Posts Tagged ‘Royal Mail’

Norman Lamb appointed Britain's postal affairs minister

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Britain has a new postal affairs minister in place from today, who will oversee the privatisation of Royal Mail.

The week that was: 27 January 2012

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Rounding up the biggest stories of the week on Post&Parcel, including a state aid order against Deutsche Post and bpost, a major deal for Post Office Ltd, and a parce...

UK government preparing to take over Royal Mail pension fund

Friday, January 27th, 2012

The UK government has taken a step towards taking on Royal Mail's historic pension liabilities by appointing a new independent chair of the Royal Mail Statutory Pension S...

The week that was: 20 January 2012

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Rounding up the biggest stories of the week as featured in the pages of Post&Parcel...

Royal Mail seeks power to hike second class rate by 53%

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Royal Mail is urging regulators in the UK to abandon price caps for most of its services, and set the remaining second class letters price cap at 55p.

The year that was: 2011 (Part Four)

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Our annual review of the year concludes with a look back at the key events that shaped the mail and express industry in the fourth quarter of the 2011 calendar year…

Scottish Nationalists warn against Royal Mail pricing freedom

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Scotland's governing political party has called on the UK postal regulator to rethink plans to allow Royal Mail more powers to set its own postal rates.