Times Online Controversial Royal Mail letter sparks row among pension trusteesTimes Online, UKA row has broken out within the Royal Mail after it emerged that a letter to ministers predicting a grave crisis within its pensions scheme had been written without the knowledge of at least some of the trustees. The …
Read More »Anger over Royal Mail partial sale plans – Reuters
Times Online Anger over Royal Mail partial sale plansReutersBy Adrian Croft LONDON (Reuters) – The government, trying to defuse anger over its plans to part-privatise Royal Mail, said on Tuesday the postal services company could run out of money unless it tackled its huge pension fund deficit. …Row grows over …
Read More »ProLogis to Develop New Facility for Royal Mail in England – PR Newswire (press release)
ProLogis to Develop New Facility for Royal Mail in EnglandPR Newswire (press release), NY24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — ProLogis (NYSE: PLD), a leading global provider of distribution facilities, announced today that it will construct a 200000-square-foot distribution center in Northampton, England , for Royal Mail, the postal service of the … More: continued …
Read More »Royal Mail – Postcomm Faces Select Committee – Hell Mail
Hell Mail Royal Mail – Postcomm Faces Select CommitteeHell Mail, UKTalking to the Business and Enterprise Select Committee today, Postcomm gave an insight into its involvement in the regulation of Royal Mail. Postcomm chairman Nigel Stapleton said that it was economies of scale that actually undepinned the universal …Postcomm switches tack …
Read More »Lloyds set for interest relief – Director of Finance online
Telegraph.co.uk Lloyds set for interest reliefDirector of Finance online, UKMorning Business News, Tuesday 24 February: Darling and Lloyds lending deal, troubles for Royal Mail, FSA, NYSE and eurozone. Alistair Darling is set to drop the £480m annual interest bill charged to Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) on a taxpayer loan …Lloyds Banking …
Read More »Three village post boxes stolen – BBC News
Three village post boxes stolenBBC News, UKA spokeswoman at Royal Mail said: "The post boxes that were stolen at the weekend had been emptied on Saturday morning but unfortunately we have no way of knowing how much mail was in them when they were taken. "All the boxes were in rural …
Read More »Minister defends Mail plans – TeleText
Minister defends Mail plansTeleText, UKThe Government has defended plans to sell off part of the Royal Mail as a row blazes over the impact on pensions. Minister Pat McFadden said the Royal Mail is facing "huge problems" which threaten the universal postal service as well as workers' … More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail workers to stage protest – ITV.com
ITV.com Royal Mail workers to stage protestITV.com, UKDutch postal group TNT has said it was keen to buy a stake in the Royal Mail, with other foreign firms from Denmark and Sweden reportedly expressing an interest. Royal Mail chairman Allan Leighton and chief executive Adam Crozier are due to be … …
Read More »Royal Mail sell off looms – The West Australian
Royal Mail sell off loomsThe West Australian, AustraliaPart of Britain's famous Royal Mail service is set to be sold off by the government. Laws allowing the controversial sale of 30 per cent of the business to go ahead are expected to be introduced to parliament on Thursday. The government says it …
Read More »Ministers defend Royal Mail plan amid pension row – Independent
Ministers defend Royal Mail plan amid pension rowIndependent, UKBy Alan Jones, Press Association The Government today defended controversial plans to sell off part of the Royal Mail as a row was blazing over dire warnings of the "severe" impact on pensions if part-privatisation does not go ahead. … More: continued here
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