The Royal Mail sorting office in Coventry has been sold to a midlands-based development firm. The sorting office will be closed at the end of the year once the transfer to the new owners have been carried out. Despite the protests from 600 staff members with regards to the move, the sale has still gone ahead. A Spokesperson from the royal mail said:

“There have been no compulsory redundancies as a result of the move. Staff have either been redeployed in the Coventry area, given voluntary redundancy or will move to the new South Midlands Mail Centre with an enhanced travel package.”

 The delivery operation which was located at Bishop Street will be replaced by two new offices in Northampton.

City Councillor Linda Bigham said: “I am very pleased that this land has been bought by Barberry Development and am looking forward to working with them as we do with any other developers bringing forward regeneration to the city.”

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/

published September 19th, 2010