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Ex BT staffer Kathryn Pritchard to join Iris WorldwideCIT MagazinePritchard will start in the newly created role in July with a remit that will include regional management development, board level recruitment and regional management development. Pritchard has 15 years of experience in HR roles at BT, the Royal Mail…Iris appoints …

U.TV Private Equity Firm Bids for Royal Mail StakeThe Journal of Commerce Online, NJLondon — A British private investor group, CVC Capital Partners, offered $3.3 billion for a 30 percent stake in Royal Mail, the UK's state-owned postal company. The bid is higher than a rival offer from TNT, the Dutch …

Post returned to normal after 'murder bid' arrestBarrhead News, UKby Barrhead News Reporter ROYAL Mail have confirmed that they will reinstate deliveries to a notorious Barrhead street – one week after a postie was shot. All postal deliveries to Crossmill Avenue were suspended last week following an alleged murder … More: …

Is Royal Mail selloff being delayed to keep Brown in place?Times Online Blogs, UKAccording to the ever-intriguing blog by Rene Lavanchy, the the second reading of the Royal Mail selloff bill isn't due to be debated in the Commons next week, as was widely expected. Critically it does not appear on …

Mirror.co.uk Government may postpone Commons showdown over Royal Mail sell-offMirror.co.uk, UKThe Government may postpone a Commons showdown over the Royal Mail sell-off, Lord Mandelson hinted yesterday. The controversial legislation was due to be debated on June 9 but the Business Secretary let slip the second reading could be delayed. … More: …

Left in the dark by a second class delivery serviceStoke & Staffordshire, UKI'VE been having trouble with Royal Mail for some time but my latest experience takes the biscuit. An eBay seller in Hampshire sent me a package of rare magazines by Royal Mail next day special delivery. When the postman …

Nantwich councillors take up Crewe's Royal Mail sorting office fightCrewe Chronicle, UKRoyal Mail is planning to close the Crewe site and transfer work to a new mail centre in Warrington. Crewe councillors and unions have been trying to resist the move, arguing up to 600 jobs could be lost as many …

Royal Mail sell-off 'will go ahead'Times Online, UKLord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, has insisted that the Government is committed to selling a 30 per cent stake in Royal Mail to the private sector and to the broader postal services bill. “Mandelson and the Cabinet are not for turning,” the … More: …

Royal Mail appoints head of data strategyMarketing Week, UKRoyal Mail has appointed former Qbase Data Services commercial director Keith Jones as its new head of data strategy. He replaces Colin Bradshaw, who left at the end of last year to take on the position of managing director of data at DM …

CVC Bid For Royal Mail Would See Higher PricesHell Mail, UKWith speculation that a bid by Dutch-owned postal provider TNT Post for a share in Royal Mail may have fallen through, the government's top choice for a strategic partnership appears to be private equity group CVC. However, Peter Luff Chairman of …