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Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been spent on consultants who are advising on plans to partprivatise Royal Mail. More: continued here

Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line have suspended stops at Mexican ports over concerns about swine flu. More: continued here

Royal Flush Plumbing is one of the latest plumbing companies to utilize the innovative marketing strategies by integrating the “1-800-PLUMBING” vanity phone number into their business. A vanity phone number is easy for customers to remember. This helps make advertising dollars work harder and more efficiently. More: continued here

ALL mail posted from Thurso will now be sent to Inverness to be sorted, it has emerged. The change, which came into effect on Monday, is “the fastest and most efficient method of processing mail”, according to a Royal Mail spokeswoman. More: continued here

Home > News > Gov't admits it will not…IPE.com, UKUK – The UK government has confirmed it will take responsibility for around £29.5bn (€33.1bn) in pension liabilities of the Royal Mail Pension Plan (RMPP) and leave the scheme with "sufficient assets" to meet its remaining liabilities, though this will … More: continued here

Professional Fundraising First recorded fall in direct mail volumesProfessional Fundraising, UKFigures in the UK are not nearly so severe, but last year's drop of 0.7 per cent was the first fall in direct mail numbers on record – although Royal Mail records only go back to 2004. In order to encourage more direct mail and promote…

Royal Mail worker goes through pain barrier to help babyCrewe Chronicle, UKA ROYAL Mail worker has raised nearly £800 to help a friend's baby who needs a costly operation which could restore his sight. Daniel Whelan, who works at the Weston Road mail centre, had his chest and back waxed to help raise funds for eight-week-…

Bowled over by fundraising successBallymoney Times, UKThe teams included: Limavady Support Group, Greenkeepers Royal Portrush Golf Club, TBF Thompson Garvagh, Royal Mail A and B teams, R Robinson and Sons Ltd, Ballymoney, Cogan and Shackleton, Coleraine and two teams of Chest, Heart and Stroke volunteers. … More: continued here

Black Horse and Standard Life sign up to Royal Mail's Sustainable …PrintWeek, UKSustainable Mail, the new discount scheme for direct mailers from Royal Mail, has started to gather pace with the announcement that Black Horse Personal Finance and Standard Life have signed up. The initiative is aimed at increasing the use of … More: continued here

Campaign over mail sell-offTeleText, UKA giant postbox is to be transported across the country from John O'Groats as part of a fresh campaign aimed at halting the partial sale of Royal Mail. The Communication Workers Union will take the 20ft high inflatable pillar box, and a 7ft long … More: continued here