Joseph Purnell2024-05-31T12:23:00 Senior swaps include new Data & AI leader after Zoë Webster exits the Group, leaving a legacy of AI adoption and foundations for scaling. BT Business changes include senior shuffles for Central Government accounts, while Openreach opts to leave Corporate Affairs & Brand unfilled after Catherine Colloms departs. …

But Brighton and Hove City Council said that the talks were commercially sensitive and would not say how much the Royal Mail might pay for a long lease. The council entered into talks about a deal that would involve the Royal Mail building a distribution centre at Patcham Court Farm, …

3 hours ago Sara Smith,Lauren Collins Phil Harrison/BBC Gold postboxes began appearing across Dartford in February this year A Dartford man who spray painted 38 postboxes has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service and ordered to pay compensation. Danny Whiskin, 33, of Chaucer Way, Dartford had been charged …

The General Election for the parliamentary constituency of Stratford-on-Avon is taking place on Thursday 4 July 2024. To be able to vote at this election residents must be aged 18 or over on the day of the poll, a British, Commonwealth, or Irish citizen and be on the electoral register …

STORY: From a mining collapse to a once in a half-millenium takeover, this is the Week in Numbers. :: $49 billion $49 billion is the value of BHP’s abandoned takeover plan for Anglo American. The Australian mining group walked away from its six-week pursuit of its rival after a last-ditch …

Feuding: The recent restoration of the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II to the throne has set off a power struggle among emirs in Nigeria. Photo: Aminu Abubakar/AFP Northern Nigeria’s largest city Kano has been gripped by tension as two rival royal figures wrestle over an influential throne key to …

Writs telling the Acting Returning Officer to run a General Election on Thursday 4 July in constituencies for Nottingham South, Nottingham East and the new Nottingham North and Kimberley was received today (Friday 31 May 2024) A writ of election is a formal order issued on behalf of the King by …

Businesses across Oxford can continue to take advantage of free, zero-emission deliveries within the city – after an electric-cargo bike initiative has been extended for a further three months.   In March 2024, Oxford City Council and Velocity Cycle Couriers launched a 12-week partnership offering free same-day and next-day zero-emission deliveries …

Residents of the Horsham and Arundel and South Downs constituencies are being reminded to register to vote in the run up to the UK Parliamentary General Election on Thursday 4 July 2024. It only takes 5 minutes to register online. The deadline to register to vote for the General Election …

The Czech billionaire who would be the owner of Royal Mail has revealed plans for a structural shake-up of the company, which could threaten the jobs of tens of thousands of postal delivery workers and thousands of the company’s signature red pillar boxes. In a rare public comment, Daniel Kretinsky, …