First class delivery times for Royal Mail in Shropshire
Almost all letters and packages posted in the TF and SY postcodes are being delivered on time, new statistics have revealed.
The Royal Mail said that 96 per cent of first class mail was being delivered to its recipients on the day after posting between April and June 2012 across the TF postcode area – which includes Broseley, Market Drayton, Much Wenlock, Newport, Shifnal and Telford.
And in the SY postcode – which covers the rest of Shropshire as well as parts of Powys, Cheshire and Ceredigion – 95.7 per cent of mail appeared the next day.
Across the country, 92.9 per cent of first class stamped, franked and single piece pre-paid item mail was delivered on time, 0.1 per cent below the national target of 93 per cent.
Wayne Jay, Royal Mail delivery director for the Telford area, said: "Royal Mail's target for next-day delivery of first class mail is one of the highest and most challenging next-day performance targets in Europe.
"We are extremely pleased that we are delivering a high quality service for our customers. It's down to our local postmen and women, out on their routes six days a week, who are determined to deliver the best possible service to our customers."
The highest first class stamped and metered mail delivered performance nation-wide was in the Perth postcode where a 97 per cent performance was achieved.
The Carlisle and Llandrindod Wells postcodes followed closely behind with 96.7 per cent.
Royal Mail also exceeded its national second class mail and standard retail parcels targets in the April to June period.
The company delivered 98.6 per cent of second class mail three working days after posting, beating the 98.5 per cent target, according to independent research.
The figures were compiled by TNS based on more than 133,000 sample letters, parcels and packets sent to more than 5,700 addresses across the UK.
Mr Jay added: "The recent strong performances by Royal Mail's postmen and women were delivered as the company continues its huge modernisation programme.
"New technology and better equipment is being deployed progressively nationwide and the working practices of postmen and women are changing."
By Pam Griffin
