Telegraph.co.uk As The Man Says – Mail OrderUlster Herald, UKThe British government has displayed a great eagerness to pour in thousands of millions of pounds to bail out ailing banks, and the Royal Mail is an equally important utility, although the monies involved are much smaller in scale than the amounts …
Read More »Anger grows over Royal Mail sell-off (Morning Star)
ANGER over the government’s plans to part-privatise Royal Mail intensified on Thursday amid a fresh row over the role of the chairwoman of the organisation’s pensions trustees. More: continued here
Read More »Ericsson to host Royal visit in Rio de Janeiro (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Ericsson will be hosting a visit by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden to Rio de Janeiro, to coincide with the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in the city. The program will include participation in Ericsson’s customer activities as well as sailing onboard one of Ericsson’s two boats in …
Read More »De La Rue seen unlikely to bid for Royal Mint (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
(Reuters) – De La Rue , the world’s largest non-government printer of banknotes, is unlikely to bid for coin maker Royal Mint, according to UBS. More: continued here
Read More »Ericsson to host Royal visit in Rio de Janeiro (Marketwire)
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN–(Marketwire – March 26, 2009) – Ericsson ( NASDAQ : ERIC ) will be hosting a visit by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden to Rio de Janeiro, to coincide with the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in the city. The program will include participation in Ericsson’s customer …
Read More »MP condemns postmark loss (BBC News)
A Greater Manchester MP says the Royal Mail’s decision to stop using the Stockport postmark is “outrageous”. More: continued here
Read More »A Week In The Postal Business – Hell Mail
Hell Mail A Week In The Postal BusinessHell Mail, UKIt is always 'them', be it the regulator, postal workers, Royal Mail bosses, the competition, or government. One can only imagine the debacle if all these entities attempted to thrash it out in a boardroom. At least this week had its lighter …
Read More »Antalis leaflet outlines Royal Mail new cost reduction scheme (PrintWeek)
Antalis has produced an information leaflet explaining Royal Mail’s new discount scheme Sustainable Mail, which it is claimed could save companies up to 4.7% on postal costs. More: continued here
Read More »New operator agrees to reprieve bus service – www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk
New operator agrees to reprieve bus servicewww.thisissurreytoday.co.uk, UKBus users in Ockley and Coldharbour feared they would be isolated after Royal Mail announced it was axing its Post Bus service from April 4. The service, which picks up passengers along with sacks of post, had served the villages for many years before …
Read More »Royal Mail 'trying to replace posties' bikes with vans' – BikeRadar.com
Royal Mail'trying to replace posties' bikes with vans'BikeRadar.com, UKBy Richard Peace Proposed changes in Royal Mail delivery methods – including replacing the traditional postie's bike with two-person vans – have led to an unofficial strike in Lincoln and protests from a union and MPs in Cambridge. … More: continued here
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