Royal Mail

Telegraph.co.uk Postman Pat-style electric vans to 'replace traditional bicycles'Telegraph.co.uk, United KingdomPost vans and bicycles could soon be replaced by Postman Pat-style electric delivery vehicles after Royal Mail started a trial of the egg-shaped buggies. By Chris Irvine The French-manufactured electric vans, with a top speed of 25mph, is being tested … …

BBC News Royal Mail Modernisation EssentialHell Mail, UKIn the House of Lords today, Lord Clarke of Hampstead said that Royal Mail management had been restricted by years of government interference and that a strategic partnership was yet more interference. He said that given the right circumstances, …Luff 'sceptical' over Royal Mail …

PROBE INTO MISSING MAILHackney Gazette, UKAn investigation is underway into a suspected 18-month postal fraud that has left thousands of residents with lost, delayed or damaged mail. Around 15000 items of undelivered mail set for Lower and Upper Clapton have been recovered by the Royal Mail. … More: continued here

The likelihood of a London-wide strike at Royal Mail took a big step forward this week as leaders of the postal workers’ CWU union sanctioned a ballot of the region. More: continued here

Cambridge Evening News Watford postal workers could strike in support of suspended Royal…Watford Observer, UKBob Kennedy, a health and safety officer at the Royal Mail sorting office in Ascot Road, was today suspended on full pay for “doing his job”, according to workmates. As a result, the Communication Workers' Union will …

Hell Mail UK Postal Deregulation – Three Years And CountingHell Mail, UKThose outside the UK and even some at home, may not fully understand the timetable of events concerning European postal deregulation and just how it has resulted in the sale of a third of the Royal Mail but with much …

Councillors anger over post axe planShropshire Star, UKAngry town councillors in Ellesmere will lobby Government ministers as part of their campaign against an “appalling” move by Royal Mail to close the town’s delivery office. At a meeting of Elles-mere Town Council last night, members vowed to write to … More: continued …

Deutsche Post eyes 30% stake in UK Royal MailTrading Markets (press release), CAApr 06, 2009 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) — DPSTF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — German mail and logistics group Deutsche Post (FRA:DPW) plans to buy up to 30% in UK postal operator Royal Mail, ADP …

MP puts his own stamp on post rowThe Gazette, UKCOLCHESTER MP Bob Russell has taken matters into his own hands in retaliation at Royal Mail franking the town’s post as “Chelmsford”. The Lib Dem feels using the name of the county town is “relegating Colchester further behind its main commerce and …

MP puts his own stamp on post rowHalstead Gazette, UKCOLCHESTER MP Bob Russell has taken matters into his own hands in retaliation at Royal Mail franking the town’s post as “Chelmsford”. The Lib Dem feels using the name of the county town is “relegating Colchester further behind its main commerce and …