Injured have-a-go hero ‘victim of his own misfortune’ The Royal Mail has taken a less than grateful attitude towards a Bristol man who prevented a runaway post van “careering over a busy main road”, as the Times puts it.… More: continued here
Read More »Mail row ‘makes sell-off harder’ (BBC News)
The row over plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail makes it harder to find a private partner, Lord Mandelson admits. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail tell hero injured when he stopped runaway post van it’s his fault (Daily Telegraph)
The Royal Mail has been forced to apologise after they told a man who was hurt as he tried to stop an out of control post van he was not entitled to compensation as his injuries were his own fault. More: continued here
Read More »Campaigners given more time to save sorting office – Gloucestershire Gazette
Campaigners given more time to save sorting officeGloucestershire Gazette, UKBy Claire Marshall » CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save their sorting office have been given extra time after Royal Mail admitted it had made errors in its planning application. Royal Mail said this week that the merger of the Wotton-under-Edge sorting … More: …
Read More »Union targets Labour MPs who decline to back Royal Mail fight – Financial Times
Telegraph.co.uk Union targets Labour MPs who decline to back Royal Mail fightFinancial Times, UKBy Jean Eaglesham and Jim Pickard The postal workers' union is ratcheting up the pressure on Labour MPs who refuse to back its fight against government plans to part-privatise Royal Mail, by threatening to mount campaigns in their …
Read More »Royal Mail targets advertisers and media agencies – Media Week
Royal Mail targets advertisers and media agenciesMedia Week, UKLONDON – Royal Mail is launching an online advice centre, targeting leading advertisers and media agencies, with advice on improving the effectiveness of all forms of marketing. The new site, developed by digital and DM agency Digital TMW, …Royal Mail launches new DM …
Read More »Hunter’s road to Dunkeld – Australian Hospitality Magazine
Hunter’s road to DunkeldAustralian Hospitality Magazine, AustraliaBut being in rural Victoria, at the award- winning Royal Mail Hotel, has a positive side in that there are no neighbours looking over his shoulder, says Hunter. This gives him the "chance to be indi vidual and away from the mainstream". … More: continued …
Read More »Lords set to fight Royal Mail sell-off – Mirror.co.uk
Lords set to fight Royal Mail sell-offMirror.co.uk, UKLabour peers yesterday vowed to fight a Royal Mail sale "every step of the way". The warning came as the House of Lords prepared to vote today on Business Secretary Lord Mandelson's plan. Ministers may have to rely on the Tories to get the …
Read More »Dutch Frontrunner for Royal Mail Accused of Bullying Workforce – Buzzle
guardian.co.uk Dutch Frontrunner for Royal Mail Accused of Bullying WorkforceBuzzle, CATNT, the Dutch postal group that is frontrunner to take a stake in Royal Mail as part of the government's controversial part-privatization plan, is threatening to sack 10000 workers in the Netherlands if they do not accept a 5% pay cut. …
Read More »Peter Mandelson: Back me on Royal Mail part-privatisation plan (Daily Mirror)
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson yesterday warned Labour’s Royal Mail rebels they should accept part-privatisation – because it could be fully sold off under the Tories. More: continued here
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