The retailer has partnered with Quadient to install parcel lockers at 230 Morrisons Daily stores by spring 2025. Morrisons will add parcel delivery services across its convenience store network in the UK thanks to a new partnership with Quadient. The collaboration will see Parcel Pending by Quadient parcel lockers installed …
Read More »Reeves business rates and National Insurance rise will hit small firms in the North hardest
Small businesses in the North are set to bear the brunt of changes to business rates this spring. In her tax-raising Budget in October, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced plans to phase out rates relief introduced to help struggling companies during the Covid-19 pandemic. The move means retail, hospitality, and leisure …
Read More »Rights for terminally-ill staff ‘a step closer’
Martin Heath BBC News, Northamptonshire Lee Barron Lee Barron met Georgia Gould at the Cabinet Office An MP says better protection for workers with terminal illnesses could be implemented across government following his meeting with a minister. Labour’s Lee Barron, who represents Corby and East Northamptonshire, wants terminal illness to …
Read More »Royal Mail service ‘worst I’ve known’, say people who rely on postal deliveries | Royal Mail
“Hi I haven’t received anything.” “Where is my DVD, I placed the order 14 days ago.” “Never got DVD. Probably lost in the mail.” “Please refund me.” These are the types of messages that Charlene Leworthy, an eBay seller in Hampshire, gets increasingly frequently – which she finds disappointing, but …
Read More »Construction firm burgled twice in two years as ‘opportunist’ strikes
The director of a construction company has berated a ‘brazen opportunist’ after more than £2000 worth of power tools were stolen in broad daylight. It is the second time within two years that David Hurlock’s building company Landene has had its inventory of tools taken – leaving the firm determined to …
Read More »Evri admits it will lose 22,000 UK parcels EVERY day
By AYAAT YASSIN-KASSAB Published: 20:42 EST, 18 February 2025 | Updated: 00:09 EST, 19 February 2025 Dubbed Britain’s ‘worst’ courier, delivery company Evri has promptly admitted that it will lose eight million packages this year, despite only being two months in. Of initially missing parcels, some will eventually make their …
Read More »Find your new job or learn a new skill at the Career Connect Expo
Image: Pixabay/Geralt Later this month, Bedford Borough Council in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (Jobcentre Plus) is hosting a one-stop-shop for anyone wanting to take the next step in their career. The Career Connect Expo 2025 takes place at the Corn Exchange in Bedford town centre on …
Read More »Quadient parcel lockers to be installed at Morrisons Daily stores
All of Morrisons circ. 1,000 wholly owned Morrisons Daily convenience stores have a parcel solution offer and this new partnership will enable consumers to pick up and return parcels from Royal Mail, Evri, DPD and UPS. Michael Weightman, convenience trading director at Morrisons, said: “Customers have told us that they …
Read More »Post Office & Postmasters showcase the benefits of our network to retailers at The Delivery Conference 2025
The Post Office, along with five Postmasters, was excited to exhibit at The Delivery Conference 2025 last week, for the first time ever. The conference brought together over 1,000 industry leaders from more than 500 brands to discuss the latest trends and innovations shaping the future of ecommerce delivery and …
Read More »Northern Ireland Horizon scandal victims get £1.8 million
Three Northern Ireland victims of the Post Office IT scandal have been awarded £1.8 million in redress payments. More than 900 former sub-postmasters across the UK were wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 because the Horizon computer system wrongly showed missing payments from their branch accounts. Convictions were quashed by …
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