Royal Mail

Probe in missing mail at Blackburn depotBlackburn Citizen, UKThe Lancashire Telegraph has been contacted by five different postal workers, who all alleged that up to £20000 worth of items had gone missing from mail. They said the worker suspended was not a post man or woman. But the Royal Mail declined …

Grampians' culinary championsThe Australian, AustraliaJUDGING by its name, I expect the Royal Mail Hotel, beneath Mt Sturgeon in Victoria's southern Grampians, to have a stagecoach stationed in front, or at least a horse rail. Not at all. Although it dates from the 1850s, after a series of facelifts the … More: …

Would the Royal Mail benefit from being partly privatised?PrintWeek, UK“As an ex-Royal Mail employee I think it can only be a good thing. I guess people may question who is going to buy into a business that is losing money, unless they plan on turning it around. But the Royal Mail …

Mather makes plea to resume postbusPress and Journal, UKENTERPRISE Minister Jim Mather has urged Royal Mail to reverse a controversial decision to axe a vital transport service in the Highlands. He said he “deeply regretted” the move to stop the postbus service between Thurso, Tongue and Bettyhill. … More: continued here

Post dumped in town gardenShropshire Star, UKRoyal Mail today apologised and said it would not happen again. Mr McGlinchey said he was walking close to his home in Gatacre Road when he saw a post office employee throw the sack over a wall and into a front garden. “I could not …

Telegraph.co.uk Media House leads Royal Mail campaignScotsman, United KingdomMEDIA House, the Scottish public relations and crisis management company, has been hired by the Communication Workers Union to help it fight UK government plans to part privatise the Royal Mail. The firm is understood to be supplying the union with …Royal Mail: …

Todmorden Royal Mail office debate – vow to fight any threat of …Todmorden Today, UKBy Staff Copy More than 40 people attended a public meeting at Todmorden Town Hall to discuss the future of the Rise Lane delivery office in response to rumours – which Royal Mail has denied – that …

BBC News Minister to raise post bus fearsBBC News, UKConcerns about the withdrawal of a post bus is to be raised in a forthcoming meeting between a Scottish Government minister and Royal Mail. Services between Bettyhill-Tongue-Thurso and Thurso-Tongue-Thurso will cease from 4 April. Royal Mail gave low …Does anyone care?Northern Timesall …

The Royal Mail has launched a new online resource aimed at helping marketers get the most out of their direct mail campaigns and how it can integrate with other electronic media. More: continued here

guardian.co.uk Yesterday in parliamentguardian.co.uk, UKThe ringleader of a Labour rebellion over part-privatisation of the Royal Mail called the proposals "unwanted and unnecessary". Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale), whose motion opposing the plans has the support of 143 other Labour MPs, …Press applauds N Ireland's unityBBC NewsPeace holds at PMQs, but not …