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: continued here
As the USPS mulls cutting a day of delivery, some firms could get hurt. More: continued here
Royal Mail to introduce mark on DM in JanuaryMarketing WeekRoyal Mail is to press ahead with its controversial plans to introduce a “delivered by…” mark on direct mail but is set to concede ground to the industry by using already reserved space on envelopes. It is thought that the postal operator will give … More:…
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 enough to spend $2700 on…
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 sitting on a gold mine,…
RetailWire (registration) EBay targets mobile users, hoping to seem hipLubbockOnline.comAP This frame grab is from a commercial that will be part of EBay's new ad campaign. By BY RACHEL METZ ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JOSE, Calif. — EBay's name is synonymous with auctions, but that's created an image problem for the online marketplace. …eBay Releases iPhone…
BBC News Post Office worker foils sword robberyScotsmanA POST Office worker has told how he wrenched a Samurai sword from a masked intruder and fended off two raiders as he tried to foil a daylight robbery in Livingston. Aiden Gilani came under attack last May when armed robbers stormed the …Post Office robbers caught on…
A GREENOCK post office is to be extended thanks to a new Scottish Government cash boost. The office, on Bow Road, is one of almost 50 across the country sharing in a £1million windfall which has been announced today. More: continued here
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 service centre at Etruria. They…
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 13 news articles » More: continued…