Royal Mail

The possibility of a London-wide strike at Royal Mail grew this week after bosses refused to back down from plans to slash jobs at offices around the capital. More: continued here

Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, has suffered the biggest blow yet in his attempts to sell part of Royal Mail, with the Commons Business and Enterprise Select Committee condemning the move as ill-thought-out. More: continued here

THE battle to save Royal Mail from privatisation received a huge boost on Tuesday when a cross-party committee of MPs rubbished the government’s sell-off proposals. More: continued here

Researchers in Germany have used a modern medical procedure to uncover a secret within one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured artworks — the bust of Nefertiti has two faces. More: continued here

As a study in balance of trade, it’s pathetically uneven. The Emerald Isle gets one planeload after another of vacationing American duffers losing $4 golf balls in the dunes of Ballybunion in the south, overpaying caddies at Royal County Down in the north and bellying up at Fodor’s-approved pubs each …

BBC News Masked gang go on hijacking spreeBBC News, UKThe hijackers targeted people working for NIE, Royal Mail, Northern Ireland Water and other local businesses. In one instance, the gang of between two and four, tried to hijack a car with a four-year-old boy on board. On a separate occasion, … …

Alarm raised as Denbighshire postmen use rented vansEvening Leader, UKA Royal Mail spokesman said: "Royal Mail uses a variety of transport facilities to deliver and collect mail daily to more than 28 million addresses across the UK. "The vast majority of vehicles are our own red liveried Royal Mail vans and …

letsrecycle.com Survey set to find out how much direct mail is recycledletsrecycle.com, UKA study to determine how much of the uk's direct mail is recycled has been commissioned by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) – representing the direct mail industry- and Royal Mail. The organisations have appointed Birmingham-based consultancy MEL … …

Hertsmere Borough Council ’s print services department processes all internal and external post. A minimum of 200,000 letters leave the busy mailroom every year. More: continued here

BBC News Fundraising postie Pauline is truly first class!Barry and District News, UKPauline is one of three Welsh winners in Royal Mail’s First Class Awards 2009, awarded to the postmen and women who go the extra mile in the communities where they live and work. Fundraising postwoman Pauline, 52, from St …