Daily Mail Brussels to approve Royal Mail pension moveFinancial TimesBy Alex Barker and Brian Groom The European Commission will give the green light on Wednesday to the government's plan to take over Royal Mail's pension fund, removing one of the main obstacles to privatising the state-owned postal operator.Royal Mail pension …
Read More »Government to take on Royal Mail pensions – Financial Times
Financial Times Government to take on Royal Mail pensionsFinancial TimesBy Hannah Kuchler and Brian Groom The UK government will take on Royal Mail's pension fund next month, guaranteeing retirement benefits for postal workers and paving the way for the privatisation of the service, Treasury sources have said ahead of the …
Read More »Gilt Sales to Climb Next Year as Osborne Fiscal Targets at Risk – Bloomberg
Gilt Sales to Climb Next Year as Osborne Fiscal Targets at RiskBloombergRoyal Mail Gilts have lagged behind US Treasuries, German bonds and Japanese debt this year, losing 3.2 percent, according to indexes compiled by Bloomberg and the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies. UK bonds returned 17 percent last …UK …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Suspicious package found at Diss Royal Mail delivery office – Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press BREAKING NEWS: Suspicious package found at Diss Royal Mail delivery officeNorfolk Eastern Daily PressWorkers and residents in Diss town centre have been evacuated this morning following a report of a suspicious package at the Royal Mail delivery office. To send a link to this page to …
Read More »Royal Mail pension privatisation: Far from providing a windfall, it turns MPs … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Royal Mail pension privatisation: Far from providing a windfall, it turns MPs …Daily MailAccording to the neutral voice of the BBC news website: 'Royal Mail pension fund assets and liabilities are set to be transferred to the government next month, subject to EU approval, the BBC understands. The …
Read More »Royal Mail pays out £700k for shoddy service in Sussex – The Argus
Royal Mail pays out £700k for shoddy service in SussexThe ArgusThe Royal Mail has paid out more than £700000 in compensation for providing a second-rate service in Sussex over the last five years, The Argus can reveal. The payout follows more than 80000 complaints for lost, stolen or damaged mail …
Read More »Royal Mail confirm suspicious package was in fact a paintball gun – Diss Express
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press Royal Mail confirm suspicious package was in fact a paintball gunDiss ExpressA SPOKESMAN for Royal Mail has told the Diss Express the suspicious package that caused the evacuation of Diss town centre today was a paintball gun. Royal Mail spokeman Sally Hopkins said: “We can confirm …
Read More »British Royal Mail features comics characters on stamps – Comic Book Resources
The Drum British Royal Mail features comics characters on stampsComic Book ResourcesBritain's Royal Mail is releasing a set of 10 stamps today featuring a diverse group of comics characters from British comics. They're available to those outside the UK as well and feature internationally famous characters like Judge Dredd and …
Read More »Royal Mail online postage hit by more IT problems – CIO UK
Royal Mail online postage hit by more IT problemsCIO UKBy Anh Nguyen | Published: 09:13 GMT, 20 March 12 | Computerworld UK Royal Mail has today suffered another outage in its online postage service due to “technical issues”. The Royal Mail Twitter feed notified customers of the problem at around …
Read More »Royal Mail move ‘shoddy accounting’ by UK government – PublicServiceEurope.com
PublicServiceEurope.com Royal Mail move 'shoddy accounting' by UK governmentPublicServiceEurope.comby Philip Booth The government's decision to nationalise the assets of the Royal Mail pension fund while taking on all future liabilities is another example of accounting sleight-of-hand by an administration that really should know better. More: continued here
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