Markets relieved US jobs numbers were not worseguardian.co.uk, UKAnd while we have limited detail on the comparability of longevity assumptions, a read-across from Royal Mail suggests the deficit could reach £10 billion, based on Royal Mail management commentary. maximum), with £750m a possibility if pension … More: continued here
Concerns over Royal Mail futureBridgwater Mercury, UKBy James Beal » “LEAVE our postal service alone”- this was the defiant response from workers in Bridgwater who fear part-privatisation of the Royal Mail could affect services in the town. Business Secretary Lord Mandelson introduced proposals to the … More: continued here
John Robertson and Sian James are the latest senior Labour figures to sign a Commons motion against the plan. More: continued here
Politics.co.uk Mandelson set to get his way over Royal Mailguardian.co.uk, UKNext week it will fall to Labour peers in the House of Lords to fight the fight begun by Labour MPs to oppose Lord Mandelson's part-privatisation of Royal Mail. Though it's easy to see why the business secretary is to start the bill in the upper…
UK honors Claudia Jones with stampPeople’s Weekly WorldBritain’s Royal Mail issued a stamp last October honoring six “Women of Distinction” in the UK, among them Claudia Jones, a leader of the Communist Party USA who was deported from the United States in 1955, settling in London where she continued her … More: continued here
Slippery street is a no-go area for postiesThis Is Cheshire, UKTHE Royal Mail has refused to deliver post due to the dangerous conditions of an Appleton street. Residents of Pewterspear Green Road only discovered their road was unadopted when the Bryant development was finished. Villagers were told the council … More: continued here
Ellesmere Mayor has slammed Royal Mail for their response to fears …Whitchurch Herald, UKELLESMERE mayor Geoff Elner has slammed Royal Mail for its response to the town’s fears that its postal sorting office is to close. There have been rumours since January the facility will close on April 1 and transfer to Oswestry. …Planning Concerns offer…
Royal Mail bosses in ‘bullying’ claim in HuddersfieldHuddersfield Examiner, UKPOSTIES in Huddersfield have vowed to make official complaints of bullying against Royal Mail bosses. The 11 staff at the Northumberland Street delivery office claim they were pressured into doing extra work. As part of a national drive to improve the …Socialist leader meets with postal staff…
Outrage on a sliding scaleNew Statesman, UKThen there is the problem of Peter Mandelson, and his crazed mission to part-privatise the Royal Mail. We are overdue another Mandelson scandal, and the Daily Mail thinks it has one. The ubiquitous PR Roland Rudd, whose clients include the airports … More: continued here
Vanishing jobsThe Oxford Times, UKFast on the heels of the 1280 BMW redundancies announced over the past couple of months comes news that the 83912 sq ft Royal Mail sorting office is for let — which means hundreds more Cowley workers are about to lose their jobs. Royal Mail’s plans to … More: continued here