Daily Mail TNT may go extra mile and deliver to the doorDaily Mail, UK –1 hour agoSuch a move would be yet another blow to troubled Royal Mail. The opening-up of the UK postal system to competition has seen TNT handling a claimed 20 per …TNT looks to doorstep post deliveriesThis is LondonToo late to save the…
I’ve just heard someone defend government policy with supreme self-confidence from the dispatch box. It was Ken Clarke. In his first major speech in the Commons since returning to the shadow cabinet as shadow business secretary, Clarke lavished praise on the absent Lord Mandelson for proposing the part-privatisation of the Royal Mail. It was a…
The Royal Mail is to hold a two-day summit with union leaders next month to discuss modernising the business amid reports that thousands of jobs are to be axed. The postal group is aiming to cut costs by 10% and to press ahead with a huge modernisation programme in the face of increased competition. There…
MSP asks public to sign up to save the Royal MailHamilton Advertiser news, UK –10 minutes agoTHE SNP MSP for South of Scotland, has encouraged people in Clydesdale to sign a petition calling on the Prime Minister not to privatise Royal Mail. … More: continued here
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Bonchester postbus reaches end of roadHawick Today, UK –1 hour agoRoyal Mail confirmed this week that the service, which has operated for more than 20 years, will stop from April 4. She said: "There's about nine or 10 … More: continued here
Peter Mandelson vows to continue with part sell-off of Royal MailMirror.co.uk, UK –18 hours agoPeter Mandelson vowed yesterday to press ahead with the part sell-off of Royal Mail despite the growing backbench rebellion. A defiant Business Secretary … More: continued here
UK: Royal Mail, modernisation and job cuts?UNI Global Union, Switzerland –10 hours agoThere have been speculation in the press lately, that Royal Mail could be cutting up to 16 000 jobs in its plan to reduce costs by 10%. … More: continued here
Telegraph.co.uk Opposition On Royal Mail Minority Stake Holds FirmHell Mail, UK –5 hours agoThe government says it has no intention of making a u-turn on the partial privatisation of the Royal Mail. Both main opposition parties also back plans, …UK presses ahead with Royal Mail stake saleThomson Merger News (registration)Ken Clarke to take centre stage as MPs…
Ten specially designed stamps have been released by the Royal Mail to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. More: continued here