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Business Post gains market shareThe Press AssociationMail and parcels firm Business Post has said its financial year had been better than expected, despite weaker revenues in the second half. The Slough-based company, which picks up and sorts post ahead of delivery by Royal Mail, said difficult economic … More: continued …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – State-owned postal company Royal Mail won approval from European Union antitrust regulators on Wednesday for 1.7 billion pounds in loans from UK authorities and a scheme related to its pension deficit. More: continued here

BRUSSELS, April 8 (Reuters) – British state-owned postal company Royal Mail won approval from European Union antitrust regulators on Wednesday for 1.7 billion pounds in loans from UK authorities and a scheme related to its pension deficit. The European Commission said in a statement that four state measures granted in …

Royal Mail has been given European Union approval for €1.9bn £1.72bn of state aid that it received from the Government. More: continued here

Postman who kept 2000 letters given suspended prison sentenceFenland Today, UKThe court heard Murray, who had worked for Royal Mail since November 2000, was discovered when the fire brigade was called to his flat after a chip-pan fire broke out. Matthew Maynard, prosecuting, told the court that firefighters spotted bags of …

BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The European Commission Wednesday said it has approved four measures the U.K. granted in favor of Royal Mail between 2001 and 2007 for a total of GBP2.55 billion, as they were in line with state aid rules. More: continued here

The European Commission ruled on Wednesday that a series of measures taken by the government in favour of postal operator Royal Mail did not breach EU state aid legistlation. More: continued here

(BRUSSELS ) – The European Commission ruled on Wednesday that a series of measures taken by Britain in favour of postal operator Royal Mail did not breach EU state aid legistlation. More: continued here

Dutch mail company TNT NV said on Wednesday it expected its key express delivery unit to post a positive operating income in the first quarter and said it was still eying a deal with Britain’s Royal Mail. More: continued here

Partial privatisation of the Royal Mail has moved a step closer after Deutsche Post emerged as the latest possible suitor to take part-control of the postal operator. More: continued here