Royal Mail

Mark Milner Industrial Editor Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, today said he hoped the government's plan to recruit a strategic partner for Royal Mail would bring a "gale force of fresh air" to the state-owned company's management culture. With the government already prepared to take on responsibility for Royal Mail's …

Daily Mail Princess Royal channels Charlie Chaplin in look at Gatcombe Horse TrialsDaily MailWhen it comes to fashion, Princess Anne has always been very much her own woman. But it seems she may have drawn on a little Hollywood inspiration for her outfit at the Gatcombe Horse Trials over the …

Royal Mail offers eye screening for staffEmployee BenefitsRoyal Mail has offered an eye-screening programme to employees at its Southampton Mail Centre. The aim of the event, which tested the vision of 500 staff, was to encourage non-desk-based employees to get their eyesight tested and to be referred to a …and more » …

The Royal Mail chief may be slick communicator, but his move to ITV could prove a challenge too far Adam Crozier leaving Royal Mail to take the helm of ITV looks like a case of "out of the frying pan into the fire". Both companies are technologically challenged, facing terminal …

Fleet World Royal Mail teams up with Specsavers to deliver eyecare messageFleet World'All Royal Mail employees who drive in the course of their work are entitled to company-funded eyecare but the vital aspect is communicating this fact and encouraging them to take up the opportunity.' The Southampton Mail Centre plans …

Royal Mail boss payments revealedexpressandstar.comThe chief executive of Royal Mail received almost £1.5 million in pay and benefits in the last financial year, although she is returning £120,000 paid towards the cost of buying a house. N0205071375454485862A Royal Mail chief executive Moya Greene … More: continued here

News roundup–easyFoodstore.com, Royal Mail, French Connection, moreCatalogue e-businessEasyJet founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, is set to launch launch a budget supermarket in a bid to take on the likes of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons, according to a report in the Daily Mail. The easyJet founder has applied to trademark … More: …

Trade union backs strike action at UK's Royal Mail before floatReuters UKStaff will hold a strike vote by the end of September unless a new pay deal with Royal Mail can be struck before then, around 500 representatives from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) decided on Thursday, in a vote …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail union explores plan for workers' trust post privatisationTelegraph.co.ukSome CWU leaders feel a similar approach at Royal Mail would in time provide a powerful negotiating block but there is strong support for short-term action that could embarrass the Government and delay privatisation planned for October. Postal workers …Postal …

Royal Mail chief to repay £250000 housing allowanceFinancial TimesMoya Greene will repay £250,000 given by the Royal Mail to help its chief executive buy a home in the UK after an intervention by Vince Cable, the business secretary. Mr Cable intervened on the basis that the state-owned company, which will …