LondonMetric Property has bought Royal Mail’s distribution centre in Daventry for £36m
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TNT Post, which is part of Dutch post office PostNL, is to roll out an end to end postal delivery service in the UK, following a deal between its parent company and private equity house LDC
The threat of a Christmas postal strike has been dropped after negotiators from Royal Mail and the Communications Workers Union reached a deal in principle on pay, legal protections, industrial stability and pensions
Parcels focus drives growth and profits for Royal Mail
Parcels now account for more than half of Royal Mail’s sales helping it double its pre-tax profit. CEO Moya Greene highlighted the importance of the move to a size-based pricing approach
Royal Mail has snapped up Blue Steel 45, a 155,000 sq ft warehouse at Cross Green Industrial Estate in Leeds
Mail and express operators have started working on contingency plans following the decision by the Communications Workers Union to call a strike at Royal Mail on 4th November
Royal Mail is opening ten temporary parcel sort centres for the Christmas peak, and recruiting around 4,000 seasonal workers on a phased basis from 4th November
Royal Mail is considering a proposed change to its parcels format, which would see more than 80 per cent of parcels delivered by the company classed as “Small Parcels”
The government has set out plans to privatise Royal Mail through a flotation on the London Stock Exchange. “This will ensure the sustainability of the six days a week, one-price-goes-anywhere universal postal service,” said business secretary Vince Cable
The Communications Worker Union has set out plans to ballot its members on a national postal strike over a series of issues relating to its current pay claim and the proposed privatisation of Royal Mail
