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An Post said its revenues rose from €888.1m in 2022 to €922.9m in 2023

An Post delivers higher revenues and profits for 2023

An Post has today delivered revenue growth of 4% for 2023 despite a 6.1% decline in traditional letter volumes last year.

Business • 27 Jun 24

ComReg said that €875.13m in revenue from parcel deliveries was recorded in 2022, down from €961.9m in 2021

Parcel delivery revenues down 9% last year - ComReg

Revenue from parcel deliveries in Ireland fell by 9% last year as the post-Covid boom in ecommerce eased.

Business • 12 Oct 23

Royal Mail has reported a 12.5% rise in first-quarter group revenue

Royal Mail says UK parcel volumes slide as curbs ease

Royal Mail said today that people were having fewer parcels delivered to their homes as pandemic restrictions eased across the country.

Business • 21 Jul 21

Royal Mail said that Covid curbs pushed parcel delivery demand to record levels and Christmas mail eased a slide in letter volumes

Royal Mail delivers rosy outlook after Covid Christmas

The UK's Royal Mail has today forecast annual profits ahead of market expectations as Covid-19 restrictions pushed parcel delivery demand to record levels and Christmas mail eased a slide in letter volumes, sending shares higher.

Business • 11 Feb 21

The new An Post technology enables 13,000 parcels to be processed every hour

An Post's €15m Global Parcel Hub opens in Dublin

An Post has today opened its new €15m Dublin Parcel Hub in Clondalkin, Dublin 12.

Business • 06 Dec 19

Royal Mail is investing more ahead of the UK general election next month and Christmas to try to ensure it hits service targets at the busiest time of the year

Royal Mail shares tumble as turnaround plan lags

Royal Mail is already running behind schedule with planned reforms as it grapples with threatened labour unrest and a slowing UK economy, sending shares in Britain's former postal monopoly down 17%.

Business • 21 Nov 19

The former British monopoly has promised to invest a further £1.8 billion in its UK postal service in the hope of turning it around

Royal Mail looks to parcels as it cuts dividend

Royal Mail has slashed its dividend by 40% to fund a new five-year turnaround drive that seeks to better position the group for a future dominated by online parcel deliveries and help to expand further overseas.

Business • 22 May 19

An Post staff were delivering more than 100,000 parcels a day nationwide during the peak of the Christmas season

An Post Christmas parcel volumes up 50% on last year

An Post said it has just delivered its busiest Christmas season with parcel volumes hitting record levels.

Business • 28 Dec 18

Royal Mail said it handled 130 million parcels in December alone

Royal Mail says on track to deliver cost cuts

Royal Mail said it was on track to meet its cost reduction target and reported a better than expected increase in UK parcel volumes of 4% in the first nine months of its financial year.

Business • 21 Jan 16

An Post accounted for 30-40% of all packets and parcels delivered in Ireland in 2013, according to the report

Parcels and packets sector 'worth over €430m'

The parcels and packets sector was worth more than €430m in 2013 and has been enjoying annual growth of 5-6%, according to a report commissioned by the communications regulator.

Business • 29 May 15