Royal Mail

Balcombe post bus service cancelledMidhurst and Petworth Today, UKA ROYAL Mail post bus between Haywards Heath and Balcombe will cease on April 4 after local authority funding was withdrawn for the service. The post bus runs between the Royal Mail delivery office in Haywards Heath and Balcombe post office and picks …

Scotland Courier Bravery award for TA postieScotland Courier, UKBy Lars Niven IT ISN’T every day a postie is fired on by a deadly Taliban rocket, but Iain MacDonald is no ordinary Royal Mail employee. Mr MacDonald has spent the past 12 years in the Territorial Army and has completed tours of …

AFP Royal mail: Charles's love letters to old flame for saleGlobe and Mail, CanadaBut she is now trying to clear stock and retire from her antiques company, Everything Royal, so she posted them again. Now, the story of her letters has stretched from California to Canada to Clarence House, the official …

Barrie in NeverlandThe Herald, UKI found out that the Royal Mail requires three years for applications to be considered for postage stamps to be issued, so nearly four years ago now I applied to the Royal Mail for a set of stamps for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir …

SNP Postal Affairs spokesperson Mike Weir MP has seized on remarks at Labour’s Dundee conference by Dave Watson, chair of Scottish Labour, attacking Lord Mandelson’s part-privatisation plans for Royal Mail. According to television news reports Dave Watson said that what Lord Mandelson was pushing though was not in the Labour …

The Scottish Labour Party chairman tells conference delegates that plans to sell 30% of Royal Mail breaks the party’s manifesto pledge. More: continued here

Interview: Royal Mail Pension Trustees chief executive GERRY DEGAUTEGlobal Pensions, UKby Giovanni Legorano 6 March 2009 UK – Against a backdrop of deepening crisis that continues to cause severe strains to economies worldwide, Royal Mail Pensions Trustees chief executive Gerry Degaute says there is little to be happy about for UK …

CIO Latest News Royal Mail GroupCIO Latest News, UKGroup Technology Director Robin Dargue arrived at the Royal Mail Group six months ago, with a remit to drive transformation. “I have inherited a fundamentally successful IT team that supported the £9 billion business of the Royal Mail on virtually … More: continued …

Postman honoured for foster roleBBC News, UKFoster care provided by a postman from the Highlands has been recognised in Royal Mail's 1st Class People Awards. Hugh McBean, who works from Nairn Delivery Office, and his wife Mandy have offered care for children with special needs since 2004. … More: continued here

And the winning post office is… closedWestern Morning News, UKThe Royal Mail launched the search to find the very best outlet offering "outstanding customer service, whether it is in a city shopping centre, village shop or even pub, farm or church". But the move has been branded a "sick joke" by …