Post workers to get £1,000 profit bonus

Postal workers are preparing to receive windfalls of up to £1,000 under a new profitrelated bonus scheme.

More than 200,000 workers will benefit if Royal Mail's profit from operations tops £400 million in the 12 months to the end of next March.

Despite being widely criticised earlier this year for failing to meet its delivery targets, the company looks likely to pay workers a bonus of between £800 and £1,000, depending on performance.

A Royal Mail spokeswoman said: "We are very hopeful we can reach that target and pay staff the ?800 or more."