Charities want explanation after missing out on Royal Mail shares

The Guardian The Armchair Olympics: day nineThe GuardianThe Royal Mail had promised to put up a gold postbox in the hometown of every British gold medallist and, after checking Trott's details on the Team GB website, duly installed one in Harlow, Essex. Unfortunately, Trott actually comes from Cheshunt, …and more » More: continued here

UK postal workers to take strike action to protest Mail Centre …UNI Global Union, Switzerland –11 hours agoThe CWU believes that Royal Mail’s plans have been drawn up without any real joined up thinking about how the changes will affect the rest of the network. … More: continued here

Marketing Week Royal Mail tool to help produce flexible marketing campaignsMarketing WeekRoyal Mail is continuing with its drive to boost commercial revenue through increased use of direct mail with an online tool that it claims will help … More: continued here

Retford Today South Yorks: Royal Mail beats delivery targets for Sheffield area postcodeRetford TodayRoyal Mail delivered a target-beating performance in the Sheffield (S) postcode area for the first quarter of the financial year with 95 per cent of First Class mail delivered on time. Nationally, Royal Mail beat its 93 per cent First Class mail…

Royal Mail launches Christmas jobs recruitment driveBarry and District NewsROYAL Mail is launching a drive to recruit 1000 temporary workers in Wales to help handle its Christmas mailbag. Temporary positions across a variety of shifts will be available between mid November and early January 2012. The peak of the additional …and more » More: continued here