Royal Mail scrapping Saturday post faces pushback from card makers

Royal Mail may end Saturday postal deliveries as part of potential reforms being considered by the regulator, Ofcom. It led to the UK’s Greeting Card Association (GCA) drafting a letter to MPs, pleading for the plans to be cancelled. The GCA wrote to MPs to warn that the Royal Mail is “sleepwalking” its way into “terminal decline”. David Falkner, boss of Cardology and leading member of the GCA said: “My conclusion is that this is an attempt by Royal Mail to put Saturday and Sunday delivery into a premium se ...