Left in the dark by a second class delivery serviceStoke & Staffordshire, UKI'VE been having trouble with Royal Mail for some time but my latest experience takes the biscuit. An eBay seller in Hampshire sent me a package of rare magazines by Royal Mail next day special delivery. When the postman …
Read More »Nantwich councillors take up Crewe's Royal Mail sorting office fight – Crewe Chronicle
Nantwich councillors take up Crewe's Royal Mail sorting office fightCrewe Chronicle, UKRoyal Mail is planning to close the Crewe site and transfer work to a new mail centre in Warrington. Crewe councillors and unions have been trying to resist the move, arguing up to 600 jobs could be lost as many …
Read More »Royal Mail sell-off 'will go ahead' – Times Online
Royal Mail sell-off 'will go ahead'Times Online, UKLord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, has insisted that the Government is committed to selling a 30 per cent stake in Royal Mail to the private sector and to the broader postal services bill. “Mandelson and the Cabinet are not for turning,” the … More: …
Read More »Royal Mail appoints head of data strategy – Marketing Week
Royal Mail appoints head of data strategyMarketing Week, UKRoyal Mail has appointed former Qbase Data Services commercial director Keith Jones as its new head of data strategy. He replaces Colin Bradshaw, who left at the end of last year to take on the position of managing director of data at DM …
Read More »CVC Bid For Royal Mail Would See Higher Prices – Hell Mail
CVC Bid For Royal Mail Would See Higher PricesHell Mail, UKWith speculation that a bid by Dutch-owned postal provider TNT Post for a share in Royal Mail may have fallen through, the government's top choice for a strategic partnership appears to be private equity group CVC. However, Peter Luff Chairman of …
Read More »Future of downtown post office in flux – Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Future of downtown post office in fluxSioux Falls Argus Leader, SDThe downtown Sioux Falls post office property could be sold or redeveloped after the economy has caused the US Postal Service to re-examine its national operations. Pete Nowacki, a spokesman for the Postal Service, said officials are starting to look …Downtown …
Read More »Mandelson to press ahead with Royal Mail stake sale – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Mandelson to press ahead with Royal Mail stake saleTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomLord Mandelson, Business Secretary, is digging in his heels and pushing ahead with plans to sell a 30pc stake in Royal Mail after failing to attract a heavyweight offer and despite opposition from the public, unions and dismayed Labour backbenchers. …
Read More »Birmingham postal workers in protest at Royal Mail sell-off plans – The Birmingham Post
Birmingham postal workers in protest at Royal Mail sell-off plansThe Birmingham Post, UKHundreds of postmen and women gathered in Birmingham to tell the Government they will not accept the privatisation of Royal Mail. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) organised the march and rally in Victoria Square on Saturday as the latest …
Read More »Charles Stanish gets real on ebay fakes – San Francisco Chronicle
Charles Stanish gets real on ebay fakesSan Francisco Chronicle, USAWhen antiquities began showing up on ebay shortly after the auction Web site's founding in 1995, Charles "Chip" Stanish, director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, says, archaeologists were "terrified, absolutely terrified," that demand … More: continued here
Read More »Satellite post office to open in Edison – Edison Sentinel
Satellite post office to open in EdisonEdison Sentinel, NJBY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Since opening Devine's Pharmacy in 1977, store owner Robert Riedinger has felt that Edison needed a post office on the north side of town. "Every so often I'd call the postmaster in town and express my concerns, … …
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