LONDON (Reuters) – Dutch mail company TNT NV is demanding control of the Royal Mail’s profitable European parcels delivery arm as part of a multi-billion pound proposal made to the government, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper said. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail plan 'will go ahead' – BBC News
BBC News Royal Mail plan 'will go ahead'BBC News, UKBusiness Secretary Lord Mandelson has said the UK Government will go ahead with controversial plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. And he attacked union officials, saying they were scaring off potential bidders, in a BBC Scotland interview. …PM over a barrel on …
Read More »Cameron's threat on Royal Mail vote adds to Brown's woes – Independent
Telegraph.co.uk Cameron's threat on Royal Mail vote adds to Brown's woesIndependent, UKIn more grim news for Mr Brown, Mr Cameron stopped short of offering a cast-iron guarantee that his party will back the Government in the Royal Mail vote. Up to 120 Labour MPs are threatening to rebel next month, forcing …
Read More »TNT's big investors reject Royal Mail plan – guardian.co.uk
Hell Mail TNT's big investors reject Royal Mail planguardian.co.uk, UKShareholders in TNT are warning the Dutch postal firm against buying a stake in Royal Mail. Investors contacted by the Observer said they were concerned that the British government would prevent TNT from cutting thousands of postal workers' jobs to …TNT targets …
Read More »Rallies oppose Royal Mail plans – BBC News
BBC News Rallies oppose Royal Mail plansBBC News, UKPostal workers have continued a series of rallies around the UK to express their opposition to the government's proposal to sell a stake in Royal Mail. The government says that Royal Mail needs outside investment to survive. But union leaders speaking …Royal Mail …
Read More »Messing with the Mail (BBC Gateshead)
Can the Government save the Royal Mail – or do its plans spell disaster? And what happens after the Post Offices shut? More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail to replace bikes with vans (UPI)
LONDON, May 9 (UPI) — England’s Royal Mail plans to phase out thousands of bicycles and replace them with delivery vans, officials said. More: continued here
Read More »Rallies oppose Royal Mail plans (BBC News)
Postal workers are holding a number of rallies across the UK to express their opposition to the government’s plans to part privatise Royal Mail More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail to replace bikes with vans – United Press International
Royal Mail to replace bikes with vansUnited Press InternationalLONDON, May 9 (UPI) — England's Royal Mail plans to phase out thousands of bicycles and replace them with delivery vans, officials said. The bikes now used will be shipped by charities to Africa. The switch to vans is aimed at making …
Read More »Wrong mail for 15 years – The Star
Wrong mail for 15 yearsThe Star, UK"We've been getting letters at least once a week, sometimes two or three times, for all that time and whenever I have tried to complain I spend ages on the phone to Royal Mail and get nowhere," she said. "I've kept telling the postman and …
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