Tense times ahead over post office at Labour's policy forumguardian.co.uk, UKLabour's national policy forum in Bristol at the weekend is already going to be a tense affair, what with rows looming on the sidelines over the Royal Mail, agency workers, "British jobs for British workers", equal pay etc. … More: continued here
WWLP 22News Demand for food stamps in Mass. soarsBoston Herald, United StatesBy AP BOSTON — Welfare officials say the demand for food stamps in Massachusetts jumped 20 percent last year, straining the system and trying the patience of some residents applying for the benefit. There are now about 600000 Massachusetts residents …Food aid sign-ups flooding Mass.Boston…
AuctionBytes Blog eBay Sellers Critique PayPal Notification EmailsAuctionBytes Blog, MAeBay sellers were taken by surprise when PayPal changed their payment notification emails a week ago. It appears there are some things that sellers like, but a common complaint is that the font size is too small and the change from black to gray …Reserve Bank Of…
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 act in a …Royal Mail's…
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 may have to work beyond…
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 to Sell a Stake in…
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 Gordon …Mandelson offers concession to…
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: continued here
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. … More: continued here
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 issue and on the role…