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Job Losses As Royal Mail Scales Down Midlands OperationsHell MailRoyal Mail has announced a major shake up of mail centres in the Midlands to offset an ongoing fall in mail volumes. Only four mail centres will remain by 2014 and see the eventual closure of processing operations at Worcester, Leicester …

Royal Enfield Motorcycles, a division of the R4,397-crore Eicher Motors, is overhauling its business, which will see the company strengthen its leadership team and distribution network, and focus on new product development for the future, but analysts say this would be challenging amidst stiff competition. More: continued here

ROYAL OAK – Three candidates running for City Commission say they have no idea why an out-of-town political committee supports them in a campaign flier that hit mailboxes this week. More: continued here

Royal Mail to change postal deliveries in Kings LangleyWatford ObserverRoyal Mail is making changes to the way it delivers post in Kings Langley over the next few weeks, in a bid to modernise its service. Postmen and women are using new delivery methods and have adopted revised delivery routes for …

BBC News Royal Mail sorting office in Derby to close in 2014BBC NewsRoyal Mail said it hoped to avoid compulsory redundancies by redeploying staff and offering voluntary redundancy packages. Spokesman Gary Milne said: "People who demonstrate reasonable flexibility and want to work in Royal Mail will continue to be able …

Burton Mail Royal Mail to close four mail processing plants in MidlandsPost and ParcelRoyal Mail is set to close three mail processing plants in the Midlands region of England, with the loss of 393 jobs. The move continues its consolidation programme in response to the ongoing decline in mail volumes. …

Burton Mail Royal Mail cuts will not hit town's postiesBurton MailBURTON postmen breathed a sigh of relief today after learning that Royal Mail job cuts will not include them. The reassuring news for workers in the town came as the firm announced that 393 jobs would be lost across the …

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Leicester's main mail sorting office is to closeLeicester MercuryAbout 200 jobs are set to be reviewed in the coming months by the Royal Mail, Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Unite Communication and Managers' Association. Leicestershire CWU representative Glynn McAllistair said: "We're disappointed they've …and more » More: continued here

BSI helps Royal Mail achieve 84 per cent online take upMeetpie (press release)The Royal Mail Group (RMG) has achieved an online booking take up of 84 per cent, just three months after launching its new strategy with accommodation and meetings services provider, BSI. The BSIDirect tool helped RMG to increase …