Royal Mail

Exhibitions preview: Steve McQueen, Middlesbroughguardian.co.uk, UKTypically the artist proclaims the work unfinished until the Royal Mail agrees to actually issue the stamps. And, apparently, it might just happen. Support the McQueen campaign at artfund.org/queenandcountry. More: continued here

Postal workers march over sell-offThe Press AssociationPostal workers opposed to the Government's controversial plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail will take their campaign to the constituency of the Postal Affairs Minister. The Communication Workers Union will stage a march and demonstration in …Would the Royal Mail benefit from being partly …

Royal Mail Packet Product Deregulation Turned DownHell Mail, UKRoyal Mail sought to deregulate a number of business packet products and introduce a new pricing structure outside Condition 21 of its licence. Royal Mail considered that competition in relation to these items was sufficiently developed to protect the … More: continued here

Union targets peers and MPs in Royal Mail fight More: continued here

Guernsey Post contacts the Mail Preference Service in the UK to see if it can help customers stop unwanted mail. More: continued here

BBC News Shaun Ley's weekBBC News, UKMr Hayes was hoping that the Lords would block proposals for the transfer of part of the Royal Mail to the private sector. The union argued that these plans contradicted the manifesto on which Labour fought the 2005 general election (with its assurance … More: …

Probe in missing mail at Blackburn depotBlackburn Citizen, UKThe Lancashire Telegraph has been contacted by five different postal workers, who all alleged that up to £20000 worth of items had gone missing from mail. They said the worker suspended was not a post man or woman. But the Royal Mail declined …

Grampians' culinary championsThe Australian, AustraliaJUDGING by its name, I expect the Royal Mail Hotel, beneath Mt Sturgeon in Victoria's southern Grampians, to have a stagecoach stationed in front, or at least a horse rail. Not at all. Although it dates from the 1850s, after a series of facelifts the … More: …

Would the Royal Mail benefit from being partly privatised?PrintWeek, UK“As an ex-Royal Mail employee I think it can only be a good thing. I guess people may question who is going to buy into a business that is losing money, unless they plan on turning it around. But the Royal Mail …

Mather makes plea to resume postbusPress and Journal, UKENTERPRISE Minister Jim Mather has urged Royal Mail to reverse a controversial decision to axe a vital transport service in the Highlands. He said he “deeply regretted” the move to stop the postbus service between Thurso, Tongue and Bettyhill. … More: continued here