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Read More »InPost announces £1bn investment in UK market by 2029
InPost has announced that it will invest almost £600m (US$723m) to expand its UK parcel locker network and logistics facilities over the next four years. The investment will be made between 2025 and 2029 and will create up to 12,000 jobs. It will bring InPost’s total investment in the UK …
Read More »‘We’ll fight to stop post office closures’
THE possible closure of post offices in Upper Street and Mount Pleasant has been described as a “stab in the back”. The Post Office announced has that 115 branches are at risk nationally but is yet to confirm which will be shut. Of Upper Street, Lib Dem campaigner Kate Pothalingam said: …
Read More »Royal Mail expands electric fleet with 6,000th vehicle
Royal Mail has introduced its 6,000th electric vehicle (EV), further expanding its operations with zero-emission vans. The vehicle, now in service at Manchester Mail Centre, is part of the company’s efforts to reduce emissions and transition toward its Net-Zero target by 2040. The UK’s largest electric delivery fleet has steadily …
Read More »US postal union extends deadline for contract vote—due to problems with mail-in balloting
City letter carriers: Tell us how you’re voting on the contract and why by filling out the form below. All submissions will be kept anonymous. A U.S. Postal Service employee works outside a post office in Wheeling, Illinois. [AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh] The union covering 205,000 active city carriers at …
Read More »King’s royal seat is beaten in Game of Thrones… By a Scots shopping centre built in the 1970s who aced prestigious Loo of the Year awards
By MIKE MERRITT Published: 20:41 EST, 16 January 2025 | Updated: 20:50 EST, 16 January 2025 One is a private royal residence dating back to the 19th century while the other is a Scots shopping centre built in the 1970s. Now the latter in West Lothian has beaten the King’s …
Read More »Potential closure of Kendal and Barrow Post Offices slammed
A councillor will call on the government to intervene with ‘urgency’ to protect post offices in South Cumbria including both Barrow and Kendal branches at a meeting on January 23. The Post Office revealed in November it is looking to get rid of 115 directly owned branches, including Furness House …
Read More »In this week’s Shetland Times
In today’s (Friday, 17th January) edition of The Shetland Times: EXCLUSIVE: MS patient’s ordeal triggered by food poisoning Response times for coastguard quashed EXCLUSIVE: Jeweller passes down skills to the next generation Calls to address dental care crisis after cancer figures double Victim left scarred for …
Read More »Peggy celebrates her 100th birthday – Isle of Wight Observer News
Peggy with Mimi The owner of ‘Mimi’, a Great Dane who appeared as ‘Duke’ in an episode of ‘Only Fools and Horses’, celebrated her 100th birthday at The Limes, residential care home, Bembridge, last week. Olive Saul, known as ‘Peggy’, was born in Teddington, Middlesex, in 1925.Peggy’s parents were Ada …
Read More »Newport mix up for Royal Mail – Isle of Wight Observer News
The Royal Mail van in Brighstone The Royal Mail has managed to get Newport, Isle of Wight and Newport, South Wales, confused. A van, sighted in Brighstone this week, came complete with a Post Brenhinol logo, the Welsh name for the Royal Mail. We asked the Royal Mail if it …
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