Royal Mail has rolled out six solar-powered ‘postboxes of the future’ in Exeter. The new postboxes have been put in place as the company continues to find ways to make collecting, sending and returning more convenient. The new design allows customers to send and return labelled parcels – up to …
Read More »Spalding publicans from Red Lion Hotel, Royal Mail Cart and Consti Club speak out on government plans to scrap the need to promote alcohol licences
Publicans say government licensing reforms would not help them — and that they feel decision makers ‘have completely lost sight of why pubs exist’. Ministers have launched a consultation on licensing reform, which includes a proposal to axe the statutory requirement for alcohol licensing notices to be advertised in print …
Read More »Looking for extra festive cash? Royal Mail, Amazon & supermarkets hiring for more than 130,000 Christmas jobs RIGHT NOW
Sunemployment – Evri.Credit: Supplied IF you need cash for Christmas, now is the time to apply for a festive job. The number of seasonal roles is up 16 per cent on last year as retailers, logistics firms, pubs, clubs and restaurants take on temporary staff for the season. Sign up …
Read More »MP calls for urgent postal improvements after Royal Mail £21m fine
An MP has called for urgent action to improve postal services after Royal Mail was fined £21 million. Chris Ward, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, made the call after Ofcom fined Royal Mail for failing to meet its delivery targets. The postal service was found to have breached its …
Read More »Solihull woodland near nature reserve and social club to be sold for just £5k
The woodland is at Parish Poles, off Widney Lane, close to the Hillfield Nature Reserve A general view of woodland at Parish Poles, off Widney Lane, Solihull(Image: Bond Wolfe) Almost seven acres of woodland in Solihull is coming up for sale at auction with a guide price of just £5,000 …
Read More »Manchester Pride performers speak out about ‘missing payments’ amid reports of impending administration and financial woes at festival organisation
‘It’s just really frustrating as an artist to have put the work in and then be treated this way’ A number of artists have spoken to the M.E.N about not being paid for their performances at this year’s Manchester Pride(Image: Kenny Brown | Manchester Evening News) A number of artists …
Read More »12 per cent surge in penalty points as drivers refused speed courses
More people are being caught by speed cameras and they are not being allowed to take awareness courses The back of a road traffic speed camera A surge in drivers being caught by speed cameras has been blamed for a 12% increase in the number of penalty points added to …
Read More »Monopoly goes postal with a set of 10 stamps issued by Royal Mail
By David Hartwig Great Britain’s Royal Mail celebrates the 90th anniversary of the board game Monopoly with a set of 10 stamps in an Oct. 16 issue. The stamps, presented in two horizontal se-tenant (side-by-side) strips of five, show different areas of a Monopoly board during gameplay. Each stamp is …
Read More »Kill the competition – The Times
The head of Royal Mail's main operation has quit in a … Mr Griffiths joined Royal Mail from GKN Automotive a year ago on a £500,000 salary. Source link
Read More »Prince Harry looked ‘sad, anxious and tired’ after he and Meghan collected ‘Humanitarians of the Year’ Award
Prince Harry appeared ‘sad, anxious and tired’ during their pseudo-royal tour of New York after he and Meghan Markle collected their ‘Humanitarians of the Year’ Award. The Sussexes’ were also described as ‘very businesslike’ together by someone who said they were watching from the audience of the World Mental Health Festival …
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