UK confirms plans to privatize the iconic postal service: tough battle ahead

Sunday, September 15th 2013 - 17:54 UTC

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Britain’s coalition government has confirmed plans to privatize the country’s iconic 497-year-old state-owned postal service, Royal Mail, a move fiercely opposed by postal unions who have already suggested they will hold rolling strikes over the sell-off. The sale would be one of the most significant privatizations in Britain since the 1990s. Read full article

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Gonzo22
“they will hold rolling strikes over the sell-off.” Keep calm David is here.
Sep 16th, 2013 - 09:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ElaineB
The business has to evolve to be able to compete.
Sep 16th, 2013 - 09:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 2 ElaineB

Very true, but it also need REAL top management, not the ones who are there now.

One of our best friends is a senior manager with the PO and she despairs at the wishy-washy management she has to deal with. This woman is a real forward thinker and regularly tops the performance league, but do top management listen? Only to the sales people! The more junk mail they get the happier they are, even though many of the contracts just cannot be making money.

Unfortunately she has a very rare cancer that cannot be totally treated and it will kill her by constricting her heart until it stops but hopefully for a few years yet. She had one of her managers come to her and asked if she could go home because she had trapped her finger in a desk drawer. No broken skin, no swelling, no signs of a broken bone. Fed up with the lax attitude she had inherited when she took that department over she told her she had terminal cancer (the local junior management didn’t know until then) but she came to work did she think it was reasonable if she went home with a sore finger with no signs of damage. Needless to say it took the wind out of her sails.

Our friend is welcoming the sale if it results in new top management.
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