Royal Mail bulk price hike set to increase retailer marketing costs

Retailers face higher costs for direct marketing and customer communications after Royal Mail revealed plans to raise its wholesale postal prices by an average of 25 per cent.
The group will introduce the increases from 5 October, with some bulk-mail services rising by more than a third.
The changes will affect access-mail operators including UK Mail, Whistl and Citipost, which sort and process large volumes of post before handing items to Royal Mail for final-mile delivery.
These operators serv