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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

Malmesbury's mystery of the abandoned Post Office trolleysGazette & Herald, 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

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail lines up Brydon as chairmanTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –3 minutes agoThe Government is lining up Donald Brydon, the chairman of Smiths Group, as the new chairman of Royal Mail with a brief to steer the company through its … More: continued here

Cumberland News Sorry we lost your £30 in the post, have six stamps insteadCumberland News, UK –15 minutes agoBy Thom Kennedy A PLUMBER whose wages went missing in the post has received a shock compensation from Royal Mail… a book of stamps. … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk UK Budget Deficit Swells as Recession Pounds TaxesBloomberg –Jan 21, 2009The shortfall was boosted largely by the 20 billion-pound recapitalization of Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, now 58 percent owned by the government. …Our banks are too important to be left in private handsguardian.co.ukBritish press gloomy on bank rescueAFPSecond …

The Sun Superbank IIThe Sun, UK –1 hour agoROYAL MAIL is on track to DOUBLE profits this year. Bosses yesterday said controversial cost-cutting programmes had paid off — and the company was now on a … More: continued here

ROYAL MAIL chiefs yesterday announced they’d made made a profit of £255million. More: continued here

ONE of Royal Mail’s main competitors has grabbed a bigger slice of the delivery market. More: continued here

ROYAL MAIL chiefs yesterday announced they’d made made a profit of s255million. And they revealed that all their businesses are in profit for the first time in almost 20 years. More: continued here