Gross margin retreats  Management points to market share gains This was always going to be a tough set of results for Focusrite (TUNE), after the music and audio hardware and software company cut its guidance last month in a context of “challenging market conditions”. The shares lost a quarter of their value after …

Two lorries were involved in a collision just near J18 (Spaldwick) earlier today, one of which was a Royal Mail lorry. The crash has cased a … Source link

Crash caused ‘large diesel and oil spillage’ The crash involving two lorries on the A14 earlier today caused a diesel and oil spillage, National Highways has said. Cambridgeshire Police led the response to the crash, alongside the East of England Ambulance Service, Northamptonshire Police, National Highways, and the Environment Agency. …

With local elections just a week away make sure you don’t leave it too late to post your postal vote. If you have chosen to vote by post in the local elections on 2 May we advise you post your postal vote to us in the next few days using …

Joe Biden’s administration has rejected a claim that Prince Harry’s U.S. visa records should be released because of ‘extraordinary’ comments by the president’s ambassador to the U.K. It came after Ambassador Jane Hartley recently said that Harry would not be deported from the U.S. while Biden is president. The Heritage …

CLEANERS have threatened to take industrial action if Royal Mail’s facilities management arm drops the Real Living Wage. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members said they “will resist by all means possible” should Royal Mail Property and Facilities Solutions (RMPFS) abandon the voluntary commitment. Delegates approved the approach at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth today. The …

Island Community Ventures, owned by charity, Community Action Isle of Wight, were reluctantly forced to shut Totland Post Office, after Royal Mail made the decision to stop its parcel and post collection service on April 1.  However, after a 375-strong petition calling for the postal service to remain in place …

Mr Ward, speaking at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth, said: “It has been a roller coaster for employees in the past few years, going from being key workers during the pandemic, then involved in the most brutal industrial dispute I have ever seen, a debate about the quality of …

Community Action Isle of Wight is happy to confirm that agreement has been reached with Royal Mail to continue to pick up from Totland Post Office which means that the service delivered through its trading arm Island Community Ventures Ltd, will now be able to continue.  The additional costs incurred …

The postal group needs a ‘change of direction’, said Communication Workers Union leader Dave Ward. Royal Mail workers have endured a “roller coaster” few years as a bitter dispute over pay and conditions has been followed by speculation over the postal group’s future, a union leader has said. Dave Ward, …