Royal Mail

Metro Royal Mail sell-off plan shaken by profitsIndependent, UKBy Sarah Arnott Royal Mail reported annual profits doubled to £321m yesterday, providing grist to the mill of opponents to the Government's plan to part-privatise the group. Despite the recession, and a 5.5 per cent fall in the number of letters being …Royal …

Angelica Mari, Computing , Thursday 21 May 2009 at 06:45:00 An IT department shake-up that has caused workers to suffer months of job insecurity is souring relations between managers and staff, and threatening to undermine the group’s modernisation plans Royal Mail’s prolonged attempt to reorganise its IT department is sapping …

guardian.co.uk Peter Mandelson backs David Miliband to stay as foreign secretaryguardian.co.uk, UKThe rumour was dismissed by Mandelson's office as an attempt to undermine the government's efforts to part privatise the Royal Mail. Shifting Mandelson would allow a new face to be introduced at the business and enterprise department that could review …

Royal Mails prolonged attempt to reorganise its IT department is sapping morale and casting a pall over its modernisation programme, according to affected employees. More: continued here

The postal services bill cleared the Lords last night –and is now on the way to the Commons where a major backbench rebellion could lie in wait. More: continued here

Reading’s post could soon come via a derelict warehouse in Whitley. More: continued here

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs in their last league encounter of the IPL. More: continued here

Guernsey Press and Star Bulk mailers brace themselves for Royal Mail's 40% increaseGuernsey Press and Star, UKBy Joel de Woolfson BUSINESSES that rely on the post to export goods to the UK are to be hit hard after Royal Mail confirmed it was hiking its charges for delivering Bailiwick post by …

Pension deficit doubles at Royal MailPeople Management Magazine Online, UKRoyal Mail Group's pension fund deficit has grown to £6.8 billion, more than double last year's figure, despite an increase in profits. Group profits increased from £162 million in 2007/08 to £321 million in 2008/09. Chief executive Adam Crozier said: … More: …

Economy posts a downturn in the mailThe Age, AustraliaAustralia, it appears, is bucking the trend of the decline of paper mail elsewhere in the world — the recession notwithstanding. The US Postal Service saw volumes fall nearly 15 per cent in the year to the end of March, while Britain's Royal …