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Royal Mail Hatfield review will not include vehicle operating centreMotor Transport (blog)Royal Mail is reviewing the need for its mail distribution centre in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, but does not expect the decision to affect the vehicle operating centre at the same site. A spokeswoman said the current review of operations at …

EuropeanCEO Lost in privatisation: How the Royal Mail got massively undervalued | European …EuropeanCEOWhen it was announced that the Royal Mail was going to be privatised, a shudder rippled through Britain. Not even Margaret Thatcher had dared sell off the postal service: “I am not prepared to have the Queen's …

Shrewsbury Royal Mail staff give final gift to local charitiesshropshirelive.com (press release)The Society, a staff funded charitable group within Shrewsbury's Royal Mail sorting office, has roots dating back to the 1930's and has worked with many local charities including County Air Ambulance and Hope House Hospice. Nominated charities ranged … More: …

Royal Mail steams aheadBBC NewsWhen the Royal Mail in March last year unveiled a cost-cutting plan aimed at rescuing it from financial oblivion, it said delivering more letters by rail would be a key plank of its strategy. Just over a year later, the ground seems to have shifted … …

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Business Reporter Christmas rush gives Royal Mail revenue boostBusiness ReporterParcels, Christmas cards, and online shopping helped to boost Royal Mail revenues by 2% over the last nine months. royalmail. Photo Credit: Peter Broster (Flickr). UK letter revenues fell by 3%, but parcel revenues were up 8% as pricing encouraged … More: …

Is London's secret railway about to get back on track?Telegraph.co.ukThis subterranean railway is a forgotten relic, opened in 1927 to feed the Royal Mail trains that once criss-crossed the country, immortalised in WH Auden's poem “Night Mail”. After 76 years of service, it fell out of favour and was mothballed …

However shouldn't our anger and attention be drawn towards the ultimate scroungers – the Royal Family? Wealth-X estimated that Queen Elizabeth II has around £362m in cash and a variety of assets, with £78m of that coming from Royal Mail stamps, plus her car, wine, art, and medal collections alone. …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail boosted by online shopping boomTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail said it delivered the equivalent of 417,000 parcels every hour on December 18, the busiest day in the run up to Christmas and a 115m parcels in December. The company said it was still the biggest carrier in the UK having …

Company should benefit from online sales over Christmas, but faces pay controversy Royal Mail has slipped back ahead of a trading update on Friday and amid tensions over the company's executive pay. Chief executive Moya Greene earns £1.5m a year and the company's chairman suggested recently she was one of …