BBC News Royal Mail sorting office closure will cost Shrewsbury £3mshropshirestar.comThe claim came as the Communications Workers Union revealed it is to hold a crunch meeting with members at the centre in Shrewsbury next week to discuss potential strike action. Royal Mail wants to close the sorting office in 2014 – a move which union…
The closure of the Royal Mail sorting office in Shropshire will cost the local economy £3 million, it was claimed today. More: continued here
Bosses at Royal Mail are refusing to deliver post to around 30 homes in Shropshire after one of its workers was allegedly attacked by a dog. More: continued here
The Independent Royal Mail Group posts profit ahead of privatisation plansMotor Transport (blog)Royal Mail Group has turned a loss into a profit in its UK letters and parcels arm as it revealed details behind its strategy to develop into a more parcels-focused business ahead of its planned privatisation. The Group's first half profit for the…
Rise in 'junk mail' expected by Royal MailMarketing WeekThe volume of traditional letters sent during the period declined 9 per cent and Royal Mail CEO Moya Greene says UK households should expect more marketing letters as the firm looks to offset the decline. Royal Mail earned £1.1bn from marketing … More: continued here
This is Money Stamp prices could rise again despite Royal Mail's growing profitsThis is MoneyA potential sell-off has been helped by shifting responsibility for Royal Mail's pension fund to the taxpayer. Assets of £28.5billion were transferred to the Government along with £37.6billion of liabilities, which are the cost of pension promises to … More: continued…
One in two letters delivered by Royal Mail is 'junk' mailTelegraph.co.ukShe said that Royal Mail hopes to increase the amount of marketing mail it delivers as it is a “very important” part of what the company does. The rise in unwanted 'junk' mail comes as the volume of traditional letters being sent continues to decline…
Royal Mail ’s chief executive Moya Greene yesterday refused to promise customers that prices will not rise again. More: continued here
It’s been lost in the post for a while, but Royal Mail ‘s £4bn privatisation project finally looks like an imminent delivery. Yesterday the group dispatched first-class half-year results to the Government’s doorstep: hitting Britons with stamp price hikes of up to 40 per cent helped Royal Mail to post a 12 per cent jump…
The Independent The Future has arrived by post, and it's full of junkTelegraph.co.ukThe Royal Mail under Moya Greene (who, they say, is paid half a million pounds a year) has launched a department called MarketReach, which encourages junk mail. You can tell that MarketReach is The Future because it does not bother with a space…