Royal Mail to close centres as axe falls on 1,700 jobs

The company also said that a further 1,700 jobs had been cut since the start of the year in areas including finance, information technology, human resources and support services.

The number of employees has been reduced by around 65,000 since 2002.

Two mail centres in London are set to close with the loss of 700 jobs, while 1,000 managers’ positions will be cut.

Royal Mail said “significant reductions” in the number of mail centres was under way and around half of the 64 centres in use in 2010 could eventually close by 2016 or sooner.

“With the number of postal items posted in London expected to more than halve between 2006 and 2014, it is imperative that Royal Mail continues the modernisation programme,” said the company in a statement.