Royal Mail Mandela Way: short-term visitor parking bays approvedLondon SE1Members of Bermondsey Community Council have unanimously approved a proposal to create short-term parking bays outside the Royal Mail enquiry office in Mandela Way. Southwark Council brought forward the proposal after posters on the London SE1 forum … More: continued here
Royal Mail restore service to residents in Hovefields, WickfordEchoBy Gina Marden » OVERJOYED residents are celebrating after Royal Mail finally resumed daily deliveries to their homes after seven years. Royal Mail suspended deliveries to Hovefields, Wickford, in May, 2005, after a postman was shot near the …and more » More: continued here
Daily Mail The yacht that could float Charles's boatDaily MailBy Quentin Letts Prince Charles, who is watching with interest the Mail's campaign for a new Royal Yacht, was presented five years ago with a plan for a new sailing ship which could fly the Royal Standard. Nautical writer Sam Llewellyn proposed the … More: continued…
People should start stock-piling stamps now ahead of an expected steep price rise in April, the official consumer watchdog has said. More: continued here
Mirror.co.uk Stock-pile stamps now, Royal Mail customers toldTelegraph.co.ukDowning Street also put further pressure on Royal Mail over the proposed increase, insisting that any price rise had to be “affordable”. It emerged yesterday that Royal Mail has asked its regulator Ofcom to increase second class stamps by 53 per cent …Royal Mail seeks power to hike…
The Independent (blog) Lord Ashcroft offers to pay £5m towards royal yachtThe GuardianThe former deputy party chairman, 65, told the Daily Mail he would donate the money as part of a plan to give away much of his fortune before he dies. "The nation lost a wonderful asset in 1997, and talk at the time…
Yahoo! News UK Stamp prices could rise by 50%Yahoo! News UKThe price of second class stamps will increase by 50% if plans by Royal Mail get the go-ahead. It wants the cost of the stamps to rise from the current 36p to at least 50p. Regulator Ofcom has been carrying out a consultation aimed at…
Daily Mail Sir Fred Goodwin: Ed Miliband admits Labour was wrong to honour disgraced RBS …Daily MailThe Mail revealed yesterday that the Prime Minister is sympathetic to cross-party calls for Sir Fred to have his knighthood removed. The banker steered the Royal Bank of Scotland to the brink of collapse, leaving taxpayers with a £45billion…
A POSTMAN hoarded more than 34,000 packages and letters and spent cash from greetings cards on cigarettes, a court has heard. Anthony Brierley was caught out by Royal Mail investigators who sent out “intelligence packages” following reports of missing mail. More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail seeks power to hike second class rate by 53%Post and ParcelRoyal Mail is urging regulators in the UK to abandon price caps for most of its services, and set the remaining second class letters price cap at 55p. The move would allow free reign for Royal Mail to set prices as it…