Last year the Royal Mail sold a site in Rathbone Place, just off Oxford Street in the West End, for £130m. Then on Monday of this week came news that it is planning to put houses and flats on another, less expensive central London site: Mount Pleasant, the sorting office …
Read More »Free the Post Office! – New York Times
The Grand Rapids Press – MLive.com Free the Post Office!New York TimesIt could also close money-losing rural post offices and outsource the work to the local general store. It could shrink its work force. It could end Saturday delivery. It could raise prices, which are among the lowest in the …
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Through its One Stop convenience chain, the UK's biggest retailer has been taking part in the 'Post Office Local' pilot Tesco could become a major player in a restructured Post Office – handing out pensions and benefit payments – as a government sponsored cost-cutting drive looks to replace traditional counters …
Read More »Anthony Hilton: Privatised Royal Mail set to follow a wasteful trend – The Independent
Anthony Hilton: Privatised Royal Mail set to follow a wasteful trendThe IndependentLast year the Royal Mail sold a site in Rathbone Place, just off Oxford Street in the West End, for £130m. Then on Monday of this week came news that it is planning to put houses and flats on …
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Hundreds of post office branches that were on a potential closure list that the U.S. Postal Service circulated several months ago are not currently part of cuts its planning to restore profitability. More: continued here
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Read More »KCK post office closing over rent issue
Customers of the Indians Springs post office are unhappy that their facility is closing. The federal agency couldn't reach an acceptable deal with the landlord. More: continued here
Read More »Trail Days Hikers, Supply Packages Help Local Post Office
This week, the post office in Damascus got lots of packages and supplies and gear all for hikers coming into town for Trail Days. More: continued here
Read More »Acrobats Scale Old Post Office Pavilion
The dancers of Project Bandaloop rehearsed for a Friday show on the face of the Old Post Office Pavilion. More: continued here
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