Post Office seeks IT partners for ID assurance schemeInformation AgeThe Post Office has tendered for the IT infrastructure to support its strategy to become an "identity assurance" service provider to business and government. The Royal Mail subsidiary posted an accelerated contract notice in the Official Journal of the … More: …

Gloucester mail centre review beginsBBC NewsThere are 450 workers at the Eastern Avenue centre and Royal Mail bosses are in talks with the unions. Concerns have been raised by the Communications Workers Union (CWU) in Gloucestershire who fear the centre could be closed. More: continued here

eBay Offers Free Enterprise Apps For Struggling OZ RetailersChannelNewsBy David Richards | Monday | 27/02/2012 Australia does not have the online applications or retail knowledge to deliver enterprise strength capabilities to retailers who are currently struggling to move online, an eBay executive has said at a technology … More: continued …

A VILLAGE post office has seen one product fly off the shelves this month – boxes of 40-year-old cereal. More: continued here

New York Times (blog) Magic in the Nearly Forgotten MailboxNew York Times (blog)But his passion is photographing a more humble side of the government: the small-town post office. In the past three years, Mr. Tripplaar has photographed some 400 post offices in more than a dozen states, from one-room trailers …

eBay Monday: Bracnaro's Market Ad ThermometerPatch.comThis is all backed with a corrugated cardboard backing." About this column: This column runs every Monday and takes a look at a Shelton item up for grabs on the online auction site eBay. Related Topics: ebay monday. More: continued here

How to limit the impact of postage pricing increasesCivil Society MediaFrom the 2nd April, Royal Mail will also apply VAT (20 per cent) to almost all forms of postage, excluding first and second class stamps. These two changes, neither of which have been well publicised by Royal Mail, could provide …

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines Postal jobs remain in IowaQuad City TimesThe decision to keep the US Postal Service's distribution office in Cedar Rapids open means the work and jobs there won't be moving to the Quad-Cities. So while Iowa postal workers and lawmakers who had opposed …

eBay expanding PayPal brick-and-mortar serviceTotal TelecomBy John Letzing, Dow Jones Newswires EBay Inc.'s online payment service PayPal is moving beyond an initial pilot program at traditional brick and mortar retailer Home Depot Inc. by expanding into all of the hardware giant's US stores. More: continued here

Royal Mail apologises after wrongly accusing dog of biting postmanDerby TelegraphROYAL Mail has been forced to apologise to a disabled dog-owner after accusing one of his pets of biting a postman. Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator Peter Jordan said he was shocked to receive a letter saying his hound had attacked a …