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TIM Stokes is the next act to appear at the Royal Mail with his Friday night gig sure to be a hit for those who like rock injected with folk, roots and country. More: continued here

Forget e-mail, it's 'e-tail' that could save the Royal MailThe Times (subscription)Royal Mail has been buoyed by research that its big growth market — online businesses using it to post parcels to customers — could begin to boom again in 2013. Analysis commissioned by Royal Mail, which potentially is less …

ITV News Royal Mail celebrates best of British with new collection of stampsMetroDoctor Who 50th anniversary stamps and footballing heroes will also appear in the 2013 programme which 'contains something for everyone', according to Andrew Hammond, managing director of Royal Mail Stamps. The first offering comes on January 9 …Jane …

Council to target posties in retaliation for office closuresSouthend StandardBut two councillors have now advocated taking retaliatory action by refusing to allow Royal Mail to tie mail trolleys to public fences or lamp posts, and cancelling the blind eye currently shown to vans parked on yellow lines. In a letter …

Portsmouth News Fareham postman wins boots court battle with Royal MailPortsmouth NewsRoyal Mail paid for independent testing by the Health & Safety Executive and an independent footwear testing body – both of which confirmed problems with the boots' grip. At the four-day trial at Winchester County Court it emerged that …

The government of the United Kingdom is mulling accelerating the privatization of Royal Mail to as early as 2013 in what would be the biggest sale of state assets since the railways were sold to private investors in the 1990s. More: continued here

Royal Mail posts notice for asbestos removal workConstruction NewsTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 5 February 2013. Contact Royal Mail Group, 1st Floor, 35-50 Rathbone Place, W1T 1HQ, London, for the attention of Rufus Salotun. Telephone 0207 4414486 or email rufus.salotun@royalmail.com … More: continued here

Simon Reevell thanks Royal Mail staffHuddersfield Examiner… delivery office manager Andy Scott. Mr Reevell said: “It was great to meet the hard-working Royal Mail postmen and women at Scissett delivery office and to see at first hand just how much effort they put into delivering for people … More: continued …

Royal Mail investigate 91 posties in crime probeexpressandstar.comRoyal Mail investigate 91 posties in crime probe. Royal Mail has investigated 91 postmen and women in the Black Country and Staffordshire for fraud, theft and hoarding packages in just two years, it can be revealed today. Tweet. Internal investigations … More: continued …

Internal investigations were launched after posties on rounds across the region triggered bosses’ suspicions. Chiefs said they could not reveal the cost of keeping an eye on their employees but methods included the use of CCTV cameras, test packages and tracking devices left in letters. More: continued here