Privatised postal service demands urgent review into rival direct delivery companies More: continued here

Happy BDay Pierre Omidyar: Hobby Turned eBay Inc. (EBAY) Worth $71 BlnDazeinfo… your life” and this young man seems to have lived his life by it. Iranian by birth and American by nationality, Parviz Morad Omidyar, is better known as the Founder of eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY), was born on this …

OTTAWA (Ont.) – With less than a month until the much-anticipated return of Ottawa to the Canadian Football League* (CFL®), Canada Post is issuing two Ottawa RedblacksTM PermanentTM domestic rate stamps. The stamps add to the CFL commemorative issues initiated in 2012, which pay tribute to the legendary stories and …

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Royal Mail demands immediate Ofcom review of delivery competitionPost and ParcelIn calling for Ofcom to bring forward its planned 2015 review of the universal service, Royal Mail warned that it would be “far more difficult” for the regulator to deal with the situation once full end-to-end mail delivery competition is …

Independent Online Royal Mail warns of competition threatIndependent OnlineRoyal Mail, formerly state-owned before it was privatised last year, is required by law to deliver letters six days a week to the whole of the country under its so-called universal service obligation. However, it warns its financial ability to sustain … …

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Review plea over direct deliveriesexpressandstar.comIn its submission, Royal Mail said it was already managing a structural decline in letters of between 4% and 6% a year, but highlighted the threat of "unfettered" direct delivery competition. The company said its revenue could be cut by over £200 … More: continued here

Post Office customers faced long queues yesterday after self-service check-outs went on the blink in the newly-renovated St Aldate’s branch. More: continued here

Rural households could risk being cut off from the rest of the country if the Royal Mail is forced to abandon daily postal deliveries, the privatised firm has warned More: continued here