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 …
Read More »All change for Keighley mail deliveries – Keighley News
All change for Keighley mail deliveriesKeighley NewsRoyal Mail has re-organised its delivery routes in the town with changes coming into force this week. A spokesman said: “We need to modernise the way we operate. “We are therefore making changes in Keighley to maintain our services …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Sorting jobs safe despite huge losses – Swindon Advertiser
Sorting jobs safe despite huge lossesSwindon AdvertiserHUGE financial losses at Royal Mail are unlikely to affect jobs at the sorting office in Swindon following large investment. Royal Mail bosses revealed losses of £120 million yesterday following a large drop in the number of people sending post. …No job cuts at …
Read More »Royal Mail Launch Thomas The Tank Engine Stamps – Entertainment Focus
Royal Mail Launch Thomas The Tank Engine StampsEntertainment FocusRoyal Mail is celebrating one of the world's best-loved children's characters, Thomas the Tank Engine™, on a special stamp collection. The Thomas the Tank Engine stamp set is being released to celebrate the centenary of the birth of creator Reverend W …Royal …
Read More »Isles MP opens Royal Mail office – Stornoway Gazette
Isles MP opens Royal Mail officeStornoway GazetteThis is a tremendous facility and proves Royal Mail's commitment to these islands. The Royal Mail is an organisation that is very close to my heart as my late father was a postman in Barra for many years.” Eddie MacKenzie, Royal Mail's Islands Manager …
Read More »Royal Mail decreases pension deficit to £4.5 billion – Employee Benefits
Royal Mail decreases pension deficit to £4.5 billionEmployee BenefitsThe Royal Mail Group has cut its pension scheme deficit from £8 billion in 2010 to £4.5 billion in 2011, but still describes it as a disproportionate burden on the business. Its annual results for 2010/11 stated that the decrease in the …
Read More »Union threatens post strikes – The Sun
The Sun Union threatens post strikesThe SunUNION bosses are threatening a POSTAL strike – over claims Royal Mail wants to axe 40000 jobs. The Communication Workers Union reacted with fury to reports Royal Mail chief Moya Greene "acknowledged" thousands had to go to save cash. …Quarter of postal jobs could …
Read More »Quarter of postal jobs could go, union warns – Witney Gazette
Quarter of postal jobs could go, union warnsWitney GazetteMULTI-MILLION pound losses at Royal Mail could mean one in four postal jobs cut in Oxfordshire, union officials claim. The organisation announced on Tuesday it had faced a £120m loss in its letters and parcels business. The number of letters being sent …
Read More »MPs say chief executive of loss-making Royal Mail should not have accepted … – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk MPs say chief executive of loss-making Royal Mail should not have accepted …Telegraph.co.ukThe new chief executive of Royal Mail has been paid a bonus which is the same as the Prime Minister's salary for less than nine months' work. By Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor Moya Greene, a former head …
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