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 …

Royal Mail has signalled that it is to create around 600 seasonal jobs in Leeds over Christmas to help with the vastly increased amounts of post it handles. More: continued here

Strike could spark a "winter of postal discontent" over government plansIrvine HeraldPostal workers have warned that a strike over government plans to sell off Royal Mail could spark a “winter of postal discontent”. Westminster is set to witness the biggest workers' rally in a generation as they gather to listen …

The Guardian Royal Mail delivers seasonal jobs boost to sort out Christmas postWalesOnlineRoyal Mail is to recruit more than 21,000 seasonal staff to help sort the Christmas post. Around 18,000 will be in England, 2,000 in Scotland, 700 in Wales and 400 in Northern Ireland, available between early November and …