Royal Mail

You call that a writedown?Globe and Mail, Canada –1 hour agoHow else to explain the blasé reaction to Royal Bank of Canada’s bombshell announcement (okay, okay, it was a mere hand grenade) today that it was taking a …Canadians have no intention to retireCanada.comall 9 news articles More: continued here

Llanrwst post closure slammedNews Wales, UK –4 hours agoA plan by the Royal Mail to close its letter delivery office at Llanrwst has been angrily criticised by Plaid Cymru AM for Aberconwy Gareth Jones. … More: continued here

Air Force One and Joe Lively are due to clash in the John Smith’s Reynoldstown Chase at Ascot on February 16. With doubts surrounding the participation of Tidal Bay who could run in the Arkle instead, the pair head the ante-post betting the Royal & SunAlliance Chase. More: continued here

One person was injured in a fire Monday evening at a home on Royal Windsor Drive in Edgewood More: continued here

NEW OPENINGS Ferguson , headquartered in Newport News, will open a new location in Winchester on Feb. 4. Located at 321 Front Royal Pike, the 9,600-square-foot facility features a first-class gallery showcasing the latest products in the plumbing and building industry. Ferguson is the country’s largest wholesale distributor of plumbing …

Eagle sinks its claws into new contract with BT worth £1.5mScotsman, United Kingdom –2 hours ago… its business and is keen to target areas of the business community frustrated by sporadic bouts of industrial action by dominant deliverer Royal Mail. … More: continued here

Post Office Closure Consultations A Sham?Hell Mail, UK –49 minutes agoPostal workers are quick to blame Royal Mail for this, saying that extended routes and tougher working conditions are 'driving' employees to cut corners or … More: continued here

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Reading manager Steve Coppell admits Steve Sidwell is settling into his new role at Chelsea at just the wrong time for the club he left behind last summer. More: continued here

Home diagnostic tests sold over the internet are offering unsatisfactory product information which could be misleading consumers, warns a paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. The authors¹ of the study evaluated the information provided on 168 websites marketing home diagnostic tests for conditions such as …