Shapps targets BBC and Royal Mail in land grab for housebuilding24dash (press release)Housing minister Grant Shapps is in talks with the BBC and Royal Mail to find unused sites for housebuilding as he announced today that ministers are on course to release enough land for 100000 homes by 2015. In …
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24dash (press release) Housing takes centre stage in economic recovery plansMyIntroducer.comBut I'm looking beyond Westminster and want to see organisations like the BBC, Royal Mail and Network Rail also follow our lead. "And for those languishing on council waiting lists, my message is clear: we are doing all we can …
Read More »When the Daily Mail and Polly Toynbee are united in self-righteous anger, be … – The Economist (blog)
Globe and Mail When the Daily Mail and Polly Toynbee are united in self-righteous anger, be …The Economist (blog)And there was the government, wriggling like a lugworm on a hook as the press and opposition politicians raged at the idea of paying millions of pounds in bonuses to bosses at …
Read More »Fred Goodwin stripped of knighthood for biggest corporate disaster in UK history – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Fred Goodwin stripped of knighthood for biggest corporate disaster in UK historyDaily MailThe forfeiture committee, made up of senior civil servants and Government lawyers, met to consider the case after the Daily Mail highlighted growing cross-party pressure for Mr Goodwin's knighthood to be rescinded. Mr Goodwin was telephoned …
Read More »Royal Caribbean response to crash wins praise
A passenger involved in a weekend accident in St. Thomas says the line did everything right. More: continued here
Read More »Mindshare set to win £12m Post Office media account and UM London set to get Royal Mail
The Post Office is poised to award its £12m media planning and buying account to WPP agency Mindshare, while Interpublic Group's UM London is likely to take the £2m media business for The Royal Mail. More: continued here
Read More »Mindshare set to take £12m Post Office media while UM London poised for Royal Mail
The Post Office is poised to award its £12m media planning and buying account to WPP agency Mindshare, while Interpublic Group's UM London is in pole position to take the £2m media business for The Royal Mail. More: continued here
Read More »Mindshare set to take £12m Post Office media while UM London poised for Royal Mail – Media Week (registration)
Mindshare set to take £12m Post Office media while UM London poised for Royal MailMedia Week (registration)The Post Office is poised to award its £12m media planning and buying account to WPP agency Mindshare, while Interpublic Group's UM London is in pole position to take the £2m media business for …
Read More »VAT change needed for TNT Post to launch UK end-to-end service – Post and Parcel
VAT change needed for TNT Post to launch UK end-to-end servicePost and ParcelAs universal service provider, Royal Mail is exempt from charging the sales tax on mailings, whereas TNT Post UK would currently have to apply the 20% tax. The company has been lobbying industry regulator Ofcom since it took …
Read More »Taxpayers lose £900million as RBS and Lloyds share prices fall over bonus … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Taxpayers lose £900million as RBS and Lloyds share prices fall over bonus …Daily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter British taxpayers have lost nearly £900million on the value of Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking group shares after Stephen Hester gave up his bonus as RBS chief. The share …
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