Daily Mail Royal Mail's'stealth tax' on posting parcels: Small businesses in despair …Daily MailIt was launched in November with great success and she has sold around 7,000 – but the Royal Mail's price changes mean that while before April it cost £2.70 to send the box and six cupcakes by first-class post, since April 2…
The Times (subscription) Royal Mail saleThe Times (subscription)Sir, You assert (“Priced to go”, Business, Apr 15) that Royal Mail is to be sold at a knock-down price. This is not true. It is not ministers but the market, investors and other factors that will dictate the value of Royal Mail. The Government has at …The…
Three men charged over royal mail robbery in FobbingYOURTHUROCKTHREE men have been charged in connection with the robbery of a Royal Mail delivery driver in Fobbing. The robbery happened on Thursday, December 6, in High Road, while a delivery driver was making deliveries. The van was recovered in Milton Road … More: continued here
Manchester Evening News Royal Mail worker who stole church donations is spared jailManchester Evening NewsA Royal Mail worker who ripped open packages and stole church donations has avoided jail. Jordan Phillips, 20, pocketed £100 of cash and cheques while working at the delivery offices in south Manchester, a court heard. The money had been sent…
A former Royal Mail worker who admitted embezzling £45,000 has her sentence deferred again to allow her more time to repay the cash. More: continued here
Daily Mail What would Postman Pat say? Royal Mail to evict beloved pet cat from sorting …Daily MailA Royal Mail spokesman said: 'Although this stray cat has become a regular visitor to the good natured postmen and women in our sorting office, we will be speaking to a local animal welfare charity to find a…
This is Gloucestershire Seven-mile trek to pick up missed post from Royal MailThis is GloucestershireRoyal Mail spokesman Mike Norman said: "The modernisation of our delivery operations plays a major part in allowing us to place the business on a sound, secure and stable footing for the future. We are reviewing our operations in our Gloucester…
The black cat has visited Stratford-upon-Avon's sorting office every day for five years but is facing a workplace ban after managers ruled he was a workplace danger. More: continued here
The bizarre byways of the Royal Mail's new delivery chargesTelegraph.co.ukUnder the Royal Mail's new parcel-pricing, a packet classed as a “medium parcel” for domestic deliveries (over 8cm thick) but weighing under 250g will cost £5.65 (first class) or £5.20 (second class) in this country but will only cost £3.50 to send … More: continued here
STAFF claim a Royal Mail mix-up could cost a hospice thousands of pounds.ALmost half of the estimated 100,000 supporters and patients of the Douglas Macmillan Hospice who usually receive a copy of a commemorative supporter magazine missed out last month.The newsletter was sent out to regular donors in celebration of the charity's 40th anniversary.But the…