So Sir Richard Branson may finally be about to get his hands on Northern Rock. It has been a long time coming. The bearded entrepreneur - or at least the people he has running his financial services arm - has had to wait four years to get this close again... more
I wandered awestruck through Westfield Stratford City's 1.9 million square-foot mega-mall on Tuesday morning. After lunch in the shell of Aspers Casino, it was out to a terrace overlooking the Olympic Park.... more
So George Osborne has fired the starting gun on the auction for Northern Rock - a one-time building society that became a bank, went into the FTSE 100, then went bust and had to be nationalised in February 2008... more
A foreign company taking over our postal service wouldn't overhaul its monarchical trappings - but does the Queen really want to keep up her side of the association?... more
Royal Mail will get greater commercial freedom to help it tackle growing competition under plans that could see the price of first class stamps rise 5p... more
Royal Mail’s first-half profits collapse by almost three quarters to just £52 million as the number of letters posted in Britain continues to fall... more
The Government is facing confrontation with unions over the part-privatisation of Royal Mail as postal workers’ leaders prepare to fight the plans... more
The apparent determination of the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, to privatise Royal Mail could prove a real early flashpoint for the coalition — and for the opposition... more
Conservative government would press ahead with plans to privatise Royal Mail and believes more bidders would be attracted if the union is defeated in the national strike... more
We face a second wave of postal strikes. The selfdestructive machismo of the Communication Workers Union in the face of the unquestioned need to modernise has brought us another display of the hardliners' muscle, with no regard for the consequences for Royal Mail users... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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