Will UK Mail Deliver a Profit?StockopediaUK Mail (LON:UKM) claims to be one of the leading independent parcel, mail and logistics services companies within the UK and the main alternative to Royal Mail for business requirements. It pops up on my new prototype screen (one of the '19' … More: continued …
Read More »EU Clears GBP180M UK Aid To UK Post Office To Fund Network – Wall Street Journal
EU Clears GBP180M UK Aid To UK Post Office To Fund NetworkWall Street JournalBRUSSELS (Dow Jones)–The European Commission cleared Wednesday GBP180 million in aid by the British government to the UK Post Office Ltd. aimed at funding its network. The aid will be valid for one year, staring April 1, …
Read More »Arlington Road Station post office in Bethesda accumulates trash
Trash has been noted at the Arlington Road Station post office in Bethesda for years, a county official said, but is more visible in the winter when not blocked by shrubs and tree leaves. More: continued here
Read More »Building eBay for Lawyers
Auction sites like eBay work pretty well if you’re looking for a hard-to-track-down piece of flatware. But can they work for lawyers’ services? Many attorneys have doubts, but a 21-year-old law student named Robert Grant Niznik is putting his money–or more candidly, he says, his parents’ money–behind a Web site …
Read More »Royal Mail shrinks its operations to fit smaller market – Transport Intelligence
Royal Mail shrinks its operations to fit smaller marketTransport IntelligenceThe rationalisation of former postal monopolies continues, with Britain's Royal Mail being the latest to announce a down-sizing in the organisation's resources and a reduction in its workforce. If you are already a subscriber, you may have been logged … More: …
Read More »Judge is told he has no role in food-stamp case – Port Huron Times Herald
Judge is told he has no role in food-stamp casePort Huron Times HeraldAP A Port Huron store trying to get reinstated in the food-stamp program isn't getting any sympathy from government lawyers. Ryan's Party Store says a three-year penalty is unfair for the acts of rogue employees who mishandled coupons …
Read More »Royal Mail cuts 1700 jobs in restructure – People Management Magazine Online
Daily Mail Royal Mail cuts 1700 jobs in restructurePeople Management Magazine OnlineRoyal Mail is to cut 1700 jobs and close two of its London mail centres, the company has announced. Up to 1000 managerial posts will be axed as part of the radical restructure, which could see half of the …
Read More »Trusted post office manager plundered nearly £16000 worth of packages – Liverpool Echo
Trusted post office manager plundered nearly £16000 worth of packagesLiverpool EchoDarren Redgrift, 42, had worked for the Royal Mail for nearly 20 years and had been promoted to “cluster manager”, supervising several delivery offices. But Liverpool Crown Court heard that for about eight months, Redgrift was abusing his privileged …and …
Read More »Royal Mail transfer leaves jobs at risk
ROYAL Mail has confirmed that postal sorting is to transfer from York to an expanded mail centre in Leeds. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail’s share scheme will have no value at maturity – Employee Benefits
Royal Mail's share scheme will have no value at maturityEmployee BenefitsRoyal Mail staff have been informed that their employee share scheme will be virtually worthless when it matures next year. The ColleagueShares scheme, which was launched in 2007 and will mature in 2012, was set up by former chairman Allan …
Read More »