Royal Mail to establish major direct mail industry bodyBusiness Strata – Business News, UKA new organisation designed to improve information and research available to companies using direct mail is to be launched next month. Royal Mail has announced it is funding the creation of the free-of-charge Mail Media Centre, which will …
Read More »Government admits taking advice on cutting public sector pensions – Telegraph.co.uk
This is Money Government admits taking advice on cutting public sector pensionsTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomWhen trustees of the Royal Mail pension scheme told 450000 members this week that liabilities exceed assets by more than £5.9bn, people in other occupational and company funds may have wondered how safe their retirement savings are. …'I …
Read More »UK govt eyes sale of 30 pct Royal Mail stake – Reuters
Telegraph.co.uk UK govt eyes sale of 30 pct Royal Mail stakeReutersLONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Britain could sell a 30 percent stake in Royal Mail under plans to restructure the state-owned postal services firm, the Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) said on Thursday. …Brown Asks for Permission …
Read More »CWU threatens to stop funding Labour Party over Post Office … – Huddersfield Examiner
Telegraph.co.uk CWU threatens to stop funding Labour Party over Post Office…Huddersfield Examiner, UKBranch secretary John Tracey said Labour MPS had gone “conveniently deaf” on the issue, so they could break their manifesto promise to support a “wholly publicly-owned and integrated Post Office”. He said a CWU petition calling on Prime Minister …
Read More »Impasse over DSRs at eBay Town Hall Meeting – AuctionBytes Blog
Impasse over DSRs at eBay Town Hall MeetingAuctionBytes Blog, MAeBay managers and sellers reached an impasse yesterday over the issue of Detailed Seller Ratings (DSRs). Many callers to the company's Town Hall Meeting expressed frustration over a feedback system that they said had the ability to punish them for … More: …
Read More »Going Once, Going Twice — Sold on eBay – Mount Vernon Gazette
Going Once, Going Twice — Sold on eBayMount Vernon Gazette, VABy Chuck Hagee, Gazette Anyone desiring a piece of Fairfax County "memorabilia," using the word in its broadest sense, may soon be able to find it on eBay if Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerald Hyland's Monday Board Matter comes to fruition. …
Read More »New lobby and old lobby at war as union strife returns to Westminster – guardian.co.uk
New lobby and old lobby at war as union strife returns to Westminsterguardian.co.uk, UKAnd in a week when New Labour and old Labour MPs have been in a state of civil war over Mandy's Royal Mail rumpus, so too – it seems – has the lobby been ferociously split on this …
Read More »Pressure piles on Brown as aides plot revolt over Royal Mail sell-off – Scotsman
Pressure piles on Brown as aides plot revolt over Royal Mail sell-offScotsman, United KingdomBy Gerri Peev GORDON Brown faced growing threats to his authority last night, after a number of ministerial aides signed up to campaign against the part-privatisation of Royal Mail. At least four parliamentary private secretaries (PPSs) – Gordon …
Read More »Snow in London earlier this month. Photograph: Andrew Parsons/Reuters – guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk Snow in London earlier this month. Photograph: Andrew Parsons/Reutersguardian.co.uk, UKThe business secretary, Lord Mandelson, introduced controversial proposals to part-privatise the Royal Mail. Labour MPs are threatening a large revolt against the plans and Labour's Lord Clarke of Hampstead, a former postman, shouted "shame on you" as …UK & USA Today …
Read More »Going Once, Going Twice — Sold on eBay – Springfield Connection
Going Once, Going Twice — Sold on eBaySpringfield Connection, VAAnyone desiring a piece of Fairfax County "memorabilia," using the word in its broadest sense, may soon be able to find it on eBay if Supervisor Gerald Hyland's (D-Mount Vernon) Monday Board Matter comes to fruition. And, the financial windfall could … …
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