Royal Mail

Don’t forget to post your cards and presents earlyPerthshire Advertiser, UK –13 minutes agoROYAL Mail has unveiled a package of Christmas initiatives, including evening and Sunday deliveries, as it prepares to deliver an estimated 140 million … More: continued here

Times Online 'They put robins on stamps – why not our sons who died in Iraq?'Scotsman, United Kingdom –5 hours agoThere are 136 commemorated so far, and McQueen wants the Royal Mail to make the stamps official. Carol Paterson, from Fife, lost her son, Scott "Casper" …Artist unveils tribute to troops killed …

THE grieving mother of a soldier killed in Iraq has joined a campaign to have her son and other casualties of the war commemorated on Royal Mail stamps. More: continued here

Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Anglo American Plc have delayed plans to develop a A$5 billion ($3.2 billion) project in Australia to convert coal into clean fuels, citing higher costs. More: continued here

Royal Mail misses delivery targets across West MidlandsBirmingham Post, UK –2 minutes agoA spokesman for Royal Mail said although it had not reached targets for the first half of the year in Birmingham, combined figures for the last three months … More: continued here

A BITTER war has broken out between a hardware shop on Rutherglen Main Street and the Post Office branch next door. Superbuys, which has operated in Rutherglen for nearly two decades, has been advertising stamps at one pence cheaper than Royal Mail rates in a bid to lure customers into …

Perhaps the Banks Are Getting the Message ; Western Mail COMMENTistockAnalyst.com (press release), OR –8 minutes ago(Source: Western Mail)THE decision by Royal Bank of Scotland to allow a longer period of grace for home owners threatened by repossession is a welcome one, … More: continued here

The families of Scottish servicemen killed in Iraq have backed calls for their loved ones to be commemorated on Royal Mail stamps. More: continued here

stv.tv Iraq soldiers remembered in work of modern artstv.tv, UK –3 hours agoThe families of Scottish servicemen killed in Iraq have backed calls for their loved ones to be commemorated on Royal Mail stamps. … More: continued here

Dean of Blackburn hits out at lack of religious Christmas stampsBlackburn Citizen, UK –4 minutes agoBy Camilla Sutcliffe » BOSSES at Blackburn Cathedral have slammed the lack of religous-themed stamps from the Royal Mail this Christmas. … More: continued here