Royal Mail

Telegraph.co.uk Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture is returned to townTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomIn autumn 2005 the Royal Mail received a furious response when it tried to sell the 2.5 ton piece for well over £500000 at Bonhams. It quickly backtracked after Chesterfield campaigners vigorously objected to losing their much-loved landmark. … More: continued …

Standard Life and Lloyds Banking Group’s Black Horse Personal Finance brand have signed up as the first advertisers to use Royal Mail’s new environmentally friendly direct mail service, Sustainable Mail. More: continued here

Royal Mail Tudor stamps to be wonwww.solihullnews.net, UKROYAL Mail continues its 600 year journey through history with the second in its Kings and Queens series celebrating the Royal Houses of England. Marking the 500th anniversary of the accession of Henry VIII, The House of Tudor, features individual … More: continued here

Angry staff at Ellesmere’s Royal Mail delivery office have vowed to fight plans to close the centre. More: continued here

Stateowned businesses like the Royal Mint Land Registry and the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre are set to be privatised in coming years to raise billions of pounds for the Treasury. More: continued here

Google and Royal Mail back marketing website for small businessesPrintWeek, UKGoogle and the Royal Mail have backed a website launched to help educate small businesses on how to effectively use marketing. The Marketing Donut was set up by BHP Information Solutions, which already works with the government's Business Link service …New …

guardian.co.uk UK Postal Union To Hold May Day MarchHell Mail, UKThe Communication Workers Union is to hold a May Day March and Rally as part of it's ongoing campaign to stop the partial provatisation of the Royal Mail. The campaign, "Keep Royal Mail Public", is also supported by a growing number …

guardian.co.uk Sale of Royal Mail, Land Registry and QE2 Centre to raise £16bn …Telegraph.co.uk, United KingdomState-owned businesses like the Royal Mint, Land Registry and the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre are set to be privatised in coming years to raise billions of pounds for the Treasury. By Christopher Hope and Rebecca Smith …

Straits Times Budget: Plan for £9bn in efficiency savingsBelfast Telegraph, United Kingdom"It means the Government is pressing ahead with the sale of Royal Mail in the face of massive public opposition. This programme of cuts and privatisation will be made worse when the Chancellor's unsustainable growth predictions are exposed. …Video: Budget …

'Bad time' to sell Royal MailScotsman, United KingdomTHE Government will lose hundreds of millions of pounds on its plan to part-privatise the Royal Mail because of the timing of its controversial proposals, a report claimed today. Pressure group Compass said a partial sale would net £1 billion – less … More: …