Posties ‘in dark’ over job lossesReading Evening Post, UK –19 minutes agoBy Anna Roberts Royal Mail is being accused of “dangling staff on a piece of string” as concerned Reading workers claim they still don’t know if they’ll … More: continued here
CVC shuffles postal assetsFinancial Times, UK –3 hours ago… selling its stake in the Danish post office and increasing its stake in the Belgian one as it considers an investment in Royal Mail of the UK. … More: continued here
guardian.co.uk The Arctic blast that may have cost British businesses £1.2bnguardian.co.uk, UK –5 hours agoA Royal Mail spokesman said: "We are doing everything possible to keep the mail moving and our people safe. Some deliveries are still taking place and where … More: continued here
Campaigners bid to save sorting officeGloucester Citizen, UK –5 minutes agoBut if the sorting is transferred to Cam instead, Royal Mail staff will have to travel an additional 3000 miles a week on and off duty, he said. … More: continued here
No such thing as a level playing fieldguardian.co.uk, UK –5 hours ago… three O-levels, took him as far as a series of manual jobs: warehouse and factory work, and eventually a 35-year career as a postman in the Royal Mail. … More: continued here
Britain: Royal Mail faces privatisation and jobs massacreWorld Socialist Web Site, MI –8 minutes agoThis would include establishing "a strategic partnership between Royal Mail and one or more private sector companies." The Business Secretary has already … More: continued here
Royal Wolf, the largest provider of storage containers in Australia and New Zealand, announces the major acquisition of Ace Containers, a leading storage facilities and container provider in Canberra, Australia. Royal Wolf is now the largest supplier of storage units in Canberra. More: continued here
NORFOLK, England, Feb. 1 (UPI) — Fears for the health of Britain’s Prince Philip, 87, have been stoked after he missed several engagements Sunday, royal family observers say. More: continued here
Mike Harwood, runner-up to fellow Australian Ian Baker-Finch in the 1991 Open at Royal Birkdale, is returning to full-time golf after more than a decade. More: continued here
guardian.co.uk Peter Mandelson wants a people's bank? He should pick up the phone …guardian.co.uk, UK –5 hours agoRoyal Mail is proving the ultimate political headache for newly ennobled business secretary, Lord Mandelson of Hartlepool: with legislation on the cards to …Government mulls 'People's Bank'BBC NewsRoyal Mail could become 'people’s bank'CityWire.co.ukLiberalised Postal Service Not Offering ChoiceHell MailThe Press…