Royal Mail
Stamp prices to rise from next month
The price of a standard first-class stamp will rise by 6p from the end of next month
21 February 2020
'I beat the stamp price hike – by buying £2,500 worth'
A MoneySaver who bought £2,500 worth of postage stamps seven years ago says he's delivered on his plan to save £100s - as the costs have increased by up to 69% since 2012
25 March 2019
Stamp prices to increase next month
The price of standard first and second-class stamps will increase by 3p each at the end of March
22 February 2019
Stamp prices to increase next month
The price of first and second-class stamps will increase by 2p at the end of March, Royal Mail has announced
16 February 2018
Price of stamps to go up – buy now to beat the increase
The cost of first- and second-class stamps for standard letters will rise by 1p next month
24 February 2017
Yodel tops list of WORST parcel delivery firms (again)
Martin says it’s time to refuse to buy from firms that employ crap delivery services
27 January 2017
Price of stamps rising again – beat the hike
Royal Mail is to increase the price of stamps – but you've still time to beat the hike by buying now
17 March 2016
iPost Parcels, DX and Yodel bottom of parcel delivery pile, MSE poll finds
DPD has been rated the best parcel delivery service by MoneySavingExpert readers for the third year running
22 December 2015
Price of stamps set to rise
The price of a first and second class stamp will both rise by 1p from 30 March taking prices to 63p and 54p respectively
27 February 2015
Yodel again voted among the worst delivery firms, despite improvement
DX, iPost Parcels and Yodel have been named the worst delivery firms in the UK, according to our latest annual poll
18 December 2014
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