The Purpose of Regulation report said that a “lack of democratic oversight” of regulators is holding back productivity and economic growth and recommended the formation of a new cross-parliamentary committee to oversee regulatory performance. The report features calls for greater accountability from regulators from various conservative MPs including Bim Alofami, …
Read More »BEUMER Group UK opens new head office
BEUMER Group, a leading global supplier of intralogistics and materials handling systems and solutions, will open a new UK head office in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, on 19 April 2023. The ribbon cutting event that will officially open the new office in Ivanhoe Business Park, will be attended by …
Read More »UK Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee issues call to reject CWU deal with Royal Mail
To build support for a rejection of the sellout deal and to organise a centre of resistance to the Communication Workers Union’s collusion with Royal Mail, the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee will hold its next online meeting this Sunday, April 23, at 7pm. Register here to attend the meeting. [Photo: …
Read More »BEUMER Group UK Opens New Head Office
Leicestershire, UK, 18 April 2023 – BEUMER Group, a leading global supplier of intralogistics and materials handling systems and solutions, will open a new UK head office in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, on April 19, 2023. The ribbon cutting event that will officially open the new office in Ivanhoe …
Read More »Wife surprised as older husband ‘slipped into parenting role’ with her
Kim was 24 and working at the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office when she met Vern, 56, who ran a small chain of hardware stores. He called her and invited her to lunch the day after they met, and Kim said there was “something about Vern [that] was magnetic”, noting …
Read More »The contradictory fall in ransomware in 2022
In Part 1 of this article, we spoke to Mike McLellan, Director of Intelligence at the Secureworks Counter Threat Unit about a seeming rise in reports of business email compromise being used against business in 2022 – as revealed by the Unit’s annual report on the cyber-threat landscape. In Part …
Read More »Collective defined contribution pension schemes: the future for larger UK employers? – Osborne Clarke
The first CDC scheme has been authorised and is a model that offers some of the benefits of DB without the same risks The Pensions Regulator authorised the UK’s first collective defined contribution (CDC) scheme – also known as a collective money purchase scheme – the Royal Mail Collective Pension …
Read More »Royal Mail and CWU Reach Deal on Pay
Not even two weeks ago, it looked like there would be more strike days coming in the nearly yearlong dispute between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Royal Mail even threatened they might be forced to declare the business insolvent if these strike days were to be called. …
Read More »what you need to know
These days, we all have devices in our pockets that allow us to contact anyone with the tap of a screen, so it’s likely that you don’t send as much post as you perhaps once did. But sending mail is far from being a thing of the past, with Royal …
Read More »Royal wedding cake baker reveals how Meghan Markle gave her the ‘best brief ever’
The baker who made the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding cake has revealed how Meghan Markle gave her the ‘best brief ever’ for the dish. East London baker Claire Ptak made the couple’s wedding cake in 2018, and was also asked by Harry and Meghan to whip up their …
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