Royal Mail

Ministers have been strongly criticised for including a valuable database containing 29 million postal addresses in the sale of the Royal Mail to boost the share price. More: continued here

The Commons Public Administration Committee says the Postcode Address File should have been retained as a "national asset" freely available to all for the widest benefit of the economy         More: continued here

Royal Mail announces five year programme to commemorate the Great WarBeverley GuardianAlongside the stamps programme, Royal Mail has published a searchable database of the memorials in its care – www.royalmailmemorials.com. Royal Mail is also custodian of around 250 war memorials commemorating those who gave their lives. More than … More: continued here

The Government has been slammed for selling a valuable database of every British postcode and address in last year's flotation of the Royal Mail (Other OTC: ROYMF – news) . Ministers were strongly criticised for including the register, which contains 1.8 million postcodes and all 28 million addresses, to help boost the share price in…

Reading Post Motorcyclist died after falling from bike and hitting Royal Mail van in …Reading PostA motorcyclist fell from his bike and struck a Royal Mail van when it pulled into in his path from a driveway, an inquest heard. Michael Jiggens of Memorial Avenue, in Shiplake Cross, was returning a Kawasaki Z1000 he had…

A series of special stamps is to be published over the next five years by the Royal Mail to commemorate the First World War. More: continued here

The Government has been slammed for selling a valuable database of every British postcode and address in last year's flotation of the Royal Mail (Other OTC: ROYMF – news) . Ministers were strongly criticised for including the register, which contains 1.8 million postcodes and all 28 million addresses, to help boost the share price in…

A cross-party group of MPs criticises the government for including a valuable database of postcodes in last year's flotation of the Royal Mail. More: continued here

Evening Standard Postcode data should not have been sold with Royal Mail, say MPsFinancial Times… said in a report on open data. The Postcode Address File, which details all postcodes in the UK, was included in the Royal Mail IPO “to boost its share price”, the committee said, whereas it should have been treated as…

Ministers have been strongly criticised for including a valuable database containing millions of postcodes and postal addresses in the sale of the Royal Mail to boost the share price. More: continued here