Telegraph.co.uk Lombard: Sunday post could help Royal Mail scale IPO heightsFinancial TimesThe tenacious Canadian boss of Royal Mail has been promoting a £3bn autumn float with a story of growing deliveries of shopping ordered online. A plan for the service to expand from six to seven days a week could …

Telegraph.co.uk Postal workers at Royal Mail's Bridgwater depot ready to take strike actionThis is SomersetMembers of the Communication Workers' Union based at Royal Mail's Bridgwater depot say they are each owed £800 for changes in the workplace that have already been implemented. They say the ballot was conducted against a …

Spring Valley's Post Office Square project stalls; builder didn't pay permit feeThe Journal News | LoHud.comWork on Post Office Square began this winter after a village building inspector told developer Larry Weinstein he had permission to start construction, Spring Valley Deputy Attorney Edward Katz said. But the village's permission was …

CWU members at 373 Crown post offices will walk out for sixth and seventh times in dispute over franchising plans Workers at hundreds of post offices are set to strike later this month in the latest round of industrial action over plans to franchise out 76 high street branches. The …

Thousands of post boxes in rural parts of Britain have been “protected” in a clampdown by regulators.         More: continued here

Royal Mail staff told to 'take up shares' by Keighley MPBradford Telegraph and ArgusAnd he asked Business Secretary Vince Cable: “Do you agree that everybody in this House, and outside, should encourage as many Royal Mail employees as possible to participate in and benefit from shares in a sale?” Responding, …

Newscenter1.tv Stutzman to push farm bill apart from food stamp issueFort Wayne Journal GazetteU.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman said Thursday he will try to split food stamps away from the five-year farm bill the House is preparing to debate. “My focus right now is to convince leadership that we need a …

Post Office workers will go on two more one-day strikes before the end of June, in an ongoing dispute over closures, job security and pay. More: continued here

Post Offices working to drum up businessVirgin Islands Daily NewsGibbs is postmaster of Ottley Post Office in Sugar Estate, and said her post office, along with the DeLugo Post Office in downtown Charlotte Amalie, have been selected to participate in a national program. The program sets three performance levels … …

The Guardian Post office workers set new strike datesThe GuardianThe walkout by around 4,000 workers in 373 Crown post offices will be the sixth and seventh strikes since Easter, with staff unhappy at plans by management to franchise sites and cut up to 1,500 jobs. The Communications Workers' Union (CWU) …