Royal Mail

Royal Mail invests £70m in barcodesLogistics ManagerThis is intended to add value to its service, by allowing firms to track bulk mail consignments through to delivery round, information which previously had only been available through higher cost tracked services. Firms will have to apply their own … More: continued here

Braintree and Witham Times Braintree: Royal Mail makes changes to delivery routesBraintree and Witham TimesRoyal Mail insist many customers will continue to receive their mail by lunchtime, but admit the time people receive mail will depend on mail volumes and where people live on the new routes. The changes have …

BBC News Public facing battle for Royal Mail sharesThe SunORDINARY punters will find it hard to buy shares in Royal Mail when it is sold for an estimated £3billion, it was claimed yesterday. The Stock Market flotation is being touted as a return to the “Tell Sid” privatisation of British …

Britain's royal baby bides its timeCourier MailMeanwhile the Mail on Sunday published a poll revealing that 53 per cent of Britons think William and Catherine should not hire a nanny. A further 56 per cent think she should cut back significantly on her royal duties after the birth. The paper …

Mario Dunn :Royal Mail Privatisation – The Point of No ReturnHuffington Post UKVince Cable has detailed what the government wants to do with our Royal Mail. For him in an ideal world the public will line up in droves to buy a few shares in the business they already own. …

The Royal Mail must remain in British ownership and remodelled like Germany’s Deutsche Post Britain is 159th in the world league table that ranks investment as a share of GDP. This is not new. Owners of British companies have long been permitted a feckless lack of responsibility. Smart countries, from …

The Guardian This privatisation of the Royal Mail would be a national disasterThe GuardianIt is a national disaster that another great British organisation, the Royal Mail, is to be cast into this maelstrom. (As I explain later, a more imaginative "protected" private model could work.) The directors of the Royal …

SIMON WATKINS: The Royal Mail sell-off must be first classThis is MoneyThis is even more the case if one regards Royal Mail not as a utility but as a growth company with the power to expand both organically and by acquisition, as Business Minister Michael Fallon told The Mail on …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail'must be free to buy foreign post firms': Minister rules out golden …This is MoneyCritics of the plan have called for measures to ensure that the listing of Royal Mail does not lead to it falling into the hands of foreign investors. They point to the previously state-run …

ADVISERS expect a surge of interest in Royal Mail shares after the government revealed plans to privatise the business. More: continued here