes include a range of measures to ensure that both large and small businesses can get the best value for money from Royal Mail’s services:

• Smaller price increases for businesses using franking machines and pre-paid accounts.
• Increased discounts for machineable mail and lower than inflation increases for many bulk business services including Mailsort 2.

Royal Mail’s most recent independently measured Quality of Service report showed all First and Second Class mail, Standard Parcels, Special Delivery and bulk business services were delivered at target beating performance levels.

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