Royal Mail

Investment bank UBS has been appointed by the Government to help it find an investor in the Royal Mail. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Royal Mail critics demand changes at top as Mandelson eyes sell-offScotland on Sunday, UK –5 hours agoBy Nathalie Thomas CALLS are growing for a change in leadership at Royal Mail as unions and backbench MPs fight to keep it in public hands. …Ministers hire UBS for sale of Royal MailTimes OnlineRoyal Mail privatisation: 50 Labour MPs…

Royal Mail’s pensions ‘black hole’ has more than doubled to some £7bn, placing a ‘ticking timebomb’ under the country’s most cherished state-owned industry. The implications of the soaring pensions deficit are laid bare in a long-awaited assessment of Royal Mail’s operations submitted to ministers in the past few days by Richard Hooper, a former deputy…

Around 50 Labour MPs are ready to vote down plans by Peter Mandelson the Business Secretary for a partprivatisation of the Royal Mail. More: continued here

SCROOGE Royal Mail bosses are raking in tens of thousands of pounds by demanding “ransom” payments for Christmas cards they claim are too big. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Ministers hire UBS for sale of Royal MailTimes Online, UK –1 hour agoTHE government has accelerated its controversial plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail with the appointment this weekend of investment bank UBS to help …Royal Mail privatisation: 50 Labour MPs 'would rebel'Telegraph.co.ukInside Westminster: Mandelson makes his mark and election fever flaresScotsmanThe Prince of StabilityFinancial TimesTelegraph.co.ukall…

Exclusive: Royal Mail bosses charge for mail just 1mm over size limitGlasgow Daily Record, UK –6 hours agoSCROOGE Royal Mail bosses are raking in tens of thousands of pounds by demanding "ransom" payments for Christmas cards they claim are too big. …York MP visits Royal Mail sorting officeThe Press, YorkPostal sorting office swamped with 4.5 million pieces…

Stamps for soldiersTimes Online, UK –5 hours agoSir, Now that British troops are to be withdrawn from Iraq in 2009 it is appropriate for The Art Fund to repeat its call to Royal Mail to adopt the moving … More: continued here

iNews880.com Postal sorting office swamped with 4.5 million pieces of mailBradford Telegraph Argus, UK –15 hours agoBy Kathie Griffiths » It’s not only Santa who will be busy this Christmas as Royal Mail staff work around the clock to handle a bumper festive postbag. …Queue here for misery: Post office closures cause Christmas chaosDaily MailA busy time…

A senior member of the Church of England’s ruling body has criticised Royal Mail over its handling of Christmas stamps this year. More: continued here