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• Daily View 2×2: 31 December 2009

  
  LibDemBlogs — Authority: 174
  [IMG: A windmill made of the flags of Europe with the slogan "whatever the weather, we must move together"] Good morning on New Years Eve 2009 as we here at LDV Towers celebrate the passing of the year and indeed the decade. Therell be fizz spilled on the Night Desk for sure, and Im cooking beef wellington canapés ...
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• Royal Mails obstacles to delivering a package of reforms: the postmans story

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  The stoppages may have halted for Christmas but grievances over workloads and pay at Royal Mail are unresolved "I have to deliver loads of Christmas cards that have already been opened," Mick the postman tells me as we turn the corner into another snowy street. "Its embarrassing. I think some casual workers steal ...
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• Tis the season to be merry: rift between Brown and Mandelson?

  
  Peter Kenyon — Authority: 122
  Just before I go and deliver my last batch of Christmas cards I spotted this stor y in my headline skimmer service from News Now for Labour news. I know I shouldnt believe everything I read in the newspapers, especially the Daily Telegraph. But the most difficult domestic political issue in the New Year is likely ...
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• Does HMRC really need to send me 13 copies of the same letter, all delayed in the Christmas post?

  
  Jon Worth — Authority: 120
  I’m in the middle of finalising all of the business arrangements for techPolitics LLP , the new company for my website work. One aspect of that is VAT registration, and my accountants need an authorisation code from HM Revenue and Customs . Rather surprising then to collect my post and find 13 copies, yes 13, of ...
  1 week ago

• Snow disrupts Christmas deliveries

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Gifts bought online fail to reach some destinations and supermarkets struggle to deliver online orders Thousands of online shoppers may not receive their purchases by Christmas after snow disrupted some deliveries. Royal Mail said it was doing "everything possible" to ensure the post arrived on time, but the icy ...
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• Harsh Snow Storms Continue to Place UK on Lockdown

  
  The Latest Travel News and Information — Authority: 440
  Over 180 schools across Wales had to be shut down yesterday has the cold front continues to ravish the UK and surrounding areas. Wales was in chaos for most of yesterday as school and road closures left many stranded in their vehicles or homes. The cold snap is expected to continue into today forcing most of the UK ...
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• And the Worst Company In Britain 2009 is…

  
  Bitterwallet — Authority: 437
  It’s finally over. The Bitterwallet readership have spoken and the noise they are making is that Royal Mail is the Worst Company In Britain for 2009. The Queen’s own postal service took more than a third of the vote in the end and there are many factors that led to this conclusion – a shoddy service provided ...
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• Stamp prices to rise in April 2010

  
  ICM Commercial & Business News — Authority: 438
  The price of first and second class stamps will rise by 2p from 6 April 2010, says the Royal Mail, after receiving approval from postal regulator Postcomm. The rise will take the price of a First and Second class stamp for standard letters to 41p and 32p respectively. Postcomm began a consultation on the price ...
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• Royal Mail put price of first stamps up… everyone remembers to send emails instead

  
  Bitterwallet — Authority: 437
  Royal Mail , the company currently topping the leaderboard for our Worst Company of 2009 ( vote here ), are about to whack up the price of a first-class stamp. That’s clever isn’t it? First and second-class stamps will rise by 2p to 41p and 32p respectively on 6 April next year, the company said. Regulator ...
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• Royal Mail announce price increases for April 2010

  
  TameBay — Authority: 132
  Royal Mail have announced that from April 2010 , the price of a first class stamp will increase to 41p (up 5.1%). Second class will increase to 32p. For businesses sending meter and account mail, prices remain the same at 36p and 25p respectively. The news for those sending out goods through the post is worse. ...
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• Cost of sending a first class letter to rise to 42p to save the universal postal service

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 964
  The cost of sending a standard letter by first class post will rise to more than 40p for the first time to save the universal postal service.
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• 13 hours left to vote for the Worst Company in Britain 2009

  
  Bitterwallet — Authority: 437
  It’s proving to be the most controversial poll since the Christmas number one battle even though it’s, well, about ten thousand times more important. Yes, it’s the Bitterwallet Worst Company In Britain 2009 competition – the public vote that’s led to almost six inches of rabid complaining. Maybe Bitterwallet ...
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• Who regulates the regulators?

  
  London Review Blog — Authority: 573
  I’m interested in the way that words change their meaning once they are adopted by bureaucratic institutions. Take deregulation , for instance, as it’s applied to postal services in Britain. It appears to mean an opening of the market to allow competition. But if you look more closely you will see that, in order ...
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• Worst Company In Britain 2009 – the final!

  
  Bitterwallet — Authority: 437
  At long last, we bring you the final of Bitterwallet’s Worst Company In Britain 2009 competition, and not without a smattering of controversy. After studying our reports of voting patterns, we learned that the results of the second semi-final were tainted by multiple votes for DSGi, a stunt that was probably ...
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• More Granny Smith

  
  Stop Junk Mail — Authority: 114
  Re Granny Smith, more of Roy Mayalls thoughts on (unaddressed) junk mail delivered by Royal Mail can be found on HubPages.The hub has some interesting comments. The money argument (Royal Mail will go bust if it doesnt deliver ever-more leaflets) is in itself of course valid, but I agree with the people who commented ...
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• Dear Granny Smith

  
  Stop Junk Mail — Authority: 114
  In October, I wrote about an interesting article in the London Review of Books by postman Roy Mayall (pseudonym); a postman who clearly feels strongly about the postal service in the UK and who has some interesting things to say about what is currently happing with the Royal Mail. A postie also who seems to have ...
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• Universal postal service could collapse unless stamps prices rise

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 964
  Pledge to deliver letter to any address in Britain may collapse unless Royal Mail is allowed to increase price of stamps.
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• Postman Stealing Phones to Trade for Cash

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 488
  As the world becomes increasingly more educated about environmental issues people continue to look for new ways to get greener.  One of these ways is by recycling mobile phones and other small electronic devices.  Companies like Nokia and Samsung found that customers were far more likely to recycle their mobile ...
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• Ebay Handbag Never Came Says Accused

  
  Discover The Best eBay Alternative — Authority: 147
  A GUCCI handbag bought from online auction site eBay never arrived, a jury was told yesterday. Lucy Webber, of Rhosgadfan near Caernarfon, said she bid for the black leather handbag last March and paid pounds 41 for it but did not receive the package.The 35-year-old denies fraud and claims a handbag she was later seen ...
  2 weeks ago

• In praise of… Roy Mayall

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Modernisation agreements. Market liberalisation. Downstream access. Postal services should be simple: sender posts letter, post office sorts letter, recipient gets letter. Yet the Royal Mail strike in October was over issues so complicated that even union officials struggled to sum them up. Wrangling over ...
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