Royal Mail

Michael Fallon MP: Why we're right to modernise Royal MailConservative Home (blog)Royal Mail rightly has a special place in public affection as an essential part of Britain 's economic and social fabric. The iconic red – and glittering Olympic gold – pillar boxes and the one price goes anywhere universal …

COMMEMORATIVE stamps are being issued to mark the 60th anniversary of the launch of the Royal Yacht Britannia. More: continued here

The Times (subscription) Royal Mail honours BritanniaHerald ScotlandThe book of 10 Royal Mail first-class stamps feature images of the yacht, built on the Clyde and now moored in Leith, being launched by the Queen in 1953. Her apartments and final overseas trip to Hong Kong in 1997 will also be …

Commemorative stamps are being issued to mark the 60th anniversary of the launch of Royal Yacht Britannia. More: continued here

aiCIO Royal Mail's Degaute Gives Way to New GenerationaiCIO(April 12, 2013) – The long-standing CEO of the Royal Mail Pension Trustees is to stand aside as a new generation of investors takes over. Gerry Degaute, now the outgoing CEO, is due to leave the Royal Mail pension plan in June, …

Fitzrovia News Great Portland Estates to show redevelopment plans for Royal Mail depotFitzrovia NewsGreat Portland Estates (GPE) will next week reveal outline plans to redevelop the Royal Mail delivery centre between Rathbone Place and Newman Street to create a mixed-use development of retail, office and residential on the 2.3 acre …

Parcels are now priced on both size and weight – making them more expensive to post. More: continued here

Royal Mail wants to combine the best of the private and public sectorsLeft Foot ForwardLast year Ofcom said that Royal Mail's financial position meant “there is a risk to the financial sustainability of the Universal Service”. Since then we've made huge progress in putting Royal Mail and the Universal Service …

Croydon's Royal Mail delivery office to be demolished and replaced by flatsThis is CroydonROYAL Mail has submitted plans to demolish Croydon's delivery office and replace it with a towering block of flats almost twice the height of the Nestlé building. Postal bosses told the Advertiser this week they hope to …

THE fight is over for campaigners who have waged a two-year battle to stop Whitstable delivery office moving to Canterbury.No date has been set by Royal Mail for the closure of the Cromwell Road office, but it's expected in the next few months.Public support for the campaign saw a 300-strong …