Royal Mail

Prayers for post box answered by churchStoke & Staffordshire, UKRoyal Mail wanted to install a replacement box somewhere else in the village, but found it difficult to find a new home because of Mow Cop's narrow pavements and the need to avoid underground cables. So members of Mow Cop Methodist Church …

Times Online Gordon Brown to face new threat over Royal Mail privatisation plansTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomThe next big threat to the Prime Minister if he survives the current leadership crisis will be the plan to part-privatise Royal Mail. By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent MPs are increasingly confident that Mr Brown, weakened by …

Times Online Royal Mail sale to be put on hold in concession to Labour rebelsguardian.co.uk, UKThe government's plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail are to be put on hold pending an increase in the price bidders are willing are to pay, ministerial sources said last night, in what is likely to …

FOCUS: TNT Investors Grow Restless, Want Co To Weigh StrategyBeurs.nl, NetherlandsTNT, which generated more than EUR11 billion in revenue in 2008, currently is in discussions with the British government over a possible minority stake in UK postal operator Royal Mail, a move criticized by some investors who fear TNT might overpay …

Telegraph.co.uk Royal mail part-privatisation likely to be delayed – papersForbes, NYLONDON, June 7 (Reuters) – The part-privatisation of Britain's Royal Mail is likely to be delayed on price grounds, the Guardian and Independent said. Bids for the 30 percent stake put up for sale by the government have not been high …

Reviving Electric MailRead It Here, AZBut down at the post office, they've been engaged in e-mail — on and off — for a century in the form of electrically-driven postal vehicles. In fact, postal services from the Royal Mail in Britain to La Poste in France to Deutsche Post in Germany …

Gordon Brown is to slow down the part-sale of Royal Mail and announce an Iraq war inquiry within days as he tries to prevent dismal European election results strengthening the bid to oust him. More: continued here

LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Mail said on Sunday it could become the latest company to close its final salary pension plan if plans to part-privatise the group fail. “Closing the final salary pension scheme is not something we would want to consider but might have to as …

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Labour faces disastrous results in European electionsTimes Online, UKThe Times learnt last night that Mr Brown is to slow down the part-sale of Royal Mail and announce an Iraq war inquiry within days as he tries to prevent dismal electoral results strengthening the attempt to oust him. He appeared yesterday to …