Royal Mail

The Guardian (blog) Royal Mail staff are trying to save the universal postal serviceThe Guardian (blog)As the article says: "Royal Mail has lost business to the likes of TNT Post and UK Mail over the past seven years. Currently, half of all letters are handled by a rival company, with …

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Royal Mail to shut five delivery offices across countyEssex EnquirerThese machines electronically “read” the addresses on letters and sort them into the order in which they will be delivered by Royal Mail's postmen and women. They can sort mail at speeds of up to 45,000 items per hour, and significantly …

Shields Gazette Stiff-upper-lip posties deliver £800 for charityShields GazetteSteven Carr, delivery manager at the Royal Mail in South Shields, said: “In case any Gazette readers were concerned about the increase in the number of postmen with facial hair, this was part of Movember, with the team at South Shields raising …

The Independent Postmen threaten to ditch half of their deliveries in bid to protect Royal…Daily MailSince 2005, Royal Mail has rapidly lost its key business customers, according to data published last month by postal regulator Ofcom. Just 5.2 per cent of all letters were handled by a rival in 2005. …

The Independent Postal workers could block half of Britain's mail as dispute over monopoly on …The IndependentPostal workers could block the delivery of half the nation's mail in an escalating dispute over the first challenge to the Royal Mail's historic monopoly on home delivery, union leaders are warning tonight. In …

Shotts MP Pamela Nash visits Royal Mail Christmas depot at Eurocentral ahead …Wishaw PressMP Pamela Nash paid tribute to hard working postal staff when she visited Royal Mail's dedicated Christmas parcel sort centre at Eurocentral last week. The Shotts representative went along to see for herself the mountain of parcels …

Telegraph.co.uk Community spirit is piling up alongside the parcelsTelegraph.co.ukI am delighted the Royal Mail recently gave up on those depressing notes that told you to come to collect your package at some remote and unwelcoming building tucked behind the railway station (in my case, Euston). Instead, we got a circular …

The Government is mulling the sale of a stake in Royal Mail before it presses the button on a stock market listing valuing the company at several billion pounds.I understand that Royal Mail executives … More: continued here

Yahoo! News UK Exclusive: Ministers Target Early Royal Mail SaleYahoo! News UKI understand that Royal Mail executives have raised the idea of a 'pre-IPO [initial public offering]' share sale to an investor or group of investors during meetings with investment bankers in recent days. Such a move could generate an …