Bromsgrove Standard Olympics, weather, modernisation hit Royal Mail's First Class performancePost and ParcelRoyal Mail missed its delivery targets for First Class mail during the last year, partly as the result of disruption caused by the London Olympics. The UK's state-owned postal operator did meet its Second Class mail delivery target, …
Read More »Purple Ronnie teams with Royal Mail – Licensing.biz
Purple Ronnie teams with Royal MailLicensing.biz"We wanted to do something really special to celebrate Father's Day and give people the chance to say thank you to their dad with the wonderful words and humour of Purple Ronnie," said Stephen Agar, MD of consumer and network access at Royal Mail. More: …
Read More »Royal Mail Hotel takes out Gourmet Traveller Travel Award – e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
Royal Mail Hotel takes out Gourmet Traveller Travel Awarde-Travel Blackboard (press release)The Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld, received the 'Expert Panel Award – Best Hotel/Resort Dining', at the 2013 Gourmet Traveller Travel Awards, held at Crown, Melbourne on Tuesday May 28. Set in Western Victoria, the Royal Mail Hotel was recognised …
Read More »Margareta Pagano: Goldman's role in the Royal Mail sell-off is a red rag to the unions
Selling off the Royal Mail is controversial enough without the Government throwing yet more petrol bombs through its letterbox. But that's what ministers have done by selecting three banks most associated with the worst excesses of the financial crash – Goldman Sachs, UBS and Barclays – to handle the forthcoming …
Read More »Shadow Postal Affairs Minister accuses Royal Mail of profiteering – Calculator
Shadow Postal Affairs Minister accuses Royal Mail of profiteeringCalculatorBusinesses and consumers alike are angered at the fact that the Royal Mail is refusing to sell stamps in large quantities and this is being construed as a ploy to hold out until prices rise later in the month. Many post offices …
Read More »Royal Mail driver hurt as van ends up in ditch – This is Cornwall
Royal Mail driver hurt as van ends up in ditchThis is CornwallA Royal Mail driver was found unconscious in his vehicle after being involved in a collision on one of the region's major highways. Police and paramedics were called to the scene of the two-vehicle collision on the A38 at …
Read More »Goldman Sachs and UBS to lead privatisation of Royal Mail
Government announces selection of Goldman Sachs and UBS to advise on Royal Mail's sale and collect majority of fees Goldman Sachs and UBS will lead a syndicate of banks collecting about £30m from the £3bn privatisation of Royal Mail. The government yesterday announced that it had selected Goldman Sachs, which …
Read More »Revealing the Royal Mail guard’s role – This is Somerset
Revealing the Royal Mail guard's roleThis is SomersetThe latest meeting of Paulton History Society saw Martin Horler's presentation on the role of the Royal Mail guard in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He started the evening with a flourish by appearing from behind the audience dressed as a …
Read More »Margareta Pagano: Goldman’s role in the Royal Mail sell-off is a red rag to … – The Independent
Margareta Pagano: Goldman's role in the Royal Mail sell-off is a red rag to …The IndependentSelling off the Royal Mail is controversial enough without the Government throwing yet more petrol bombs through its letterbox. But that's what ministers have done by selecting three banks most associated with the worst excesses …
Read More »Royal Mail and Post Office to launch click & collect network – The Grocer
Royal Mail and Post Office to launch click & collect networkThe GrocerAround 10,500 post offices across the UK will take part and Royal Mail and the Post Office hope to extend the service to smaller retailers by 2014. To make it easier for shoppers to pick up their order, over …
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