M&G Investments has suspended trading in its £2.5 billion property fund after a rush of investors sought to cash out amid Brexit uncertainty. The FTSE 100 firm said it saw “high and sustained outflows” after the fund was hit by “Brexit-related political uncertainty and ongoing structural shifts in the UK …

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Royal Mail revealed the top ten areas where shoppers made the most online purchases over the course of Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2019. Bargain hunters and office workers in Central London top the list of the UK’s most prolific shoppers in the biggest cyber shopping event of the …

FIRSTGROUP/ADR (OTCMKTS:FGROY) and ROYAL MAIL PLC/ADR (OTCMKTS:ROYMY) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations. Analyst Recommendations This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price …

The London Central Employment Tribunal has published a judgment finding that, for the purposes of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment (Tupe)) Regulations 2006 (Tupe), an individual classified as a ‘worker’ under the Working Time Regulations 1998 is to be treated as an employee. The case, Dewhurst v Revisecatch, concerned …

The UK state pension age will be frozen at its current level of 66 if the opposition Labour Party win the upcoming general election. At present it is scheduled to reach 67 by 2028. Labour has also promised to compensate an estimated 400,000 women whom the manifesto says have been …

Royal Mail is to continue to appeal over a £50 million fine from Ofcom after a tribunal upheld the punishment last month. The delivery firm said it had asked for permission to challenge the Competition Appeal Tribunal decision in the Court of Appeal. The fine was initially handed down by …

An embarrassed mum-to-be has wet herself after Royal Mail delivery office staff refused her use of the loo. Desperate Chelsea Hastie is due to give birth on Christmas Day and was picking up a parcel from when she realised she had no chance of getting home in time. The 23-year-old …

A volunteer loads the USB sticks with the latest edition Although not officially affiliated with the BG, Talking Newspapers has become a vital charitable organisation for many residents and now, as it prepares to enter its 40th year, it is are looking to spread the word anew. Carole Humphris, the …

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1067/29968 From The Socialist newspaper, 4 December 2019 Royal Mail managers intimidation post privatisation CWU, photo Paul Mattsson, photo Paul Mattsson   (Click to enlarge) The High Court has dismissed the appeal by the Communications Workers Union (CWU) against the scandalous decision to stop the postal workers …