Communication Workers Union (CWU) delegates on Tuesday agreed to keep an open mind about having representatives on Royal Mail management boards despite concerns that it could compromise the union's industrial independence. More: continued here
New Stamps Commemorate Local SymbolsAllAfrica.comOn Friday 20 April 2012, the South African Post Office released a new set of stamps that celebrate South Africa's national symbols reflected in its fauna and flora, cultures and people. Illustrated by Lize Marié Dreyer, a third-year student at the Open … More: continued here
Comet 24 Post offices and shops see surge in stamp panic buyingComet 24By Laura Burge Tuesday, April 24, 2012 SHOPS and post offices across Comet country have seen a surge in people panic buying stamps, as a 30 per cent price increase looms. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter…
Apigee Plays Key Role in X.commerce's Developer PlatformMarketWatch (press release)PALO ALTO, CA, Apr 24, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Apigee, the API company, today announced that it is playing a key role in providing the API (application programming interface) infrastructure for X.commerce, an eBay Inc. company.and more » More: continued here
Auctionbytes New eBay X.Commerce Partners Announced at Magento ConferenceAuctionbytesBy Ina Steiner Magento, which is part of eBay's X.commerce unit, announced new partners during its Imagine eCommerce conference taking place this week in Las Vegas. X.commerce is designed to give developers a single point of access to eBay, PayPal, …Merchants To Get More Out of eBay's…
DiGirolamo to eat on $5 a day, the average state food-stamp benefitphillyBurbs.comDiGirolamo, R-18, has joined the Jewish Federation and the Coalition Against Hunger in taking this week's Greater Philadelphia Food Stamp Challenge in which participants pledge to live on the average food stamp benefit of $5 a day.and more » More: continued here
Royal Mail'chaos' changes rolled out to SeafordThe ArgusThe Royal Mail yesterday revealed it is to rip up and replace its current delivery routes and times around the town as part of a modernisation plan. The restructure will mean customers will get their post throughout the day. More: continued here
BBC News Corfe Castle postman William Blight loses employment tribunalBBC NewsA village postman who claimed he was forced out of his job after a row over a bicycle has lost his employment tribunal against Royal Mail. A judge ruled William Blight was not constructively dismissed from his role as a postman in Corfe Castle, Dorset….
Posting my firm feelingsThis is South WalesI petitioned, as did my colleagues, against the Government's action, as I did when Labour reduced the effectiveness of the Post Office and I still remain an advocate of keeping the Royal Mail in the public sector. K Roberts (April 18) asks what I have …and more » More: continued…
Post office can't deliver on Tax DayThe News HeraldI submitted my return electronically, and made my way to the Sherman Avenue “main” post office to mail my payment before the midnight deadline. I had done this dance in years past, waiting in a line of cars to slowly parade in front of postal workers ……