CUT 1p OFF FIRST CLASS STAMP, SAYS NEW WATCHDOG
The new consumer watchdog for postal services today called for the price of
a first class stamp to be cut by 1p and said it could have the right to veto
post office closures
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Strikes to cost Post Office 60,000 work days
STRIKES at the Post Office are expected to have cost 60,000 working
days by the end of this financial year, nearly treble the amount of
industrialaction in the previous year
Library plan to save post offices
CUSTOMERS will be able to get more than just a book of stamps at their
local post office under plans being announced today to turn them into libraries.
Post Office to reverse losses in three years
John Roberts, the Post Office chief executive, on Tuesday said the company planned to turn last year’s net deficit of £264m ($378m) into a profit of £300m within three years, despite a new regulatory regime that will cut up to £100m from net profits.
Read MoreDeutsche Post to restructure and pay E24m fine
Deutsche Post, the German postal company, is to pay a E24m ($21.7m) fine and restructure its operations after the European Commission ruled on Tuesday that it had illegally cross-subsidised services
Read MoreSECOND CLASS' POST OFFICE FACES CRISIS
MILLIONS of letters are still being delivered late and the cost of sending
mail is too expensive. That is the damning verdict of a new report on the Post Office. A radical overhaul is recommended.
Report seeks break-up of Post Office
THE Post Office should be split into two divisions and its distribution
business privatised as soon as possible, according to a report from the Centre for Policy Studies published today
Post Office must be broken up and privatised, think-tank says
THE POST Office should be broken up and privatised if it is to preserve its
standing as one of the nations most-respected brands, a right- of-centre
think-tank says today.
A report from the Centre for Policy Studies argues that the Royal Mail and
Parcelforce need to be split off from the Counters network quickly and sold
off separately
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