Royal Mail

The Business: Privatising the postguardian.co.uk, UKThe panel discuss plans to partially privatise the Royal Mail. And, with AGM season looming, why are the shareholders revolting? With Aditya Chakrabortty, Deborah Hargreaves, Larry Elliott and Julia Finch On this week's The Business podcast, … More: continued here

Names in the NewsCalifornia Chronicle, CAMasters said the cards that the queen annually sends to folks who live beyond 100 picture the monarch in the same yellow dress each year. "I think either a blue one or white one would be nice," Masters tells her local paper, the Oxford Mail. … …

Politics.co.uk Tories bully Mandelson over Royal MailPolitics.co.uk, UKBy politics.co.uk staff The Tories will remove their support for the government on partial privatisation of the Royal Mail if it offers concessions to Labour backbenchers, the party has warned. Lord Hunt of Wirral, shadow business minister, … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Brown will back down over Royal Mail privatisation, predicts …guardian.co.uk, UKGordon Brown will be forced to back down over plans for the partial privatisation of Royal Mail, a Labour MP claimed today. John Grogan, one of the backbenchers leading the campaign against the government's proposal to sell a minority stake …

London postal workers threaten June strike over job cutsPersonnelToday.com, UKThe postal workers' union has said that 16000 Royal Mail staff in London are likely to strike next month in response to efficiency savings being introduced by the organisation. The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said staff at 159 depots across …Strike threat …

London postal workers threaten June strike over job cutsPersonnelToday.com, UKThe postal workers' union has said that 16000 Royal Mail staff in London are likely to strike next month in response to efficiency savings being introduced by the organisation. The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said staff at 159 depots across …Strike threat …

The Tories will remove their support for the government on partial privatisation of the Royal Mail if it offers concessions to Labour backbenchers, the party has warned. More: continued here

SNP Postal Affairs spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has expressed alarm at UK government plans to cede control over the appointment of a new Royal Mail chief executive and other key operational matters to any minority private shareholder. More: continued here

Pitney Bowes Showcases Technology At Mail In ActionHell Mail, UKMailroom in Action is free and will also feature seminars on issues relevant to businesses in the current economic climate from key players representing industry partners the Institute of Direct Marketing (IDM) and Royal Mail. … More: continued here

Deutsche Post yesterday pulled out of the running for a stake in the UK’s Royal Mail and instead turned the spotlight on the need to overhaul its own mail delivery business as it races to cut costs to cope with an unprecedented plunge in demand. More: continued here