Royal Mail

Bristol couple say BNP leaflet 'offensive'Bristol Evening Post, UKHe says he couldn't believe the leaflet had been delivered to his home in Thornbury by the Royal Mail. He said: "It's the sort of thing you would expect to be delivered by a BNP supporter or councillor, but not the Royal Mail. …

Royal Mail reported annual profits doubled to £321m yesterday, providing grist to the mill of opponents to the Government’s plan to part-privatise the group. More: continued here

Royal Mail has doubled its profits despite a huge fall in the number of letters being posted prompting calls to stop partprivatisation of the group. More: continued here

Royal Mail doubled its profits to £321 million last year, triggering demands that plans for a part-privatisation should be killed off. More: continued here

Last post for mail cycleMirror.co.uk, UKThat's the slogan of Royal Mail bosses, who want to scrap bicycles in favour of shared vans. At present, bikes are used on a quarter of the country's 65000 delivery routes, and the pedalling postie is part of the British way of life. … More: continued …

Royal Mail's massive profit hard to take in HighlandsAberdeen Press and Journal, UKBy Jonny Muir and Rita Campbell Community leaders spoke of their astonishment last night at a Royal Mail announcement that its profits had doubled to £321million in the same year that it imposed swingeing cuts on post office services …

PRESS DIGEST – British Business Press – May 15ReutersRoyal Mail has revealed that its profits doubled to 321 million pounds in 2008, prompting unions to urge the government to support the pensions element of the Postal Services Bill and scrap the privatisation plans. But business secretary Lord Mandelson … More: …

UK Stocks Rebound; BT Dividend Cut123Jump.com, FLRoyal Mail returns to profit after heavy cost cuts. ITV revenues decline and look for more cost cutting. Invensys surges on an increase in orders and a dividend hike. Stocks in UK traded sideways and closed higher. Investors appeared willing to take … More: continued …

LONDON, May 14 (UPI) — The British Royal Mail said it turned a profit of $236 million in the past 12 months, almost double what it made the previous fiscal year. More: continued here

Royal Mail’s painful costcutting programme – which includes thousands of job losses – allowed the business to post an annual profit in all of its divisions for the first time in two decades. More: continued here