Top business stories from the weekend papersTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomThe governments of Denmark and Sweden are examining a joint bid for a stake in Royal Mail. ITV is set to go cap in hand to shareholders to ask for £300m in the face of plummeting advertising revenues, onerous debt obligations and a growing pension … More: continued…
Royal Mail celebrates St David's Day with Silk Pearce stampsThe Drum, UKRoyal Mail is to celebrate all things Welsh when it launches a set of stamps to celebrate St David’s Day. The miniature sheet of four stamps has been designed by Silk Pearce and will go on sale on Thursday, 26 February. They aim to take…
Telegraph.co.uk Labour MPs deliver warning over Royal Mailguardian.co.uk, UKPeter Hain, the former work and pensions secretary, will join a growing Labour rebellion against plans by the business secretary, Lord Mandelson, to part-privatise the Royal Mail. As the government prepares to publish a detailed policy statement and …Billy Hayes goes into battle at Royal MailTimes OnlineRoyal Mail…
Posties rally over Royal Mail sell-offMirror.co.uk, UKUp to 1000 posties will join a rally tomorrow to protest at Government plans to sell off a stake in Royal Mail. The Communication Workers Union said the partprivatisation proposed by Business Secretary Peter Mandelson will be "dangerous, damaging" and … More: continued here
Mailshots Online: Direct Mail Campaignsis4profit, UKRoyal Mail has launched an online tool to help small firms create personalised direct mail campaigns. The Mailshots Online service enables firms to log in, select an A4 or postcard-sized design and add their own logo and text to create their own … More: continued here
Plans to partprivatise the Royal Mail will be unveiled this week a move which will set Lord Mandelson on a collision course with more than 120 Labour MPs opposed to the move. More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail sell-off goes ahead despite Labour rebellionTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomPlans to part-privatise the Royal Mail will be unveiled this week – a move which will set Lord Mandelson on a collision course with more than 120 Labour MPs opposed to the move. By Andrew Porter, Political Editor The Business Secretary will publish the … More:…
NEIL CLARK highlights new Labour’s mail betrayal that even the Tories can’t boast about. First they came for the aerospace industry. Then the oil. After that electricity, gas and water. Then the railways. Then air traffic control. More: continued here
By Trent MooreStaff WriterFollowing the Thursday announcement that Royal Technologies would be expanding into the Cullman area, Director of Strategic Development Mike Furst said the company hopes to have a firm groundbreaking date set in the coming months. More: continued here
Postal union CWU set for vote to sever links with LabourTimes Online, UKThe postal workers' union will ballot to sever links with Labour in the next few weeks unless plans to sell a stake in Royal Mail are scrapped, The Times has learnt. The move comes as a Bill to sell part of the state-owned group…