Tories urge chancellor to spend windfall from investments to pay postal workers' retirement benefits on infrastructure projects The government could raise as much as £25bn by selling off assets built up to pay retirement benefits to postal workers from Royal Mail, to which it expects to gain access over the …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth Unveils Diamond Jubilee Stamps – The Epoch Times
The Epoch Times Queen Elizabeth Unveils Diamond Jubilee StampsThe Epoch TimesThe photograph was taken by royal photographer Dorothy Wilding, while the decorative frame design appears in the style of the early frame design by the French book illustrator Edmund Dulac. (British Royal Mail) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has given …
Read More »Royal Mail delay causes deadline day worries – Solar Power Portal
Solar Power Portal Royal Mail delay causes deadline day worriesSolar Power PortalOn March 1, the customers filled in their FiT applications and sent them via Royal Mail special delivery to the Scottish Power FiT offices in Glasgow. However, due to a combination of bad weather and poor visibility, flights were …
Read More »Could Royal Mail Pension Cause Flash Crash? – aiCIO
Could Royal Mail Pension Cause Flash Crash?aiCIO(March 6, 2012) — The United Kingdom Government could cause a 'flash crash' in June, should it liquidate a certain section of the Royal Mail Pension Fund portfolio it is set to take over later this month. The pension fund portfolio contains £2.7 … …
Read More »Royal Mail Wins Approval for Project in Southwest London – Bloomberg
Royal Mail Wins Approval for Project in Southwest LondonBloombergRoyal Mail Group Ltd., the UK postal service, won approval for a plan to turn a mail-sorting office near Battersea Power Station in southwest London into almost 1900 homes. Wandsworth Council gave the 6-hectare (15-acre) development preliminary … More: continued here
Read More »Lost post: Royal Mail pays out £57k after 3770 complaints – Bournemouth Echo
Lost post: Royal Mail pays out £57k after 3770 complaintsBournemouth EchoRoyal Mail received 3770 complaints of loss in the BH postcode area in 2010/2011, according to figures obtained by Daily Echo. From those complaints, 3137 were paid compensation, totalling £57528, meaning that over 600 were left out of pocket. More: …
Read More »Manager accused of theft from Royal Mail – Birmingham Mail
Manager accused of theft from Royal MailBirmingham Mailby Ross McCarthy, Birmingham Mail A MANAGER of a Royal Mail crime investigation team has appeared at a Birmingham magistrates court accused of stealing over £6000 from the company. Ian Johnson, 42, of Foxcote Close, Redditch, pleaded not guilty to the … More: …
Read More »Stamp of approval for 13-acre Royal Mail site
This is what the Royal Mail’s 13-acre site occupied by the South London Mail Centre could look like after redevelopment plans were approved by Wandsworth council. More: continued here
Read More »Route changes by Royal Mail could mean later deliveries around Newcastle – This is Staffordshire
Route changes by Royal Mail could mean later deliveries around NewcastleThis is StaffordshireThe Royal Mail changes will see posties working longer hours by taking on bigger routes and using trolleys to help them deliver larger items without having to carry heavy bags. The firm today stressed 'many customers' in the …
Read More »Stamp of approval for 13-acre Royal Mail site – Evening Standard
Stamp of approval for 13-acre Royal Mail siteEvening StandardThis is what the Royal Mail's 13-acre site occupied by the South London Mail Centre could look like after redevelopment plans were approved by Wandsworth council. Nine Elms Parkside includes up to 1870 new homes and a primary school. More: continued here
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