Royal Mail

Ministers prepare to launch Royal Mail floatFinancial TimesMinisters are close to giving the go-ahead for a stock market flotation of Royal Mail, which could value the company at up to £3bn in the most ambitious privatisation since John Major sold off the railways in the 1990s. A formal announcement of …

Royal Mail recruiting 400 seasonal staffU.TVThe seasonal positions will support Royal Mail's permanent 124,000 postmen and women who sort and deliver the mail all year round, including Christmas which is the busiest time of the year for the postal service. The recruits will help to sort … More: continued here

Northampton Chronicle & Echo Royal Mail recruiting hundreds of Christmas staff in NorthamptonNorthampton Chronicle & EchoRoyal Mail is set to recruit 720 seasonal staff to work at the South Midlands Mail Centre at Northampton's Swan Valley this Christmas. As in previous years, seasonal workers are being sought by Royal Mail …

The Guardian Livechat: Should the Royal Mail be privatised?The GuardianThe government and Royal Mail management argue that the organisation needs access to private capital in order to grow and compete with its rivals – such as UK Mail and TNT, who have capitalised on the rise in online shopping – …

The Government aims to float the postal service on the stock market by the end of the financial year in April 2014. More: continued here

BRITAIN’S army of postmen could be in line for a windfall of about £2,000 each as ministers aim to give the green light to a £3bn market listing of Royal Mail this week. More: continued here

The Journal Royal Mail To Pledge City Dividend BonanzaSky NewsSources close to the planned listing of Royal Mail said on Friday that the company was likely to commit to a specific shareholder payout for the current financial year, as well as a general intention to distribute up to about 50% …

Northamptonshire Telegraph Hundreds of posts delivered at Royal MailNorthamptonshire TelegraphRoyal Mail is launching a drive to recruit hundreds of temporary workers in Northamptonshire this Christmas. The 720 positions will be part of a nationwide drive to recruit up to 21,000 people to sort its festive post, with the temporary staff …

The Royal Mail sorting office in Ipswich is set to close by the summer of 2015, staff have been told. More: continued here

Ipswich Star Ipswich: Royal Mail staff in strike threat over sorting office closureIpswich StarA spokeswoman for Royal Mail said that the consultation on the future of the Ipswich sorting office, which started in November last year, was continuing. However the current thinking of the company was that it would start …