MP slams changes to Guisborough deliveriesGazette Liveby Mike Morgan, Evening Gazette Plans by the Royal Mail to close its delivery depot in the town were overturned after protests from staff and residents, as reported inset. However, the Royal Mail has now said it is reforming delivery times in the … …
Read More »Villagers’ anger over plan to shut delivery offices in Ketton and Easton-on … – Rutland and Stamford Mercury
Villagers' anger over plan to shut delivery offices in Ketton and Easton-on …Rutland and Stamford MercuryRoyal Mail wants to relocate the sorting and delivery facilities attached to post offices in Ketton and Easton-on-the-Hill. This could leave residents facing a trip to the delivery office in Orton Southgate, Peterborough to pick …
Read More »Post Office network closure threat over claims minister – NW Evening Mail
Post Office network closure threat over claims ministerNW Evening MailMinisters announced a 10-year agreement with the Royal Mail, promising it would finally deliver certainty to postmasters after many years of decline. Edward Davey, the postal affairs minister, said the deal – for the posting of letters, parcels, …The week that …
Read More »Postman says he was forced out over bike – UPI.com
Postman says he was forced out over bikeUPI.comWilliam Blight, 42, who has delivered mail in Corfe Castle, England, for 14 years, said he felt "bullied" and "intimidated" by Royal Mail officials who ordered him to nix his bicycle in favor of a high-capacity mail truck, The Daily Telegraph reported …and …
Read More »UK government preparing to take over Royal Mail pension fund – Post and Parcel
IPE.com UK government preparing to take over Royal Mail pension fundPost and ParcelThe UK government has taken a step towards taking on Royal Mail's historic pension liabilities by appointing a new independent chair of the Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme. Postal Affairs Minister Ed Davey appointed pension industry stalwart Alan …
Read More »Sorting office closure ‘would leave void in community’ – myHermes
Sorting office closure 'would leave void in community'myHermesDelivery company Royal Mail's plans to close a sorting office in Milford Haven would cause a great deal of damage to the local community, a county councillor has warned. Town and county councillor Anne Hughes told the Milford and West Wales Mercury the …
Read More »UK government prepares to take over Royal Mail pension fund – Post and Parcel
IPE.com UK government prepares to take over Royal Mail pension fundPost and ParcelThe UK government has taken a step towards taking on Royal Mail's historic pension liabilities by appointing a new independent chair of the Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme. Postal Affairs Minister Ed Davey appointed pension industry stalwart Alan …
Read More »Bailout bank chief’s bonus irks Britons – New Zealand Herald
BBC News Bailout bank chief's bonus irks BritonsNew Zealand HeraldThe chief executive of the part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland will get a bonus worth about £963000 ($1.51 million), the bank has announced, drawing the ire of many Britons. Bonuses at RBS are sensitive because British taxpayers took an 83 per …
Read More »Friday people roundup [updated] – IPE.com (registration)
IPE.com (registration) Friday people roundup [updated]IPE.com (registration)Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme – Alan Pickering has been appointed chairman of the Royal Mail pension scheme. He will chair the governance group monitoring the RMSPS – the new public sector scheme that will assume the bulk of Royal Mail's pension …UK: Independent …
Read More »Council chief says: ‘Don’t pay your fines’ – Oxford Mail
Council chief says: 'Don't pay your fines'Oxford MailBy Damian Fantato » On Monday, the Oxford Mail reported on the anger caused by private parking enforcement outside Royal Mail's East Oxford delivery office in Littlemore. Mr Mitchell – whose the council is responsible for enforcing car parking on …and more » More: …
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