Royal Mail

Britain's newly-privatised postal operator Royal Mail is to cut around 1,300 managerial and head office jobs in order to deliver annualised savings of 50 million pounds. Royal Mail, sold off last October in Britain's biggest privatisation for decades, has shed 50,000 jobs in 11 years as part of a lengthy …

Royal Mail has unveiled plans to cut 1,600 jobs as part of a drive to save £50 million a year in costs, in a move that postal workers unions warned could spark industrial action. The postal delivery service said that 1,300 jobs would be lost in total, mainly from its …

Royal Mail has announced it is poised to axe 1,600 jobs as part of a cost-cutting drive. The company said it was due to begin consultations with the Communication Workers Union and Unite over the move which will largely involve managerial positions. The company, which controversially floated on the Stock …

BBC News Royal Mail plans to cut 1600 jobsBBC NewsRoyal Mail is planning to cut 1,600 roles as part of a drive to cut costs, mainly among its head office managerial staff. The postal delivery service says the net effect will be 1,300 job losses, as it plans to create …

The Guardian Union warns of industrial action as Royal Mail cuts 1300 jobsReuters UKRoyal Mail, sold off last October in Britain's biggest privatisation for decades, has shed 50,000 jobs in 11 years as it tries to adapt to the rise of electronic mail and a shift from traditional letters to …

The postal service explained that the net effect of the move will be 1,300 role reductions. More: continued here

Main postal operator Royal Mail on Tuesday said it planned to axe 1,600 jobs under a fresh cost-cutting drive six months after the group was partly privatised. Royal Mail said in a statement that most of the jobs to go would be in management, with no delivery staff losing their …

A Royal Mail employee collects pre-sorted mail for delivery from a sorting machine at… Read More A Royal Mail employee collects pre-sorted mail for delivery from a sorting machine at the company's Mount Pleasant postal sorting office in London, U.K. More: continued here

'Frontline' postmen unaffected as newly privatised service starts formal consultation with unions         More: continued here

By Neil Maidment LONDON (Reuters) – Just five months after its privatisation, Britain's Royal Mail postal service has announced plans to cut a net 1,300 jobs to reduce costs, prompting a threat of industrial action from a trade union. Royal Mail, sold off last October in Britain's biggest privatisation for …