Scotland Courier Royal Mail recruiting seasonal staff in bid to prevent repeat of last winter's …Scotland CourierBroughty Ferry councillor Derek Scott and East End representative Christina Roberts are hopeful that deliveries should be trouble-free following Royal Mail's announcement it will take on 20 temporary workers throughout the festive … More: …
Read More »5 businesses hit by post office cutbacks
As the USPS mulls cutting a day of delivery, some firms could get hurt. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail to introduce mark on DM in January – Marketing Week
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Read More »Developers Start Hawking Samsung Windows 8 Tablet on eBay – Gotta Be Mobile
The Guardian (blog) Developers Start Hawking Samsung Windows 8 Tablet on eBayGotta Be MobileLess than a week later and it appears that those very developer tablets are now appearing on eBay, with one particular tablet fetching $2700. While there's been positive momentum going on around Windows 8, are you excited …
Read More »Post office: Union reps want pension overpayments refunded – Quad City Times
The Associated Press Post office: Union reps want pension overpayments refundedQuad City TimesSeveral postal unions will conduct an informational picket Sept. 27 outside Schilling's Moline office. Meanwhile, the wait for a decision on five-day delivery continues to hound the Postal Service, Bates said. “They're really banking on five-day …Post Office …
Read More »EBay targets mobile users, hoping to seem hip – LubbockOnline.com
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Read More »Post Office worker foils sword robbery – Scotsman
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Read More »Post office in £25k boost
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Read More »Royal Mail to create 430 temp jobs to manage Christmas post – Stoke & Staffordshire
BBC News Royal Mail to create 430 temp jobs to manage Christmas postStoke & StaffordshireMORE than 400 jobs are being created at a Stoke-on-Trent call centre to help Royal Mail cope with the busy Christmas period. The firm is taking on 430 extra temporary staff to work at its customer …
Read More »Food stamp deadline extended – Brattleboro Reformer
MassLive.com Food stamp deadline extendedBrattleboro ReformerThe 3SquaresVT program, formerly known as food stamps, is a federally administered program by the economics services division to put healthy food within reach for low-income Vermonters. Nearly 200 households in the Brattleboro district have applied to …Deadline extended for Vt. food stamps replacementsHouston Chronicleall …
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