Telegraph.co.uk Is Social Networking Killing You?New York Times Blogs, NYNo less an authority on the brain’s workings than Susan Greenfield, a professor of pharmacology at Oxford University and the director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, told a British newspaper on Tuesday that social networking sites remind her …Social websites …
Read More »Hamish McRae: If we can't run the Royal Mail, we'd better let the … – Independent
Hamish McRae: If we can't run the Royal Mail, we'd better let the …Independent, UKYet here the proposed sale of 30 per cent of the Royal Mail to a foreign buyer, the Dutch TNT, is causing huge concern. That raises three questions. Why the resistance to the sale? Why, given the …
Read More »Private funding: for and against – guardian.co.uk
Private funding: for and againstguardian.co.uk, UKThe government, which owns 100% of Royal Mail, wants to sell a stake of around 30% in the group to a private postal company. The chief executive of Royal Mail, Adam Crozier, said this could raise "hundreds of millions of pounds" which would be invested … …
Read More »Adam Crozer – Quickest And Best Way Forward For Royal Mail – Hell Mail
Hell Mail Adam Crozer – Quickest And Best Way Forward For Royal MailHell Mail, UKRoyal Mail Chief Executive Adam Crozier, answered a multitude of questions today over Royal Mail's financial status and the planned introduction of a minority stakeholder, to the Business and Enterprise select committe. "If you don't have a …
Read More »Sale plan has official stamp of approval – Financial Times
Sale plan has official stamp of approvalFinancial Times, UKBy Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent The rapidly escalating row over Royal Mail has produced a welter of claims and counter-claims about the postal operator’s financial health and future. I thought Royal Mail was profit-making – what’s the … More: continued here
Read More »Postal workers to join Royal Mail protest – Belfast Telegraph
Postal workers to join Royal Mail protestBelfast Telegraph, United KingdomBy Claire McNeilly Northern Ireland postal workers were today due to join a massive UK-wide protest against the Government’s plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. Members of the Communication Workers Union from across the province were travelling to … More: continued here
Read More »Papers debate Royal Mail sell-off – BBC News
BBC News Papers debate Royal Mail sell-offBBC News, UKMinisters who found unlimited sums for banks, it argues, can save Royal Mail. A study showing that one in nine people living in Britain was born overseas raises a few eyebrows in the papers. The Daily Express finds it astonishing; the Daily Mail …
Read More »What will happen to Royal Mail pension? – This is Money
This is Money What will happen to Royal Mail pension?This is Money, UKHow can the Government talk about Royal Mail pensions being cut by half because of the big deficit that has built up? Beat the pensions industry at their own game and boost your income with our… I have paid …
Read More »Tuesday in Westminster – BBC News
BBC News Tuesday in WestminsterBBC News, UKBy Alicia McCarthy The chief executive of Royal Mail has warned that the business is not making enough money to guarantee the survival of the universal postal service. Adam Crozier was giving evidence to MPs, as hundreds of postal workers staged a … More: continued …
Read More »Public ‘Betrayed’ By Royal Mail Sell-off Plan (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Battle lines were drawn over the future of the Royal Mail today as the Government was accused of “betrayal” and underhand tactics. More: continued here
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