Royal Mail

mediabistro.com Royal Mail Releases Stamps Honoring British Designersmediabistro.com, NY –3 hours agoThe ten, released by the Royal Mail this week, feature items that are quintessentially British, from Edward Young's Penguin Books to Harry Beck's layout for … More: continued here

First class cheekCoventry Telegraph, UK –46 minutes agoTHE Royal Mail has been blasted for asking Coventry council chiefs to celebrate the start of work on a new depot near Northampton which threatens hundreds … More: continued here

Royal Mail urged to deliver on community postal issuesHamilton Advertiser news, UK –2 minutes agoMrs Gillon will meet with Andrew Wood, Royal Mail area general manager for the West of Scotland, on January 23, and a number of issues are on the agenda. … More: continued here

Art review: Queen and Country: A Project by Steve McQueenScotsman, United Kingdom –5 hours agoThe Royal Mail has also always been very conservative in what it will agree to commemorate, and extremely jealous of its privilege of choosing it. … More: continued here

Royal Mail’s VAT-free status has been backed by an advocate-general at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. The legal “opinion” came in a case brought by rival UK mail delivery service TNT, which has to pay VAT, challenging Royal Mail’s right not to pay the tax. More: continued here

BRUSSELS, Jan 15 (Reuters) – British state-owned postal operator Royal Mail should pay sales tax on individually negotiated service contracts, an adviser to the bloc’s second-highest court said on Thursday. More: continued here

A backbench Labour revolt against the Government’s plans to part-privatise Royal Mail is growing, despite efforts by Lord Mandelson to defuse it. More: continued here

BRUSSELS, Jan 15 (Reuters) – British state-owned postal operator Royal Mail should pay sales tax on individually negotiated service contracts, an adviser to the bloc’s second-highest court said on Thursday. Dutch postal rival TNT brought a case against Britain, saying it was forced to pay value-added tax (VAT) on its …

The Government is coming under further pressure over its controversial plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail as workers stage a protest calling for the postal operator to remain in public hands. More: continued here

Peter Mandelson yesterday set a collision course with Labour MPs by refusing to back down over selling parts of the Royal Mail. More: continued here