Royal Mail

Wales News Awards for first class postiesWalesOnline, United KingdomA trio of Royal Mail postmen are each due a special delivery for first class service to their respective communities. The threesome add up to an unbeatable package after being singled out as a hero, an outstanding fundraiser and a community champion. … …

Less mail in system may force changesDetroit Free Press, United StatesWith more business and social communication being done online, fewer pieces of mail are being sent — nearly 11 billion pieces less than the US Postal Service peak in 2006. But more people also are shopping online, so parcel delivery has …

Look lads, just stick them in your pocketTimes Online, UKThere is an obvious solution, but it seems to have escaped Royal Mail managers. So, in language they might understand, here it is: they should formulate a top-down communications strategy outlining an innovative blue skies policy with reference to the … More: …

Fight to preserve postbus network in the Highlands steps up a gearPress and Journal, UKA campaign to persuade Royal Mail to reverse a controversial decision to axe five postbus services in the Highlands next month has been stepped up. Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson has added his voice to calls to preserve …

The Globe and Mail: “The e-mail system of the Indian Prime Ministers Office was crippled by a virus that devoured nearly all of its incoming mail for three months last year…” More: continued here

Royal Mail staff vent fury on Corby MPNorthamptonshire Evening Telegraph, UKBy Kate Cronin More than 100 postal workers marched through Corby to protest against the privatisation of Royal Mail. The workers were angry that MP Phil Hope has failed to sign a House of Commons early day motion objecting to Lord …

Leading Asbestos Removal Company Rhodar (part of Lexia Solutions Group) today announced their latest success in winning the prestigious 3 year Term Contract as sole supplier for asbestos removal services to The Royal Mail Group. The contract covers the entire Royal Mail Group property portfolio across the UK and began …

Royal Mail seeking greener vehiclesRoad Transport, UKRoyal Mail is looking to its commercial vehicle fleet to help it achieve its goal of reducing total CO2 output by 50% by 2015. Nearly 40% of all Royal Mail's CO2 output, approximately one million tonnes per year, comes from its road transport … More: …

Fence erected at old Royal Mail siteNorthamptonshire Evening Telegraph, UKRoyal Mail chiefs have erected a security fence around their empty sorting office in Northampton to keep out drunks following pressure from police and residents. Fed-up residents living near the abandoned Barrack Road mail centre have had to put up … More: …

The cost to the taxpayer of absorbing the Royal Mail Group’s multi-billion-pound pension deficit is set to rise, Postal Services Minister Pat McFadden has told MPs. More: continued here