Wave of strikes to hit Royal MailSocialistworker.co.uk, UKby Yuri Prasad Business secretary Lord Mandelson's plans to hand a chunk of the Royal Mail to a private equity firm are set to receive a blow on Friday, as 10000 postal workers in London prepare to strike. Postal workers across Edinburgh are set …
Read More »Union Stops Payments To Labour Over Expenses – Sky News
Sky News Union Stops Payments To Labour Over ExpensesSky News, UKThe union says it is not breaking its alliance with the party, but it is concerned with the direction of policy, particularly the part-privatisation of Royal Mail. It follows weeks of turmoil in the Labour Party sparked by revelations over MPs' …
Read More »Breaking News Union Stops Payments To Labour Over Expenses … – Sky News
Sky News Breaking News Union Stops Payments To Labour Over Expenses …Sky News, UKThe union says it is not breaking its alliance with the party, but it is concerned with the direction of policy, particularly the part-privatisation of Royal Mail. It follows weeks of turmoil in the Labour Party sparked by …
Read More »£2000 of prizes to be won by Mail's best letter writers – BirminghamMail.net
£2000 of prizes to be won by Mail's best letter writersBirminghamMail.net, UKTHE Birmingham Mail has teamed up with Royal Mail to offer our top letter writers a range of fantastic prizes worth more than £2000 over the next year. Every week we will be assessing the quality of correspondence published on …
Read More »Timing of direct mail campaigns is crucial, GI Direct survey shows – PrintWeek
Timing of direct mail campaigns is crucial, GI Direct survey showsPrintWeek, UKIn a survey of 1000 consumers commissioned by the company, two-thirds said the timing of direct mail pieces is most likely to result in a response. The results are backed up by a Royal Mail study showing that those in …
Read More »Wales News Plea for Kirsty's mobile phone – WalesOnline
Wales News Plea for Kirsty's mobile phoneWalesOnline, United KingdomA GIANT 20ft post box will make its way across Wales this week in a campaign against the Government's controversial plans to sell off Royal Mail. The red pillar box, which started from Mumbles Pier, Swansea, yesterday will tour Wales' towns, … More: …
Read More »Millbank Primary School pupils mark launch of Royal Mail's … – WalesOnline
Telegraph.co.uk Millbank Primary School pupils mark launch of Royal Mail's…WalesOnline, United KingdomPUPILS at a primary school have helped bring the illustrations on the Royal Mail's latest set of stamps to life. Children from Millbank Primary School in Cardiff dressed up as mythical creatures including a boulder-wielding giant and a fire-breathing …Royal …
Read More »Thieving postman avoids jail and says he's sorry – Basildon Recorder
Thieving postman avoids jail and says he's sorryBasildon Recorder, UKRoyal Mail caught him out and sacked him following an elaborate sting, during which they planted packages and cards in his delivery bag to tempt him – which they did. The father-of-four of Failand Mews, Stanford-le-Hope, was spared jail when he … …
Read More »Keeping the Royal Mail in Business – community blog from Roger Elwell (Finextra)
The marketing people at my bank have really been busy recently, and certainly doing their bit to keep the Royal Mail going. Over the course of one week, we received five – yes 5 – mailshots offering us a range of their wonderful value-for-money savings accounts. More: continued here
Read More »Most recent polls (Evening Standard)
Should Boris ban Tube strikes over ‘trivial’ issues? Should postal workers strike against the part-privatisation of Royal Mail? Will Andy Murray win Wimbledon following his brilliant victory at Queens? More: continued here
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