{"id":814377,"date":"2026-10-26T12:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T12:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/814377\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T12:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T12:02:12","slug":"mail-deliveries-down-to-once-a-week-in-parts-of-the-highlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/814377\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail deliveries ‘down to once a week’ in parts of the Highlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a motion to a meeting of the full council on Thursday, external<\/a>, the group said: “Postal household delivery in many parts of Highland is now infrequent, sometimes as little as once per week. <\/p>\n

“The consequences can be extremely serious, including missed medical appointments, late correspondence from banks, solicitors, as well as personal letters and cards from family and friends arriving late.”<\/p>\n

Royal Mail said its latest published figured showed that its performance was improving.<\/p>\n

In the Inverness postcode area, which covers much of the Highland Council area, a spokesperson said first class next-day delivery increased from 78.4% in the previous quarter to 82.8% in the latest quarter.<\/p>\n

They said: “We know how important it is that people and businesses across the Highlands receive their mail when expected, and we take concerns about delays seriously.<\/p>\n

“Delivering mail across the Highlands involves some of the most geographically challenging routes in the UK. <\/p>\n

“Mail continues to be delivered across the region every day, although individual routes can be affected by short-term local issues. Where this happens, our teams work to deliver any outstanding mail as quickly as possible.”<\/p>\n

Last month, Royal Mail said it was recruiting to fill 12 vacancies at its Inverness delivery office.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) claimed the number of postal staff quitting Royal Mail had gone up<\/a> since the company introduced a new delivery system earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Royal Mail said the reforms were part of its plan to deliver a more “efficient and financially sustainable” service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a motion to a meeting of the full council on Thursday, external, the group said: “Postal household…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-814377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}