Royal Mail

The Royal Mail has doubled its profits to £321m despite a huge fall in the number of letters being posted, the firm announced today. More: continued here

Unions seized on bumper profits at Royal Mail to argue that a doubling of profit, despite a continued fall in the number of letters being posted, should render controversial government plans to part privatise the company obsolete. More: continued here

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Daily Mail Royal Mail profit doublesReutersLONDON (Reuters) – Royal Mail posted a doubling of full-year operating profit with each of its four units contributing for the first time in two decades, and said its pension fund deficit had also doubled. Royal Mail, which runs mail, parcel delivery …Royal Mail doubled its profits last yearUnited Press…

Royal Mail To Introduce Zonal Access Prices In 2010Hell Mail, UKRoyal Mail is to introduce zone-based access pricing from April 2010. The move follows an application to Postcomm in November 2008 which has been accepted, albeit held back to allow access customers to prepare for the price changes. … More: continued here

If Livingston grasps his opportunity, BT can emerge revitalisedTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomThis is what has held back the Royal Mail, bt's former state-owned stablemate, for years. The dead hand of state ownership has left the Royal Mail wheezing on the barest supply of financial oxygen. Despite this, management has forced modernisation on … More: continued here

The Royal Mail has doubled its profits to £321m – but its pension black hole has deepened to a huge £6.8bn. More: continued here

Profit doubled at Royal Mail last year despite a drop in mail volumes as all four of its businesses reported a full-year profit for the first time in two decades. More: continued here

Daily Mail Royal Mail pension deficit widensReutersLONDON (Reuters) – Royal Mail posted a doubling of full-year operating profit with each of its four units contributing for the first time in two decades, and said its pension fund deficit had also doubled. Royal Mail , which runs mail, parcel delivery …Royal Mail goes off messageguardian.co.ukRoyal Mail…

Royal Mail doubles profitsFinancial Times, UKBy Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent Gordon Brown came under increased pressure on Thursday to abandon contentious plans to part-privatise Royal Mail, after the postal operator announced a near-doubling in its annual profits. … More: continued here