LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's second largest postal firm TNT Post is to trial deliveries on the streets of west London next month as it steps up ambitions to rival state-owned Royal Mail Group as the UK's postal provider. TNT Post UK, which is owned by Dutch mail company PostNL NV …
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TNT Post to trial deliveries in LondonReuters* TNT Post UK trial to start mid-April in West London * TNT Post seals Tesco deal * Rival service would disadvantage customers-Royal Mail By Neil Maidment LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) – Britain's second largest postal firm TNT Post is to trial deliveries …TNT …
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EU regulators clear Royal Mail pension revampReuters UKBy Neil Maidment | LONDON (Reuters) – Privatisation of Royal Mail Group moved a step closer after EU regulators approved government plans to take on its deficit-ridden pension scheme. The European Commission said on Wednesday the revamp included … More: continued here
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Royal Mail delivers a blow to Herefordshire's link roadHereford TimesRoyal Mail Group has said the proposed link road connecting Edgar Street to the top of Commercial Road would effectively sever the centre's main yard “rendering the delivery office totally inoperable”. Around 100 delivery vans and some 200 members of … …
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Freshfields and Slaughters take key roles on Royal Mail pension shake-upLegal WeekFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May are both advising on the restructuring of Royal Mail as the Government prepares to take on the postal operator's multibillion-pound pension deficit. Freshfields is advising the Government on the … More: continued …
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Professional Pensions UK's post deal should have pension bosses droolingReuters Blogs (blog)The Royal Mail is getting rid of future liabilities with an estimated present value of nearly 38 billion pounds at a cost of only 28 billion pounds – the value of the assets in its pension fund. In a …
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Museum chronicles history of mailThe Press AssociationThe British Postal Museum and Archive will move from its current location in the capital to the nearby Mount Pleasant site, where the country's oldest mail centre is based. The Royal Mail and Post Office is giving a £500000 grant and there will be …
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Packaging Europe Jetran® passes the Royal Mail testPackaging EuropeWe sell by mail order through sites such as Amazon and StressNoMore, and we find that boxes can get bashed and battered in the post – this design style in all our mailing-tests worked the best because there are no corners to …
Read More »Commission Approves Pension Relief And Restructuring Aid In Favour Of The … – eGov monitor
Commission Approves Pension Relief And Restructuring Aid In Favour Of The …eGov monitorThe European Commission has approved UK plans to relieve the Royal Mail Group (RMG) from excessive pension costs relating to its past monopoly position and to provide RMG with restructuring aid consisting of a debt reduction of ₤1089 …
Read More »Royal Mail pension bailout clears way for sell off – Hell Mail
Hell Mail Royal Mail pension bailout clears way for sell offHell MailThe EU has given approval for the assets and liabilities of the Royal Mail pension fund to be transferred to the state. The move will free the Royal Mail to invest more of its profits into transforming the business …
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