Royal Mail

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Transportation / Storage
53 - Postal and courier activities
53.1 - Postal activities under universal service obligation
53.1 - Postal activities under universal service obligation
1,751 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
21 March 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Royal Mail has announced plans to cut 1751 jobs across the UK. The job losses include 1,000 managers across the UK and 751 employees in London where two centres will close down. The company said the cuts were necessary as it expected the volume of mail posted in London to have halved from 2006 levels by 2014. Royal Mail said it believed it would not be forced into making compulsory redundancies. As of 29 March 2011, no timeline has been given for the implementation of the cuts.

Sources

  • 21 March 2011: BBC

Citation

Eurofound (2011), Royal Mail, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 71801, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71801.