Royal Mail suspends post to Republic of IrelandTameBayRoyal Mail has announced that it will no longer accept items for delivery to the Republic of Ireland for the time being. This is a result of An Post, the Irish national postal service, experiencing difficulties because of strike action. However, it … More: continued here
Royal Mail recruiting people in Portsmouth ahead of Christmas rushPortsmouth NewsAround 19,000 seasonal roles are available across the UK in Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide, primarily to help sort the additional Christmas volumes. Royal Mail will recruit around 14,000 workers across its core network in England, 1,340 in … More: continued here
Co.Design Photographer Rachel Boillot Documents The Rural American Post Office's DeclineCo.DesignWhen the U.S. Postal Service announced controversial plans to shutter over 3,600 rural offices, it was framed as a necessary cost-saving measure based on high operation expenses versus low revenue. But the equation didn't capture the human element: … More: continued here
Royal Mail share price: Labour leader calls for service's return to public controliNVEZZBritish Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that the opposition party would return Royal Mail (LON:RMG) to public control and oppose the sell-off of the postal service's remaining state-owned shares. More: continued here
NoSQL pioneer Basho stamps its mark on time stamp data with Riak TSThe RegisterThe Riak NoSQL database is now available in a version capable of processing vast gobbets of Internet of Things data sources at high speed. Its creator Basho Technologies says the new product Riak TS (as in time series) incorporates the high …and…
EcommerceBytes eBay Restructures Fees and Increases Seller LimitsEcommerceByteseBay is giving most of its sellers a boost in the number of listings they can post with no upfront fees and is also giving sellers the ability to list more items by increasing listing limits on their accounts. The moves are clearly designed to boost …eBay India…
The Star Plans for disused post office given stamp of approval by former workersThe StarI'd like people and the students to know that it was a functioning post office.” The post office opened in 1910 and operated as Sheffield's head post office until 1999, when the service moved into modern premises in the nearby Co-op…
AlterNet The Right Wing's Assault on the Post Office — Smashing the Myth That It's in …AlterNetThe problem with the Post's argument starts in its thesis: that the post office is in some sort of deep fiscal hole of its own making – a result of being left behind in the Internet Age and a…
International Business Times Samsung Galaxy Note 4 32GB Refurbished Variant Price Cut To $299.99 On eBayInternational Business TimesThe 32 GB refurbished model of the Galaxy Note 4 can now be purchased for just $299.99 under AT&T via eBay. Pictured: A visitor holds a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 smartphone after its presentation at the Unpacked 2014…
whnt.com City of Arab is working hard to 'Stamp Out Cancer'whnt.comARAB, Ala. (WHNT) – Employees at the Arab Post Office are encouraging customers to purchase special stamps this month to raise money for breast cancer research. Employees kicked off the “Stamp Out Cancer” campaign on Friday and have already sold …You can help find a cure…