Royal Mail

TCS, Wipro eye $200 mn BPO dealEconomic Times, IndiaBANGALORE: India's top tech firms TCS and Wipro, apart from several multinational rivals, are preparing to bid for a $200-million outsourcing contract being considered by Britain's public postal service Royal Mail Group (RMG). … More: continued here

GM brand is tainted with bailouts, bankruptcy, so is it time for a …msnbc.comPost Office Group to Consignia to Royal Mail— The government-run company that runs Britain's mail service changed its name to Consignia in 2001. It lasted a little more than a year before the company switched over to …

Why Royal Mail Privatisation Is The Only Way ForwardHell Mail, UKDespite continued speculation that the search for a strategic partner for the Royal Mail has been dropped, the government insists that nothing has changed and the partial sale of Royal Mail will go ahead as planned. With major changes to regulation …

Daily Mail Tortoise-racing? It must be the slow boat to St HelenaDaily Mail, UKShe is one of the last serving Royal Mail ships and a lifeline for the South Atlantic island of St Helena. In fact nothing, from donkeys to dynamite, can get to this remote British outpost without her. My …

BBC News New cabinet 'tested' on post planBBC News, UKPushing ahead with plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail is "the test" of Gordon Brown's reshuffled cabinet, says Tory frontbencher Ken Clarke. He said the next steps on the plans would show whether the government was capable of "big decisions". … More: …

Mail service 'being pared to the bone'Hexham Courant,  United Kingdom“They (Royal Mail) don't care what time the mail is delivered – they just want to make their savings,” he said. “Basically the policy is 'get it delivered as cheaply as possible and sod the customer'. “Royal Mail made £321 million …

Times Online Post unions must deliver a solutionguardian.co.uk, UKRoyal Mail is braced for further industrial unrest, with unions expected to ballot more regions for strike action as early as this week. It follows the vote last week by postal workers in London to stage a 24-hour walkout this Friday. …British postal …

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Alan Johnson eyes ID card U-turnTimes Online, UKThis comes as another key policy, the part-privatisation of Royal Mail, is on the verge of being abandoned amid a revolt by Labour backbenchers. Dumping the identity card programme would make Johnson popular among party backbenchers and could boost his … More: continued here

Man in mail protestTeleText, UKA Carlisle man is holding the Royal Mail to ransom after he was charged a £1 handling fee to retrieve a birthday card sent from his mother. Donald Huddart, of Lawson Street, is refusing to re-direct a letter he received for Lawson Street, Aspatria, … More: continued …