LONDON (Reuters) – The British government has invited stockbrokers to apply to help sell shares in the Royal Mail postal service to members of the public as part of a planned stock market listing. The 497-year-old institution is to be floated by the end of March 2014, the country's biggest privatisation in decades, to help…
Communication Workers Union sets Thursday deadline for deal with Royal Mail, raising threat of post strike seven days later Leaders of the postal workers union have threatened to start a national postal strike on Thursday next week unless Royal Mail can submit to a list of demands in the next 48 hours. Leaders of the…
Scotsman REFILE-UK seeks firms to help sell Royal Mail shares to publicReutersLONDON Aug 7 (Reuters) – The British government has invited stockbrokers to apply to help sell shares in the Royal Mail postal service to members of the public as part of a planned stock market listing. The 497-year-old institution is to be floated by…
General secretary of Communication Workers Union delivers warning as postal workers begin second round of walkouts Industrial action by postal workers could escalate into longer walkouts, a union leader has warned, as postal workers take to picket lines across the country for a second round of strikes. Billy Hayes, the general secretary of the Communication…
Postcard protest at Royal Mail sell-off planThis is CornwallHoniton Senior Voice chairman Vic Bowsher added: "As someone who lives in a rural area I know how important Royal Mail is, especially to seniors in more isolated areas. "We are sending a message that the sell-off is opposed by 67% of the public and … More: continued…
Stroud News and Journal Join campaign against Royal Mail privatisationStroud News and JournalIn 2008, the SNJ backed a campaign to save post offices across the area earmarked for closure. After a hard-fought battle, Uplands Post Office in Stroud, which was closed, re-opened just months later to the joy of campaigners and postmaster Robin Craig. More:…
Observation team caught sorting office boss with crumped notes in pockets, court hears A Royal Mail sorting office manager ripped open envelopes to steal money from children's birthday cards, a court heard today . David Baker, 47, selected "colourful" envelopes that he thought were being sent to youngsters, and removed cash from inside, it was…
CITY A.M. UK seeks firms to help sell Royal Mail shares to publicReuters UKLONDON (Reuters) – The British government has invited stockbrokers to apply to help sell shares in the Royal Mail postal service to members of the public as part of a planned stock market listing. The 497-year-old institution is to be floated by…
UK seeks firms to help sell Royal Mail shares to publicThe New Age OnlineThe British government has invited stockbrokers to apply to help sell shares in the Royal Mail postal service to members of the public as part of a planned stock market listing. The 497-year-old institution is to be floated by the end of…
Scotsman Royal Mail sell-off moves closerScotsmanSTOCKBROKERS and share-dealing services have been invited to act as intermediaries in the planned sale of shares in the Royal Mail. The move signals the latest stage in the Government's controversial privatisation of the postal group through an initial … More: continued here