Royal Mail

guardian.co.uk The Arctic blast that may have cost British businesses £1.2bnguardian.co.uk, UK –5 hours agoA Royal Mail spokesman said: "We are doing everything possible to keep the mail moving and our people safe. Some deliveries are still taking place and where … More: continued here

Campaigners bid to save sorting officeGloucester Citizen, UK –5 minutes agoBut if the sorting is transferred to Cam instead, Royal Mail staff will have to travel an additional 3000 miles a week on and off duty, he said. … More: continued here

No such thing as a level playing fieldguardian.co.uk, UK –5 hours ago… three O-levels, took him as far as a series of manual jobs: warehouse and factory work, and eventually a 35-year career as a postman in the Royal Mail. … More: continued here

Britain: Royal Mail faces privatisation and jobs massacreWorld Socialist Web Site, MI –8 minutes agoThis would include establishing "a strategic partnership between Royal Mail and one or more private sector companies." The Business Secretary has already … More: continued here

Royal Wolf, the largest provider of storage containers in Australia and New Zealand, announces the major acquisition of Ace Containers, a leading storage facilities and container provider in Canberra, Australia. Royal Wolf is now the largest supplier of storage units in Canberra. More: continued here

NORFOLK, England, Feb. 1 (UPI) — Fears for the health of Britain’s Prince Philip, 87, have been stoked after he missed several engagements Sunday, royal family observers say. More: continued here

Mike Harwood, runner-up to fellow Australian Ian Baker-Finch in the 1991 Open at Royal Birkdale, is returning to full-time golf after more than a decade. More: continued here

guardian.co.uk Peter Mandelson wants a people's bank? He should pick up the phone …guardian.co.uk, UK –5 hours agoRoyal Mail is proving the ultimate political headache for newly ennobled business secretary, Lord Mandelson of Hartlepool: with legislation on the cards to …Government mulls 'People's Bank'BBC NewsRoyal Mail could become 'people’s bank'CityWire.co.ukLiberalised Postal Service …

Firefighters from Ickesburg, Millerstown, Landisburg and Port Royal battled a fatal fire in a mobile home on Darlene Lane, one mile off the Ickesburg square in Saville Twp. early Monday morning. More: continued here

Welwyn Garden City post office 'Re-opens'Times 24, UK –6 hours agoMr Edlin said he can post letters, packets and parcels anywhere in the word at "Royal Mail prices", but confirmed he cannot currently offer any priority … More: continued here