Royal Mail

Mail boss paid to stay at homeNorthampton Chronicle & Echo, UK –3 minutes agoBy Nick Spoors A Royal Mail manager from Northamptonshire has been paid his full salary for the past 16 months despite staying at home because bosses did … More: continued here

BBC News RBS: The silent nineScotsman, United Kingdom –5 hours agoBy STEPHEN McGINTY The independent non-executive directors of the Royal Bank of Scotland have as part of their remit a duty to look after the interests of …Our banks are too important to be left in private handsguardian.co.ukShould 'Fred the Shred' lose …

The Associated Press Scots hope to lure tourists on poet's anniversaryThe Associated Press –6 hours agoThe Royal Mail is issuing a set of three stamps to mark the birthday — two carrying an image of the poet, the third with another of his famous sayings: "A … More: continued here

Donald Brydon, chairman of engineering company Smiths Group , has emerged as the favourite candidate to take over as chairman of Royal Mail. More: continued here

WHAT'S ON: Exhibition looks at 200 years of the postal industryDunstabke Today, UK –1 hour agoRare vehicles from the BPMA, as well as an original 1840s Royal Mail Coach from Luton's own Mossman collection, will be on show. Images from the Royal Mail… More: continued here

Marooned, as vital postbus axedHexham Courant,  United Kingdom –4 hours agoBut the Royal Mail is being seen as the real villain of the piece, after it altered the times the service operated. That meant that users of the bus had … More: continued here

Royal Mail has posted profits across all four of its businesses for the first time in 20 years after announcing an operating profit of £255m for the nine months to Christmas 2008. More: continued here

Malmesbury's mystery of the abandoned Post Office trolleysThis is Wiltshire.co.uk, UK –3 minutes agoBy Joe Ware » Five years after first complaining about an unsightly Royal Mail cart chained outside his home Tony Marriott has finally had it removed. … More: continued here

The Government is lining up Donald Brydon chairman of Smiths Group as the new chairman of Royal Mail to steer it through partprivatisation. More: continued here

Rebel MPs fear Royal Mail part-privatisation planGrimsby Telegraph, UK –7 minutes agoGREAT Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell is threatening to rebel against the Government over plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail. Mr Mitchell is one of 66 Labour … More: continued here