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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon Hunt

Royal Mail made £1 billion loss after damaging strikes: ‘We failed...and we apologise’

Royal Mail made a loss of £1 billion in the year to the end of March 2023 after the postal service was hit by a wave of strikes and slump in demand for parcel deliveries.

Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services said the loss was “due to industrial action, inability to deliver the in-year benefits of planned productivity improvements, lower test kit volumes and a weaker online retail market.”

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