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CARDIFF’S council leader is to snub a drinks party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Royal Mail’s Welsh language scheme – because of the Post Office’s closure plans. More: continued here

When scanning search results, the only things that users have to decide which one to click on is its position in the rankings, the text of the link and the snippet of text displayed. You wouldn’t let the Royal Mail decide on the text of a piece of direct marketing so why let Google decide…

Royal Mail party to be boycotted by Bermanic Wales, United Kingdom –1 hour agoCARDIFF’S council leader is to snub a drinks party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Royal Mail’s Welsh language scheme – because of the Post …New threat to post workers' pension rights from Royal MailSocialistworker.co.ukall 2 news articles More: continued here

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Sentiment in the U.K. housing market sunk to its lowest level since 1992 in January due to further weakness in demand and tighter credit conditions, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said Wednesday. More: continued here

Royal Mail plans mobile working for 130000ComputerworldUK, UK –5 hours agoBy Computerworld UK reporter Royal Mail is planning to give more of its workforce mobile devices to link up remotely with various back-office applications … More: continued here

A U.K. hospital told an expectant mother she had miscarried at eight weeks, but a scan of the woman’s womb a month later revealed she still was pregnant, The Daily Mail reported. More: continued here

New threat to post workers' pension rights from Royal MailSocialistworker.co.uk, UK –1 hour agoby Yuri Prasad There was anger last week as Royal Mail announced that it intends to close its final average salary pension scheme to new entrants. … More: continued here

Omnicom posts strong figuresmad.co.uk, UK –3 hours ago… income up 12.9 per cent to $975.7 million (£497m). Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO is currently pitching to defend its £18 million Royal Mail advertising account. More: continued here

ROYAL OAK — A Royal Oak woman says the theft of her mother’s cremated remains reopens some emotional wounds. Della Walker says her mother died 11 years ago. She says her ashes were in a sealed box, and she thinks the thieves did not know what they had. More: continued here

There was anger last week as Royal Mail announced that it intends to close its final average salary pension scheme to new entrants. It said that a growing funding deficit was threatening the company’s ability to compete. More: continued here