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Royal Mint unveils 5 new coin designs for 2025

The Royal Mint has unveiled its 2025 annual coin set featuring five new commemorative designs. The collection includes two 50p coins, two £2 coins and a £5 coin, with prices starting from £39.50. The designs celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Red Arrows. Two 50p coins have been designed to …

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Father and son politicians praise busy Annan posties

Annan’s Royal Mail delivery office in Station Road has had a festive buzz as the 24 staff have stepped up a gear for the Christmas rush across Dumfries and Galloway. The team not only deliver letters, cards and parcels to households and businesses in Annan but also to Eastriggs and …

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Printweek – 2024 in review: April

Royal Mail submitted its proposals for reform of its Universal Service Obligation, including changes to bulk mail and Second Class delivery frequencies… Prodigi acquired Amsterdam-based cloud printing specialist Peecho… The Arden Group acquired Lasercomb Dies… Folio Print Finishing was sold in a pre-pack deal to a second company owned by …

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Labour’s business naivety is palpable, says ALEX BRUMMER

By ALEX BRUMMER Updated: 04:56 EST, 27 December 2024 Keir Starmer’s government doesn’t get business. Forget the pre-election hoopla of cosying up to enterprise and the £63billion of pledges made at the October 2024 investment summit.  Starmer and the Chancellor Rachel Reeves are clueless on how to fulfil the growth …

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UK’s longest-serving postman calls time on career

PA Media Robert Hudson, known as Rocky, started his Royal Mail career in December 1964 Britain’s longest-serving Royal Mail postman has recalled hand-delivering turkeys, kippers and last-minute gifts for Christmas as his record 60 years comes to an end. Robert Hudson, from Leyton, east London, started his career in December …

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That was the year that was: Emerging Europe in 2024

From Ukraine’s ongoing resilience in the face of Russia’s brutal aggression to rigged elections in Georgia, political stalemate in Bulgaria, and the shooting of Slovakia’s PM, this is Emerging Europe’s review of 2024. Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in August, taking both its western allies and …

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