Royal Mail

City council apologises over election leaflets gaffeThe Oxford Times, UKOxford City Council issued a statement saying: “It has been brought to our attention that electoral leaflets have been inserted into some of the summer issues of Your Oxford being delivered under contract by Royal Mail. Oxford City Council has not … …

Royal Mail – non service with a smileUK Parents Lounge, UKRoyal Mail. You've probably heard of them. Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown are determined to put 30% of it into private (Dutch) hands because they say the company can't carry on running with public money. Forget the fact that about £175 …

Ellesmere sorting office closure 'a done deal'Border Counties Advertizer, UKROYAL Mail will be closing Ellesmere's Delivery Office on June 8 in what was described by representatives as a "done deal with no turning back." Meeting with Royal Mail representatives last week, councillors slammed months of speculation, during which … More: continued …

Credit crunch brings 'end of era'ePolitix, UK"I've been troubled to find the credit crunch being invoked as a kind of trump card in any debate about markets – especially any debate about the role of the market in delivering public services like the Royal Mail, which is batty. … More: continued …

Workers rally round in Royal Mail battleThis Is Hampshire.net, UKBy Matt Smith » POSTAL workers held a rally in Southampton demanding the Government abandon its plan to sell a stake in Royal Mail. About 80 members of the Communication and Workers Union and other supporters marched through the city urging shoppers …

Royal Mail posties refuse to deliver BNP door-dropsBrand Republic, UKby Noelle McElhatton, Marketing Direct 18-May-09, 09:20 LONDON – Royal Mail workers in the West Country have vowed not to deliver British National Party election door-drops because they object to them as "right-wing rubbish". The leaflets promote the … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail delivers profits as postbag shrinksTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomRoyal Mail's painful cost-cutting programme – which includes thousands of job losses – allowed the business to post an annual profit in all of its divisions for the first time in two decades. By Katherine Griffiths The better-than-expected results may … More: …

Royal Mail profit soars as postbag shrinksTimes Online, UKProfits at Royal Mail doubled to £321 million last year despite a continued fall in the number of letters being posted, in results likely to be seized on by unions attempting to stop Government plans to sell a stake in the group. … …

BBC News Royal Mail profits almost doubleBBC News, UKRoyal Mail has seen its annual profits almost double, as all four parts of the business went into the black for the first time in 20 years. The state-owned firm made a group-wide operating profit of £321m in the year to 31 March, …

Profit alone isn't enough for Royal MailTimes Online, UKAnd Adam Crozier, Royal Mail Group's chief executive, had some rather more significant milestones to celebrate when he announced that all four of its businesses, including letters and the Post Office, were in the black for the first time in two decades … …