Temporary workers will be taken on to cope with the festive period, which could see up to 400 million items of mail delivered throughout the Midlands over the next two months.
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Shropshire’s closure- threatened Royal Mail sorting office has beaten all its national delivery targets, sparking calls for it to be saved from the axe. More: continued here
FinancialAdvice.co.uk Royal Mail Under More PressureFinancialAdvice.co.uk, UK –4 hours agoEven though the Royal Mail has been under extreme pressure for a number of years it seems that the expected end to post office closures may be delayed. …Another 4000 post offices face axeTimes OnlineMPs condemn secrecy over post office closuresTelegraph.co.ukall 3 news articles More: continued here
July 1 (Bloomberg) — U.K. stocks fell, extending the worst first-half in 14 years for the FTSE 100 benchmark index, as higher oil prices and reports on housing and manufacturing damped the outlook for the economy. More: continued here
Parcels help Royal Mail profit soaric CheshireOnlineRoyal Mail has reported a huge increase in half-yearly profits as growth in parcel deliveries made up for a continued fall in the number of letters being sent. Group operating profits in the six months to September were £144 million, compared with £12 … More: continued here
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The Royal Mail moves to the cloudRegisterBroadcast When you're an organisation the size of the Royal Mail, there comes a point when you really have to stop and take stock of the IT operations. Reg reader Adrian Steele, from the Royal Mail, … More: continued here