A person walks along a platform at Liverpool Street station, during heavily reduced rail services on the third day of national rail strikes, in London, Britain, June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register July 21 (Reuters) – Britain faces a summer of disruption …
Read More »Royal Mail says UK business losing one million pounds a day amid union clash
By Eva Mathews and Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) – Royal Mail is losing one million pounds a day, the British post and parcel delivery firm said on Wednesday, as it struggles to cut costs as inflation-hit consumers cut back on online shopping and postal workers threaten to strike. While the pandemic …
Read More »Postal strike looms as Royal Mail workers back walkouts in pay and jobs row
LATE-summer strikes by 115,000 Royal Mail workers have moved a step closer after an overwhelming vote in favour of walkouts, threatening massive disruption to postal deliveries across the country reports Sky News. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said 97.6% of members who voted backed strikes in a 77% turnout, threatening …
Read More »Rebrand heralds split for Royal Mail Group | Business
Royal Mail has delivered a profit warning and said that it is changing its name and preparing for a radical demerger of its international business. On a bumper day of announcements for the company, it also confirmed that a ballot for industrial action by its workers had received the strongest …
Read More »Will the Royal Mail share price recover?
Image source: Getty Images The Royal Mail (LSE: RMG) share price has failed to excite this year. Down over 45%, this builds on what has been a rough period for the business, with the last five years seeing the stock pegged back by over 30%. This disappointing performance continued yesterday …
Read More »McDonald’s, Sainsbury’s, and Royal Mail uniform maker explains how to pick the right clothes keep cool at work
One of the UK’s biggest uniform producers Mi Hub, who make clothes for McDonald’s, Royal Mail, and Sainsbury’s among others, has shared their best tips and advice for those struggling to find the best way to dress for work as London gets ready for another heatwave. Whilst some might be …
Read More »Royal Mail to scrap Saturday deliveries as firm struggles
The cost-cutting move comes as UK sales fell 11.5 per cent in the three months to the end of June Royal Mail is set to scrap Saturday post deliveries as the struggling company said it needed to “transform the way we work”. The cost-cutting move comes as bosses claim the …
Read More »CWU mocks Royal Mail for saying they are ‘disappointed’ that strike is going ahead
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has expertly trolled Royal Mail after the company’s workers vote to take strike action. Yesterday, postal service workers at Royal Mail voted in a ballot to take strike action in a dispute over pay. The vote comes not long after rail workers with the RMT …
Read More »Royal Mail post vans catch fire sending up plumes of thick black smoke above sorting office
Postal vans at a Royal Mail sorting office burst into flames and caused plumes of smoke to billow into the air above a Welsh town. The incident happened shortly before 9pm on Wednesday night at a sorting office in the Pensarn area of Carmarthen. Smoke could be seen for miles …
Read More »Royal Mail deliveries set to be scrapped on specific day of week
Bosses at Royal Mail say they are set to scrap Saturday deliveries. Chairman Keith Williams said dropping Saturdays was something being thought about in a recent interview. He said the company is losing “£1million per day and the efficiency improvements which are needed for long-term success have stalled”. Asked if …
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