This is Somerset Privatising Royal Mail'could see cost of stamps rise to £1' | This is SomersetThis is SomersetA new campaign group launched to protect postal services has warned that privatising the Royal Mail could lead to higher stamp prices, fewer deliveries in the countryside and “rocketing” costs to small businesses. Save Our Royal Mail,…
BBC News Faulty bike postman wins Royal Mail payoutBBC NewsThe Royal Mail has paid out nearly £10,000 in compensation to a postman who fell from a faulty bike. The accident is understood to have happened in 2011 and involved a worker based in Colchester. The postman suffered a shoulder injury after the chain …Compensation Britain:…
Warning over Royal Mail privatisationDaily Post North WalesSMALL businesses could be hit with “rocketing” costs if the Royal Mail is privatised, warn a campaign group. Save Our Royal Mail, set up by groups representing the countryside, the elderly, small firms and the blind, urged the Government not to “rush … More: continued here
postal names mix up investigated by Royal MailSouth Wales ArgusA HOMEOWNER who lives in a road without numbers has criticised the Royal Mail after being apparently plagued by a post mix-up for nearly two years. Ted Netherman, 72, accused postal workers of bungling residents' deliveries in Beach Road, Newport, … More: continued here
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council had to pay the unnamed worker who 'slipped on an office floor' causing 'bruising to the rear'. More: continued here
Campaign over Royal Mail startsHerald ScotlandA campaign has been launched against privatisation of Royal Mail, which supporters fear could end the obligation to charge the same for postal services throughout the UK and bring in a £1 stamp. A campaign has been launched against privatisation of … More: continued here
UK Fundraising Royal Mail releases charity single with Joe McElderry to raise funds for …UK FundraisingRoyal Mail has joined forces with X Factor winner Joe McElderry to release a single in aid of Prostate Cancer UK. The Royal Mail Choir and the singer have recorded a new version of Abide with Me in an arrangement…
Costs warning on post privatisationMSN UKCampaign director Mario Dunn said: "Save Our Royal Mail is a broad based and growing campaign. We want to take our message to the politicians – do not rush headlong into a sell-off if you cannot guarantee a privatised Royal Mail will constrain its … More: continued here
Royal Mail denies campaigners' claims that privatising postal service will see first class stamp price reach £1 in three years Royal Mail has dismissed as "pure speculation" claims by campaigners that privatising the postal service will see the price of a first-class stamp rocket to nearly £1 within three years. The Save Our Royal Mail…
The X Factor winner teams up with the Royal Mail choir for charity. More: continued here