Royal Mail

Ofcom wants to do away with the caps which limit the amount Royal Mail can charge for its services. The proposals could come into force as soon as April. More: continued here

Do we need the Royal Mail?Daily MailYou want 20 different company's handling our mail. They would not be able to control the theft and corruption. let's leave well enough alone. Thank you, but no thanks.. Only the nostalgic cling to the idea that the Royal Mail is a necessity in …

Kirkintilloch Today Disgraced postman could be chargedKirkintilloch TodayA Royal Mail spokeswoman said: “Those customers affected by this incident will now have received a covering letter explaining the delay and telling them who to contact should they require further information. Royal Mail security continues to …and more » More: continued here

Royal Mail looking to increase direct mail pricesBusiness Strata – Business NewsCompanies are increasingly looking to use direct mail to improve their direct marketing strategies and in turn bolster their business lists. New research carried out by TNT Post UK found that most marketers (76 per cent) expect direct mail …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail control of direct mail prices worries DMAMarketingThe DMA has greeted Ofcom's proposals to free Royal Mail to set its own prices for bulk mail with concern, pointing out a lack of safeguards for bulk mail users against Royal Mail abusing its monopoly. …With one bound, Royal Mail …

Blackpool Gazette Three-week mail ban after bite on postmanBlackpool GazetteROYAL Mail bosses have been accused of being heavy handed for banning deliveries in a Blackpool street after a postman was mauled by a dog. Residents in part of Horncliffe Road, South Shore, have been told deliveries have been suspended indefinitely …

Royal Mail called in to explain plans to shut Kidsgrove delivery officeStoke & StaffordshireROYAL Mail bosses will be asked to explain why they want to close a town's delivery office. Members of Kidsgrove Town Council last night voiced their opposition to the plans to shut the Kidsgrove facility and move …

Destructive union militancy tends to be as much the fault of bad management and poor public policy as monopoly enterprise and labour protectionism, so personally, I’ve never been inclined to blame … More: continued here

Destructive union militancy tends to be as much the fault of bad management and poor public policy as monopoly enterprise and labour protectionism, so personally, I’ve never been inclined to blame the bolshy posties for the disaster zone that was the Royal Mail. More: continued here

Marketing Week With one bound, Royal Mail is free – well, almostTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail has managed to secure everything it could realistically have hoped for in terms of price deregulation from a consultation document issued on Thursday by Ofcom, the regulator which has taken over responsibility for Royal Mail from the …