Royal Mail

Dorset Echo 800 Royal Mail jobs to be created in the Black Countryexpressandstar.comThe mail centres in Wolverhampton can process up to one million items per shift over Christmas, with the rise in online shopping credited as having sparked a surge in the number of festive parcels delivered in recent years. …

Telegraph.co.uk Market report: Royal Mail shrugs off market turmoilTelegraph.co.ukThe under-performance of Royal Mail shares was driven, in part, by “numerous uncertainties centred in parcel/mail competition” that justified “near-term caution”, they told clients. However, those risks “look more than fully reflected” in Royal Mail's… More: continued here

CMC Markets Site (blog) Royal Mail, one year on and suddenly the politicians are quietCMC Markets Site (blog)In July this year the Business Secretary Vince Cable finally succumbed to political pressure to review the way governments conduct stock market flotation's of public assets, as an inevitable consequence of the political …

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Wednesday tips round-up: SAB Miller, Royal MailShareCastSAB Miller's shares rose despite the release of some disappointing second-quarter figures. The brewer saw sales of lager off by some 1% in China due to poor weather, while its performance in Australia was crimped by constrained consumer budgets. More: continued here

The Guardian Royal Mail sells central London sorting office for £111mThe GuardianRoyal Mail has sold its former central London sorting office next to Paddington station to a Singaporean consortium for £111m. The newly-privatised company sold the one-acre site, which dates back to 1907 and was recently used as the setting …

BG, Hargreaves Lansdown, Royal Mail, TSB, Mariana Resources…Proactive Investors UKRoyal Mail (LON:RMG) is another that has been in the wars recently, but investors should stick with its says JP Morgan. The broker concedes there are numerous uncertainties centred in parcel/mail competition and regulatory developments. After the … More: continued here

Reuters UK How a letter is sorted and delivered by Royal MailTelegraph.co.ukMayor of London Boris Johnson recently announced plans to turn part of the site that is no longer used for mail operations into luxury flats. Royal Mail said Mount Pleasant will remain at the heart of operations in London, …

Telegraph.co.uk Singapore development company snaps up historic Royal Mail siteTelegraph.co.ukThe Royal Mail floated last October and investors have endured a bumpy ride during the first 12 months of listed life. The shares which listed at 330p last October, soared to 615p in January, and have now settled at a more …

Peterborough Telegraph Royal Mail creates hundreds of Christmas jobs in PeterboroughPeterborough TelegraphAbout 470 jobs are to be created by the Royal Mail in Peterborough to cope with the pre-Christmas surge in deliveries. A Royal Mail spokesman said the seasonal workers are being recruited to staff mail and distribution centres to …