CHILDREN can get a personalised, free letter from Santa this Christmas as Royal Mail has brought back its special festive postal service. Under the scheme, boys and girls will need to post their Christmas lists to the big man and his elves by December 11. 1 Children can once more …
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$3.6 billion…Alibaba Group is to stump up around $3.6 billion to take a controlling stake in Sun Art, one of China’s largest big box and supermarket chains. After the transaction is complete, it will own 72% of Sun Art. $30 million…US-based autonomous store technology venture, AiFi, has bagged additional funding …
Read More »In Pictures: Royal Mail’s new Star Trek stamp collection
Why not take a scan through and find out which characters from the much-loved Star Trek universe(s) are featured. Is your favourite among them? Deep Space Nine boss and Dominion war hero Sisko is featured – and who could forget the time he decked Q? “I’m not Picard!” Photo: Royal …
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Read More »Medical Co. Denied Bid To Appeal In Royal Mail Antitrust Suit
Law360, London (October 22, 2020, 6:08 PM BST) — A judge in London refused to let a medical services provider appeal part of a decision in its suit accusing Royal Mail of anti-competitively limiting the company’s ability to ship home testing kits for detecting sexually transmitted diseases. Judge Peter Roth …
Read More »New Royal Mail Star Trek Stamps – TrekToday
The Royal Mail has announced new stamps to celebrate fifty years of Star Trek. The stamps to be released on November 13 include twelve stamps featuring Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, Archer, Spock, Troi, Bashir, Reed, Lorca, Ash Tyler and Burnham. In addition, a miniature sheet of six stamps from the …
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A specialist East Yorkshire business has overseen the multi-million pound refit of a former South Atlantic ferry ready for its new role as a floating motor racing paddock. The former Island of St Helena Royal Mail ship is in the final stages of a transformation into an ultra-efficient floating hub …
Read More »Royal Mail reveals Star Trek stamp set to be issued Nov. 13
By Michael Baadke Great Britain’s postal authority, Royal Mail, will pay tribute to the expanded Star Trek television and film franchise with a new set of 12 stamps plus a souvenir sheet of six. The full set will be issued Nov. 13. The individual stamps all highlight one character from …
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