Royal Mail is to recruit more than 21,000 seasonal staff to help sort the Christmas post. The company estimated 18,000 of the posts will be in England, 2,000 in Scotland, 700 in Wales and 400 in Northern …
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The low morale of the Royal Mail workforce has been laid bare by an internal report which reveals just 28pc of the staff have confidence in the decisions of the senior management team led by chief exec … More: continued here
Paperboy delivered in snow, so why not Royal Mail?The Surrey HeraldRoyal Mail confirmed that their postmen did not deliver to some roads, because they were deemed to be too treacherous. A spokesman said: "The conditions on … More: continued here
[ad_1] Labour’s greatest business betrayal has been accomplished without words of public dissent. Assured by undertakings from Czech sphinx Daniel Kretinsky, 80 per cent of shareholders voted in favour of his EP Group’s £3.6billion purchase of Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services (IDS). Sell-out merchant Keith Williams, IDS chairman, hailed the deal. He claims it…
CommentOpening Quote: Rolls-Royce; Aston Villa; Royal MailFinancial TimesA Rolls-Royce bribery probe has spread to Nigeria, Royal Mail has posted in-line profits, Aston Villa has been sold. FT Opening Quote, with commentary by City Editor Jonathan Guthrie, is your early Square Mile briefing. You can sign up for the full …and more » More: continued here
The part privatisation of the Royal Mail is to be put on hold by the government in an attempt to placate backbench anger against Gordon Brown. More: continued here
Postal workers go on strike in Essex and Cambridgeshire in a row with Royal Mail over national agreements. More: continued here