Massingham: Posties join fight over deliveriesLynn News (press release)SIX angry postmen are among those who have signed a petition calling for a new Royal Mail delivery system to be scrapped. More than 100 people in total have signed the petition in Massingham after the new system led to undelivered mail …
Read More »The week that was: 17 June 2011 – Post and Parcel
The week that was: 17 June 2011Post and ParcelThere was bad news from London this week when Royal Mail Group reported a drastic £141m drop in operating profit, due to a decline in revenues. The operator – whose annual results were published on Tuesday – recorded a figure of just …
Read More »Royal Mail cuts more jobs as losses mount
Royal Mail’s letters division lost £120m in the last financial year against a £20m profit a year earlier, its worst performance for seven years Royal Mail has warned that it will be forced to cut up to 20,000 more jobs after revealing that it is losing more than £2m a …
Read More »Inside the Royal Mail’s Internal Cloud – Register
Inside the Royal Mail's Internal CloudRegisterRecently we brought you the feel-good tale "Royal Mail Moves to the Cloud" , in which intrepid Adrian Steel and trusty companion Glyn Knaresborough migrated 30000 desktops – and lived to tell Reg readers their heartwarming story. They were so good, … More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail apologises after postal problems
ROYAL Mail has apologised for disruption caused to postal services in Woking. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail apologises after postal problems – Get Surrey
Royal Mail apologises after postal problemsGet SurreyA meeting has now been set up between Royal Mail and members of Woking Borough Council, after councillors Amanda Coulson and Ann-Marie Barker became involved in the issue. Cllr Coulson has been looking into problems, which date back to April, … More: continued here
Read More »Postbox thefts for ‘scrap metal’ – BBC News
BBC News Postbox thefts for 'scrap metal'BBC NewsIn a statement Royal Mail said it was investigating the incidents and "working on the replacement of the boxes". Mr Brookes said: "They could be stealing them for scrap metal. "They're the small cast iron mailboxes attached to telegraph poles – the old …
Read More »Postmen in Dursley and Wotton hit out as pedal power is scrapped by Royal Mail – Gloucestershire Gazette
Postmen in Dursley and Wotton hit out as pedal power is scrapped by Royal MailGloucestershire GazetteTHE vision of a postman on a bicycle will be a thing of the past as Royal Mail scraps pedal power in favour of vans. Postmen and women in Dursley, Wotton and surrounding areas are …
Read More »Postie and partner spared jail for Xmas present thefts in Sutton – Your Local Guardian
Postie and partner spared jail for Xmas present thefts in SuttonYour Local GuardianRoyal Mail employee Richard O'Brien, of Gilbrook Close, Morden, admitted stealing the parcels – believed to be worth £2000 – between November 2009 and December 2010. Co-defendant Amina Galaky, of Cedar Road, Sutton, stole another 88 parcels between …
Read More »Mail services suspended in Canada – TameBay
CBC.ca Mail services suspended in CanadaTameBayThis affects all mail services within the country. Items posted with Royal Mail on Friday 10th June and since then may not have been delivered and will be held in Canada awaiting a change to the situation. This also means that mail handled by Canada …
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