ABC News Home of ex-Royal Bank of Scotland chief vandalizedThe Associated PressAn e-mail send Wednesday to The Edinburgh Evening News claimed that the attack was carried out by "Bank Bosses are Criminals," a previously unknown group. The claim could not be independently verified. Police officers stood guard outside the house …
Read More »No additional funding for Royal Palace (Baltic Times)
Vilnius – Lithuania’s former president Algirdas Brazauskas said the Royal Palace will not be completed by July 6 unless the government grants an additional 20 million litas in funding. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail sale ‘on the cards’ (icWales)
THE Treasury has confirmed it has appointed consultants to look at whether the Royal Mail could be privatised. More: continued here
Read More »Home of ex-Royal Bank of Scotland chief vandalized (San Francisco Chronicle)
Vandals attacked the home of the former head of the Royal Bank of Scotland, smashing windows early Wednesday at the house of the ex-CEO who resigned in disgrace but with an annual pension of about 700,000 pounds ($1.2 million). Three windows were smashed at… More: continued here
Read More »Mail staff strike for third day – BBC News
BBC News Mail staff strike for third dayBBC News, UKUp to 50 Royal Mail staff have walked out of work for a third successive day in a protest over changes to their working conditions. The unofficial strike began on Monday outside the sorting office on Firth Road, Lincoln. Staff say they …
Read More »Postal workers vote to end strike – BBC News
BBC News Postal workers vote to end strikeBBC News, UKUp to 50 Royal Mail staff had walked out for a third successive day in a protest over what they said were changes to their working conditions. The unofficial strike began on Monday outside the sorting office on Firth Road, Lincoln. …Postal …
Read More »Royal Mail Access Margins Being Investigated – Hell Mail
Royal Mail Access Margins Being InvestigatedHell Mail, UKThe UK postal regulator, Postcomm, today announced that it has begun an investigation into the way Royal Mail prices access and retail packets services for business users. The Mail Competition Forum and TNT Post Group complained to Postcomm, … More: continued here
Read More »Battle on for Royal Mail office – Stockport Express
Battle on for Royal Mail officeStockport Express, UKRoyal Mail wants to shut the office on Short Street and move its operation to its headquarters on Exchange Street, central Stockport, saying the current building is inadequate. But opponents – including the Communication Workers Union (CWU) – claim the … More: continued here
Read More »Former RBS Chief Goodwin’s Edinburgh Home Attacked – Bloomberg
Telegraph.co.uk Former RBS Chief Goodwin’s Edinburgh Home AttackedBloombergBy Tim Farrand and Rodney Jefferson March 25 (Bloomberg) — Vandals smashed windows and attacked a car at the Edinburgh home of Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive officer of Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, whose losses forced a 26.5 …Anti-capitalist group …
Read More »Missing mail concern for heart patient – Derby Evening Telegraph
Missing mail concern for heart patientDerby Evening Telegraph, UKBeverley Room, of Ayr Close, Spondon, said her mail had been going missing or being mistakenly delivered to neighbours' homes for the past two years, and other residents on the street have also criticised the service. Royal Mail suspended a postman … More: …
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