Atlanta-area postal worker Shannon Barnes collapsed on the job on Sunday, August 18 from a brain aneurysm and later died, after her co-workers were unable to call 911 in a timely manner due to a lack of cellphone coverage in the vast facility where they worked. Barnes, a 48-year-old mother, worked …
Read More »Postcard arrives at address 120 years after it was mailed
This delivery was quite literally postponed. As if the world’s post offices weren’t plagued by enough delays: Employees at a Welsh bank were dumbfounded after receiving a postcard 121 years after it was originally sent. “It turned up completely out of the blue,” Henry Darby, the marketing and communications officer …
Read More »Royal Mail parent IDS to offload US freight divisions
Royal Mail parent International Distribution Services (IDS) announced on Monday that its parcel services subsidiary, GLS, would sell its US freight divisions to California-based DC Logistics. The move was part of GLS’ strategic focus on enhancing its core parcel services. According to Reuters, the divestment would include GLS US Freight …
Read More »Government to scrutinise £5.3bn Royal Mail takeover
The new Labour government is set to look closely at the £5.3bn takeover of Royal Mail-owner International Distribution Services by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said it would be “reasonable to expect [the deal] to be called in”, as ministers had intervened when Kretinsky increased his stake …
Read More »Capita renews contract to administer Royal Mail statutory pension
Capita announced the renewal of its contract with the Cabinet Office to administer the Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme (RMSPS) on Tuesday, for an additional six years from 2026. The London-listed outsourcing specialist said the contract included an option to extend for a further two years, following a competitive selection …
Read More »People in this town aren’t getting mail because of seagull attacks | National
(SWNS) By Lauren Beavis via SWNS Postal workers should be given ‘hard hats’ to protect them from seagulls according to residents who have stopped getting mail due to attacks. Households have stopped receiving mail due to attacks by the birds and have now called for them to be issued protection. …
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Read More »People in this town aren’t getting mail because of seagull attacks | National
(SWNS) By Lauren Beavis via SWNS Postal workers should be given ‘hard hats’ to protect them from seagulls according to residents who have stopped getting mail due to attacks. Households have stopped receiving mail due to attacks by the birds and have now called for them to be issued protection. …
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