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Some of the images are placed in strange sections. There are photos of vehicles that are in the Fleet section, and others that seem to be unrelated specifically to the section they are in. The Ilminster postman with his bike is in the Public Interest section. That may be Ok as a generic filler. But the one I find confusing is the photograph currently placed in the Industrial Relations section. Not only is it unrelated, but the description is very misleading. It's named "Automated post sorting machine" which would lead some to believe it's what sorts the mail (i.e., grouped by addresses, etc). The fact is that it's not. It's a Seg, or Segregator, which is a rotating drum that separates flats (envelopes up to a specific thickness, which will fit into and be processed by the automatic sorting machine) from thicker items which will be processed manually. Unless somebody has an image of an automated sorting machine that actually is one, this ought to be renamed... although I do not believe it's a good choice for an image because it would require more than a simple title "A segregator, part of the automated post sorting machinery". Comments anyone?Twistlethrop (talk) 07:45, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Post Office Ltd islisted in the info box as a subsidiary of Royal Mail, something it ceased to be in April 2012. Does this need removing, or clarifying? --Truthmonkey (talk) 09:33, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"mail" is American English while "post" is British. It should have been "Royal Post". And strangely the US has United States Postal Service (USPS), --should have been United States Mail Service (USMS)! How did this come to be? Any reason for this? - Polytope4d (talk) 18:19, 13 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
With impending privatisation, the organisation of pages in WP seems odd. It would seem wiser to separate Royal Mail into a page of its own, not one that is really "royal mail holdings", and thus includes the Post Office and the logistics company. Heenan73 (talk) 11:19, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I noted in the section "British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies" and the BOT entry for List of postal entities that the territories have their own independent local operators. I'm rather confused, though, about photos on this page showing a Royal Mail vehicle on Ascension Island, and the RMS St Helena (1989). Does Royal Mail currently have a relationship with the Saint Helena BOT? Is the vehicle theirs, or is it leftover or sort of a joke for islanders? It looks like the ship is privately owned; who pays for it to transport mail? Are the Post Office staff employees of the territorial government or Royal Mail or someone else? -- Beland (talk) 19:07, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I agree with the earlier section about a disconnection between text and images. That "Automated post sorting machine" looks like some gobbly machine out of the movie Metropolis. Does it eat people? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.40.233 (talk) 16:05, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
When I worked for what was then Post Office IT Services (under the umbrella of the Post Office) in the 1990s there were 16 businesses in the group. These included Post Office Counters Limited (POCL), Royal Mail (letters), Parcelforce, Subscription Services Ltd (call centres for the group and TV licensing), Cash Co (Secure transportation of cash etc for the Post Office and NatWest Bank), Stamps & Collectables. There was also RoMEC (Royal Mail Engineering ?) who installed pillar boxes, furbished Post Offices etc. The article does not tell us anything about these businesses. Neither does it tell us which businesses went with with Royal Mail when it was sold off. Can anyone fill in this major omission? FreeFlow99 (talk) 08:50, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The credit union was established as a joint local project between Royal Mail and the CWU under the name Royal Mail Wolverhampton and District Employees Credit Union. It is based at the North West Midlands Mail Centre, so fair to mention in this article. 2.27.78.13 (talk) 14:10, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I have added crucial information about EU Directive 2008/6/EC of the European Parliament which amended Directive 97/67/EC, to the Privatisation section of this article. Odd this vital information was missing!(Spymo (talk) 14:51, 22 May 2015 (UTC))[reply]
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i notice that it still says Romec is part owned by Royal Mail Whilst doing some other researh i saw that RM bought the other shares from its partner on 31st March 2016 and this is not reflected in the RM entrry at present. this is the link to the RM annual report
http://www.annualreports.co.uk/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/R/LSE_RMG_2017.pdf Hope this helps Matthew Matthew Caldwell-Nichols (talk) 17:37, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I've been Googling each mail centre listed (including alternative names) and I found this:
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/end-royal-mail-centre-pennycomequick-1792834 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.47.93.63 (talk) 22:39, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Procedural close. This was about the reversal of an undiscussed page move made on 5 Oct 2022 to International Distributions Services. Treated as a technical request. Thanks and kudos to editors for your input; everyone stay healthy! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'r there 16:55, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
International Distributions Services → Royal Mail – This article is really all about Royal Mail rather than the holding company. Cloudbound (talk) 20:01, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
An issue seems to have arisen over the composition of the FTSE 250 (see Template:FTSE 250 Index constituents). Royal Mail is no longer listed in the official FTSE 250 index but International Distributions Services plc is now listed there. I suggest that on that wikipedia page (Template:FTSE 250 Index constituents) we need to refer to the company that is actually in the FTSE 250 Index i.e. International Distributions Services. See https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/IDS/international-distributions-services-plc/company-page see also here https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/stock-market-summary/ftse-250?page=2 Otherwise our list of FTSE 250 companies will no longer be the same and, importantly, no longer appear in the same order as the official listing.
For the avoidance of doubt I am not proposing that we rename the Royal Mail article; I am merely proposing that we use the name used by the London Stock Exchange (International Distributions Services) in the Template:FTSE 250 Index constituents listing. Dormskirk (talk) 23:14, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The company logo has changed - I cannot work out how to upload and comply with image rights? Cameron Scott (talk) 09:46, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The purpose of this page is currently confused. Is it intended to be about Royal Mail Group Ltd (aka Royal Mail), a subsidiary of International Distributions Services plc, or is it intended to be about International Distributions Services plc, a holding company which owns both Royal Mail and GLS?
Rather than the clumsy mess which we have at the moment, why not simply have two pages, one for Royal Mail/Royal Mail Group Ltd, and one for International Distributions Services plc? Which one of those two pages should be the heir to the existing page is up for debate and I don't have a strong view on this. Kennethmac2000 (talk) 11:07, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
When was the current "Royal Mail" logo adopted? Was there a Consignia logo? What came before that? 124.187.219.128 (talk) 22:12, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Royal Mail is not in any way a post office it's merely a delegated courier of the post office -
The post office UK is governed by the treaties of the Universal Postal Union and must abide by these treaties as every member state is obligated to do. 81.106.130.175 (talk) 19:21, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]