Royal Mail

Telegraph.co.uk Sir William BarlowTelegraph.co.ukBarlow concluded that the Royal Mail and Post Office Telephones (now BT) were such different businesses that the organisation had to be split in two. He persuaded Margaret Thatcher's incoming government to accept the change, and delivered it inside a … More: continued here

Royal Mail relents on delivering to families in BenfleetEchoFAMILIES from three homes in Benfleet are celebrating after Royal Mail finally reinstated its deliveries after a six-month row. Deliveries to 13 unmade roads in Benfleet stopped last November over claims the streets were too dangerous for door-to-door … More: continued here

Royal Mail to sell half of London HQBusiness Sale ReportBy Hanna Sharpe Around half of the Royal Mail's London sorting office are due to be sold off in order to generate funds. The centrally-located office is likely to be sold to developers for transformation, which should generate around £1 billion …

Marketing Week Royal Mail to include 'delivered by..' mark from JuneMarketing WeekRoyal Mail is to start including the controversial “delivered by…” mark on direct mail from next month, part of a strategy to increase the visibility of the mail service's brand in the face of increased competition from rivals.New 'Delivered …

A new "Delivered By Royal Mail" postmark is to be stamped on letters and other items to distinguish post delivered by the group and its competitors. More: continued here

Scotland Courier 'It's so irritating' — residents claim 'rude' postman leaves them to deliver …Scotland CourierResidents in Dundee's Foggyley area have blasted a ''rude'' postman who ignored a request to take back mail he had wrongly delivered. Dianne is fed up of having to finish the postie's job. By Alan …

Team GB Gold Medallists To Star On Next Day Olympic StampsLondonistFor the first time in Olympic history, next-day stamps will be issued by Royal Mail to celebrate each Team GB Gold Medal win during London 2012. You don't need to be a lifelong philatelist to realise this is pretty special. …

Marketing Week Q&A: Ben Rhodes, Royal MailMarketing WeekRuth Mortimer talks to Royal Mail's head of marketing and commercial strategy Ben Rhodes about his strategy for the deregulated delivery brand. RM: Can you explain why you are introducing the new 'Delivered by Royal Mail' mark on your products?New 'Delivered By Royal …

'Royal' mail for HannahCarrickfergus TimesA SUNNYLANDS Primary School student has an extra special reason to celebrate this year's Jubilee after the arrival of a letter from the Queen. Primary four pupil Hannah Emerson received the special delivery two weeks ago after corresponding with … More: continued here

shropshirestar.com Amazon criticised over delivery timesBirmingham Mail (blog)It noted that Amazon used couriers including Royal Mail's first class service for one-day deliveries which, according to the Royal Mail website, would take between one and two days. The ASA said: "Because we understood that Amazon used non-guaranteed …Amazon has knuckles rapped …