Royal Mail

Business in brief: Royal Mail; Bramdean AlternativesTimes Online, UKPeter Luff, the Conservative chairman of the Commons Business and Enterprise Select Committee, is unhappy with the response by ministers to the committee's concerns about the partial sale of Royal Mail. Pat McFadden, the Postal Services Minister, … More: continued here

Brown to face MPs' revolt over Royal MailFinancial Times, UKBy Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent Ministers are willing to cede overall control over the appointment of Royal Mail's chief executive and other key “operational matters” to a minority shareholder in the postal operator, it emerged on … More: continued here

Investors in TNT, the Dutch postal group, are recommending caution over plans to take on a major stake in Royal Mail’s profitable parcels arm. More: continued here

THE government pressed ahead yesterday with its unpopular plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail despite fierce opposition from Labour MPs and unions. More: continued here

Government is planning to hide the crippling cost of taking on Royal Mail’s deficit a leading pensions expert warned. More: continued here

stv.tv Dutch TNT willing to buy Royal Mail's parcels unitTrading Markets (press release), CAMay 11, 2009 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) — AEOPF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Dutch express delivery firm TNT (AMS:TNT) plans to acquire the parcels unit of UK Royal Mail, General Logistics Systems, as …

TNT targets parcels arm in bid for Royal MailTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomTNT, the Dutch postal group, is demanding control of Royal Mail's profitable parcels delivery arm as part of a multi-billion pound proposal that Government ministers insist is crucial to securing the British company's future. … More: continued here

Cleeve hit by postal problemsGloucester Citizen, UKThe parish council has decided to write to Royal Mail for an explanation of why some parts of Cleeve are getting a late service. Coun Peter Richmond said the service to the village had deteriorated in recent months. "We clearly have a problem with the …

Investors in TNT warn on Royal Mail dealFinancial Times, UKBy Jeremy Lemer and Jim Pickard The fraught efforts to part-privatise Royal Mail encountered further difficulties yesterday after investors in TNT, the frontrunner to buy a stake in Britain's state-owned postal operator, cautioned against the move. … More: continued here

England’s Royal Mail plans to phase out thousands of bicycles and replace them with delivery vans, officials said. The bikes now used will be shipped by charities to Africa. More: continued here