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Financial Times Royal Mail faces strike threat after pension scheme closureFinancial Times“Although Royal Mail's own consultation exercise revealed massive opposition to its closure plan, the company has decided to ignore the views of its workforce and proceed with closure without consent,” said Ray Ellis, acting deputy general secretary.Royal Mail to …

Eagle Radio Eagle Radio – News – Royal Mail: Pension closure plan sparks …Eagle RadioRoyal Mail's plan to close its defined benefit pension scheme next year will be met with the "strongest possible opposition", including a ballot for industrial action, …JON REES: The pitfalls of being a price fixer.. | This …

Eagle Radio Royal Mail: Pension closure plan sparks industrial action threatEagle RadioIts acting deputy general secretary, Ray Ellis, said: "Although Royal Mail's own consultation exercise revealed massive opposition to the closure plan, the company has decided to ignore the views of its workforce and proceed with closure without consent.". More: …

ComputerWeekly.com (blog) Is Royal Mail killing off its Internet Delivery Business by mistake?ComputerWeekly.com (blog)The campaign against the closure of our local (SE27) Royal Mail sorting office and collection point appears as muddled as the policy behind the closure. Both fail to separate the need for much better local collection facilities …

Metro Is there post over Easter weekend? When do Royal Mail deliver at Easter?MetroThe Royal Mail doesn't usually deliver or collection bank and public holidays, which means there will be no post delivered or a post collection today (Good Friday) or Easter Monday. Some areas – specifically central London – …

Herald Scotland Pension plan hits Royal Mail sharesHerald ScotlandSHARES in Royal Mail endured a rocky day of trading yesterday after the company announced that from March next year the 90,000 members of its defined benefit pension scheme will no longer be able to accrue benefits. In an announcement to the …

Royal Mail faces strike threat over closure of pension schemeThe Times (subscription)Royal Mail was accused today of provoking an industrial dispute with trade unions after the privatised postal giant said it was closing its final salary scheme for good. The news, said Royal Mail's main union, “will be met with …

Financial News (subscription) Royal Mail to shut pension schemeFinancial News (subscription)Royal Mail, the UK's formerly state-owned postal operator, is to shut down its final salary pension scheme completely, after years of reforms and cutbacks failed to put it on a sustainable footing, according to the company. Arguing that its pension …

printweek.com Strikes threatened as Royal Mail announces pension scheme closureprintweek.com“The plan is currently in surplus [£1.77bn on the IAS 19 accounting standard as of 31 March 2016] but we expect the surplus will run out in 2018,” said Royal Mail in a statement. “The company's annual pension contributions are currently …

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