Royal Mail, a London based delivery company, can trace its roots back 500 years to the reign of Henry VIII. The king knighted Brian Tuke as Master of Posts thus laying the groundwork for what today is Royal Mail. Tuke created the first formal postal network through the kingdom.
Today, Royal Mail is a publicly held company with revenues over £10 Billion. Royal Mail’s 160,000 global workforce handle over 1.8 billion parcels and 14 billion letters each year. The company touts that it is the most trusted and recommended delivery service in the United Kingdom. The company is known to be a good value for the money. Comparatively, the Seattle, WA company UPS, a 112-year-old business, has yearly revenues of $61 billion and delivers 5.1 billion packages a year. The Memphis, TN company Federal Express, a 48-year-old business, has yearly revenue of $50 billion and delivers 4.7 billion packages a year.
Royal Mail is comprised of two main operations: United Kingdom Operations and General Logistics Systems. It went public with an Initial Public Offering on the London Stock Exchange in 2013 and is still one of the most widely held stocks on the Exchange. Royal Mail has locations in 44 countries. It serves both residential and business customers throughout the U.K. and Europe. Corporate headquarters are located at 100 Victoria Embankment, London, England EC4Y OHQ.
Royal Mail’s subsidiary, Royal Mail Group Limited handles the operations of its brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide. It’s General Logistics Systems handles international deliveries and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Mail Group Limited.
The companies have obviously had to innovate from its beginnings long ago and now supports e-Commerce with delivers for its business customers. It offers a variety of shipping solutions for customers and can handle large volumes. It also offers services for managing mail, mail supplies, shipping and tracking mail and packages. It also helps market its business customers. It offers a full suite of shipping materials including stamps, envelops, packaging materials and even offers collectibles.
The company now has over 12,000 post office branches and 52 Parcelforce Worldwide depots to service its clientele. Royal Mail delivers daily except for Sundays and bank holidays. Its goal is to deliver all first-class deliveries by the next business day. Royal Mail will not deliver packages containing anything that could harm its workforce or vehicles. Prohibited items include flammables, alcohol, drugs and animal remains. In both 2005 and 2012, Royal Mail has tried to discontinue the delivery of firearms but continued to do so due to large, negative feedback from their customers.
Royal Mail has kept up with the increasing demand for its services by employing the latest technologies at its mails centers and delivery offices. Automatic optical character recognition, bar coding and intelligent sorting machines all help Royal Mail deliver efficiently.
Destination Country | Days |
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๐จ๐ญ Switzerland | 5.2 (tracked packages: 137) |
๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore | 5.9 (tracked packages: 108) |
๐ง๐ช Belgium | 6.2 (tracked packages: 894) |
๐ซ๐ท France | 6.7 (tracked packages: 16798) |
๐ต๐น Portugal | 6.9 (tracked packages: 4409) |
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine | 7 (tracked packages: 483) |
๐ฎ๐ณ India | 7.5 (tracked packages: 45) |
๐จ๐ด Colombia | 7.8 (tracked packages: 5) |
๐ฉ๐ช Germany | 8.7 (tracked packages: 13068) |
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea | 8.9 (tracked packages: 76) |
๐ฏ๐ต Japan | 9.4 (tracked packages: 60) |
๐บ๐ธ United States | 9.7 (tracked packages: 14896) |
๐จ๐ฆ Canada | 9.9 (tracked packages: 11924) |
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom | 10.2 (tracked packages: 82440) |
๐ฆ๐บ Australia | 11.3 (tracked packages: 825) |
๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan | 11.9 (tracked packages: 4) |
๐ฎ๐น Italy | 12 (tracked packages: 13425) |
๐ช๐ธ Spain | 14.3 (tracked packages: 2261) |
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa | 17.1 (tracked packages: 79) |
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria | 17.3 (tracked packages: 2) |
๐ท๐บ Russia | 17.5 (tracked packages: 82) |
๐ง๐ท Brazil | 18 (tracked packages: 449) |
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina | 21 (tracked packages: 17) |
๐ต๐ช Peru | 23 (tracked packages: 1) |
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico | 26 (tracked packages: 42) |
๐ต๐ญ Philippines | 27.7 (tracked packages: 8) |
๐ง๐พ Belarus | 28.3 (tracked packages: 3) |
๐จ๐ฑ Chile | 30.3 (tracked packages: 32) |