Norfolk Eastern Daily Press Thomas Tank Engine stamps in UKBigPond NewsRoyal Mail will issue the collection on June 14, one day ahead of what would have been the author Reverend Wilbert Awdry's hundredth birthday on June 15. His son, Christopher Awdry, said his father would have been honoured. …Thomas the …
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Read More »Royal Mail pensions sell-off set to go ahead – Financial News
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Read More »Core Letters Business Loses Royal Mail £100m – City Talk 105.9
Core Letters Business Loses Royal Mail£100mCity Talk 105.9Royal Mail is poised to reveal its traditional letters business lost more than £100m last year, Sky News has learnt. Sky's City editor Mark Kleinman said figures to be released next week would show letter volumes and margins were down while costs were …
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Sky News Core Letters Business Loses Royal Mail£100m106 JACK fmRoyal Mail is poised to reveal its traditional letters business lost more than £100m last year, Sky News has learnt. Sky's City editor Mark Kleinman said figures to be released next week would show letter volumes and margins were down while …
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Royal Mail is poised to reveal its traditional letters business lost more than £100m last year, Sky News has learnt.Sky’s City editor Mark Kleinman said figures to be released next week would show … More: continued here
Read More »Exclusive: Royal Mail Posts £100m Letters Loss – Sky News (blog)
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Read More »Royal Mail sell-off could cost taxpayer over £10 billion – Telegraph.co.uk
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