ROYAL Mail beat their delivery target for the BH postcode area between April and June 2013, with 94.7 per cent of first class mail being delivered on time.

The target that the Royal Mail had to meet was at least 93 per cent, and they also met their target for second class mail, with an aim for 99 per cent of mail being delivered on time, with an aim for 98.5 per cent.

They said that the performance was delivered thanks to the continued modernisation programme across the network operations.