Andrew Duff’s prescription for affiliate EU membership for the UK is compelling if controversial (“Starmer must plot a bold route back to Europe for Britain”, Opinion, December 5). But there is an earlier, wholly uncontroversial step the UK could take to ease trade with the EU. For reasons not clear, …

The Scottish private sector has reported a deepening contraction in private sector output during November. The latest Royal Bank of Scotland Business Activity Index ticked down from 45.8 in October to 43.9 in November, signalling that fastest decrease in the current series of reduction that began in August. The index …

TENS of thousands of defiant postal workers marched through central London in an “electric” rally after walking out in the first of a number of strikes in the run-up to Christmas. Luke Elgar, 30, from Southend, who’s delivered post in the city for 12 years, took part in the rally …

The King wished volunteers and members of the public a “Happy Christmas” ahead of attending an Advent service in central London. Charles met with representatives and beneficiaries of local initiatives before unveiling a plaque at the King’s House community hub in King’s Cross on Thursday morning. The monarch then greeted …

The WSWS spoke with postal workers attending the Communication Workers Union (CWU) rally in London’s Parliament Square on Friday, the thirteenth day of national strike action since August. Part of the delegation of postal workers from Wolverhampton Mail Centre, West Midlands [Photo: WSWS] A postal worker who was part of …

Here’s the good news about the new six-part docuseries about Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex: If you already have Netflix, you don’t have to pay anything extra for it. And if you don’t, you can always find someone else’s password to use. The first three …

Retail outlet – supermarket in the U.K. Image by Tim Sandle As the main Christmas shopping period approaches, more email scams are to be expected.  The company First Direct has looked at the most common ways criminals attack consumers online and devised a set of tips to help people protect …

Preparation for a nurses’ strike. Nurses in the RCN union marching last year over NHS pay This is the full list of nurses’ strike locations and dates so far supplied by the RCN union. Click on the links for addresses and more details. Where the planned times for pickets are …

ROYAL MAIL Postal workers held strikes on Friday and Sunday and will hold further walkouts on December 14, 15, 23 and 24. Deliveries are affected … Source link

The Latest published a market study on Couriers and Messengers Market provides an overview of the current market dynamics in the Couriers and Messengers space, as well as what our survey respondents— all outsourcing decision-makers— predict the market will look like in 2028. The study breaks the market by revenue …