Royal Mail eyes retail investorsCITY A.M.STOCKBROKERS will today be invited to take part in the privatisation of Royal Mail, as part of a push to ensure ordinary members of the public can buy shares in the forthcoming IPO. City A.M. has learned that business minister Michael Fallon will this … More: continued here
Royal Mail boss returns paymentThis is PlymouthTHE chief executive of Royal Mail received almost £1.5million in pay and benefits in the last financial year, although she is returning £120,000 paid towards the cost of buying a house. Moya Greene's salary remained at £498,000, but extras included … More: continued here
Fancy a trip to ‘Timaru by the Sea’? Popping over to ‘Tauranga for Winter Sunshine’? These are just a couple of the suggestions featured on New Zealand’s classic travel posters. Before the internet, colour television and colour photography New Zealand relied on the charm of these iconic posters to entice travellers from near and far….
My son sold an exhaust system on eBay, the buyer says he did not receive it and eBay is asking £75.71 back. I have supplied the recipient’s signature acknowledging receipt, but eBay sent a debt collector. More: continued here
Flogging part of Royal Mail to a company such as TNT won't help – public-private partnerships have a terrible track record Although not officially, at the root of the postal workers' strike lies the government's plan to flog off part of Royal Mail to the highest private-sector bidder. Lord Mandelson likely reckons that part-selling this…
Belleville News Democrat Alorton, Cahokia, Dupo post offices closed for mold problemsBelleville News DemocratAccording to the Postal Service, which posted signs on the buildings instructing customers to go to other area post offices for service, those locations had to be closed because of high levels of mold in the buildings. At the Dupo facility, inspections…
Problems continue to plague NC food stamps systemWRAL.comCreedmoor, N.C. — Months after North Carolina rolled out a new computer program to streamline social services, people say they are still having trouble obtaining their food stamps benefits. About 170 people in Granville County are complaining that … More: continued here
3 injured after car plows through Hawaii Kai Post OfficeKHON2Police say a 76-year-old woman was driving a 2005 Lincoln Town Car when it plowed through the post office and struck two women, ages 21 and 27, who were inside. All three women were taken to the Queen's Medical Center. The extent of their injuries are …Three…
• Opposing privatisation would be 'self-defeating' says minister • No bailout for pension fund without sell-off to private sector The minister in charge of privatising Royal Mail has warned unions opposed to the plan that taking further industrial action would be "self-defeating". Ed Davey also said there would be no government bailout of Royal Mail's…
Berkeleyside Post office protesters defy order to moveBerkeleysideParticipants at the sleep-in to save the Berkeley post office on Allston Way, have been asked to move by the postal inspectors, but many are staying despite the threat. Jeff Fitch, a spokesman for the United States Postal Service, said that they are …Berkeley: Post office warns protest…