Royal Mail

Internet shoppers deliver a lifeline for post officesWalesOnline, United Kingdom –1 hour agoAnd over the next two years, Royal Mail says it expects business generated from online sales and home shopping to increase by around 20%, prompting claims …New Post Office FearsAyr AdvertiserNew funds for post offices ‘welcome news’WalesOnlineall 4 news articles …

Business secretary Lord Mandelson has announced plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail . More: continued here

Editorial: The part-sale of the Royal Mail flies in the face of Labour’s commitment not to privatise the service More: continued here

WIVB New Post Office FearsAyr Advertiser, UK –2 hours agoBy Roisin McGroarty THE future of South Ayrshire’s post offices have been put into further jeopardy by the revelation that the Royal Mail is being partly …New funds for post offices ‘welcome news’WalesOnlineStop your complaining and wake up to realityMoneyweball 42 news articles …

Telegraph.co.uk Is the Royal Mail being primed for a sell-off?FinancialAdvice.co.uk, UK –5 hours ago… which is roughly twice the rate of inflation, is seen by many as further evidence that the Royal Mail will soon be sold off by the government. …Royal Mail to put up pricesFinancial TimesPrice of stamps set to …

Postal prices will rise by an average of 5.85 per cent from April 6, Royal Mail has announced – just below the 6 per cent maximum permitted by the regulator. More: continued here

Gregor Gall: After the Hooper review, the crisis of viability at Royal Mail means the end of the UK’s public universal service provider More: continued here

Royal Mail deliver a cash shock to OAP ChristinaicLanarkshire – East Kilbride News, UK –5 hours agoA WESTWOOD woman has branded the Royal Mail a shower of scrooges after she was forced to pay over £1 to pick up a Christmas card. Christina Young received a … More: continued here

Royal Mail has announced the biggest ever rise in the cost of a stamp. From April, a first-class stamp will cost 39p, a rise of 3p or 8.3 per cent, more than double the rate of inflation. More: continued here

The future of Royal Mail is expected to be spelled out today amid reports that up to a third of the company could be sold to a foreign competitor. The business secretary, Lord Mandelson, is expected to publish the findings of an independent review of Royal Mail — perhaps as …