Royal Mail

Royal Mail faces threat of strikesFinancial Times, UKBy Jean Eaglesham and Brian Groom Royal Mail faces the threat of strikes over cost-cutting, overshadowing the postal operator's announcement yesterday of a near-doubling of annual profits. The Communication Workers Union is to announce a strike ballot … More: continued here

Royal Mail sale row grows as profits doubleTimes Online, UKUnions seized on bumper profits at Royal Mail to argue that a doubling of profit, despite a continued fall in the number of letters being posted, should render controversial government plans to part privatise the company obsolete. … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Don't simply stamp 'Private' on the Royal Mailguardian.co.uk, UKWill Royal Mail be New Labour's political and managerial watershed? There could hardly be a clearer test case of what, if anything, 12 years of bruising encounters with public-sector reform have taught it. No one doubts that the Mail badly needs an …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail doubles profits, prompting calls to stop part-privatisationTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomRoyal Mail has doubled its profits despite a huge fall in the number of letters being posted, prompting calls to stop part-privatisation of the group. By Myra Butterworth It said profits had risen to £321 million even though the average …

Telegraph.co.uk 'Don't stamp out rare plants'Peterborough Today, UKBy Tara Dundon A PLANT expert from Peterborough has put her botanical skills to good use to help produce the Royal Mail's latest batch of commemorative stamps. With more than 450 species of wild plants currently facing national extinction, Royal Mail…Stamp collection celebrates 250th …

Times Online Lost in translationTimes Online, UKThe fumbling involvement of Royal Mail will guarantee a mysterious delay. I went on a blind date once. No, really. I didn't know what the guy looked like, where he went on his summer holiday in 2003, the colour of his ex-girlfriend's hair or the …

Bosses in promise on mail deliveryShropshire Star, UKRoyal Mail bosses will assure Ellesmere residents they will still get first class service when the town's delivery office closes next month. A letter to be sent out to all Ellesmere households by the firm promises that post will be delivered at the … …

Manchester Evening News Profits joy for Royal MailManchester Evening News, UKROYAL MAIL doubled its profits to £321m despite a huge fall in the number of letters being posted, new figures show. The average daily postbag of letters and parcels has fallen by nine million to 75 million in the past three …

Royal Mail posts positive full year figures but billion-pound …PrintWeek, UKRoyal Mail has posted a twofold increase in profits to £321m for 2008/9 in the face of declining mail volumes. While all four units within the mail operator recorded a profit for the first time in 20 years, Royal Mail has …

Telegraph.co.uk Stamp collection celebrates 250th anniversary of Kew GardensTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomRoyal Mail is also issuing new stamps showing 10 species of endangered British plants. The stamps show plants like Lady's Slipper Orchid, Dwarf Milkwort, Marsh Saxifrage, Floating Water Plantain, Downy Woundwort, Round Headed Leek, Plymouth Pear and … More: continued here