Marketing Week Royal Mail delays mark plans after DM backlashMarketing WeekRoyal Mail has delayed plans to include a new “delivered by…” mark on direct mail after being inundated with complaints from direct marketers concerned that the change would reduce response rates from DM packs. Marketing Week revealed last week that …
Read More »Unions confront Lord Mandelson over Royal Mail – FinancialAdvice.co.uk
Unions confront Lord Mandelson over Royal MailFinancialAdvice.co.ukThe UK government has been firmly behind the reorganisation of the Royal Mail and had intended to sell off a significant portion of the profitable side of the operation to an overseas investor. Lord Mandelson has been pushing this issue for many months … …
Read More »Get ready for 2012: Royal Mail issues ten stamps to mark one year to the Olympics – Telegraph.co.uk
Dexigner Get ready for 2012: Royal Mail issues ten stamps to mark one year to the OlympicsTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail is issuing a set of ten 1st Class stamps on 27 July 2011 to celebrate the one year countdown to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Titled 'Get ready for 2012', …
Read More »EBA BOWLS: New leaders as perfect ten sends Moulton to summit – Spalding Today
EBA BOWLS: New leaders as perfect ten sends Moulton to summitSpalding TodayAyscoughfee are also up one to second after their narrow 6-4 success over lowly Royal Mail Cart A. The high-fliers took two rink wins, but a hefty 25-13 return from Mail Cart foursome G Walkley, M Dolton, A Radford …
Read More »Colne fugitive admits robbing mail van – Lancashire Telegraph
Colne fugitive admits robbing mail vanLancashire TelegraphStephen Devalda, 28, has confessed to conspiring to rob a Royal Mail security van near the town's Asda store in 2005. The robbery involved a security guard having a gun held to his head, while he was beaten with a machete and forced to …
Read More »Stamps mark one-year countdown to London Olympics – The Independent
Stamps mark one-year countdown to London OlympicsThe IndependentA set of 10 stamps marking the one-year countdown to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games was unveiled by Britain's Royal Mail on Friday. The batch of 10 first-class stamps, entitled "Get ready for 2012", will go on sale on July 27, …
Read More »A gathering of the giving – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald A gathering of the givingSydney Morning HeraldDan Hunter, of the Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld, believes his best young chef, who has worked at the hotel's restaurant for more than three years, is now a better cook thanks to the skills he's gained preparing staff meals. …and …
Read More »Royal Mail’s “delivered by…” plans fail to hit the mark – Marketing Week
Royal Mail's“delivered by…” plans fail to hit the markMarketing WeekA clumsy internal marketing move aimed at repairing the brittle relationship Royal Mail has with its staff will not only fail in its primary objective but will damage the long-term relationship it has with another of its core stakeholders- direct …Pedalling …
Read More »Canada Post have cleared the mail backlog – TameBay
Canada Post have cleared the mail backlogTameBayFollowing the industrial action there was a back log of parcels both within Canada Post, and with Royal Mail in the UK where there were delays to parcels being despatched to Canada. All delays have now ended with both Canada Post and the Royal …
Read More »Celebration as villagers save sorting office – gethampshire.co.uk
Celebration as villagers save sorting officegethampshire.co.ukRoyal Mail announced in April that the delivery office in Osborn Way was set to close, affecting customers in the RG27 (Hook) and RG29 (Odiham) postcode areas. Residents were horrified as it would mean having to travel to Basingstoke … More: continued here
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