MarketWatch UK stocks get a boost from miners; Royal Mail loses groundMarketWatchRoyal Mail RMG, -0.48% shares were down 1.3% after the postal company reported a fall in 2015 pretax profit to 400 million pounds ($621 million) from £1.66 billion a year earlier. It attributed the dip in part to exceptional charges, and said its …and…
eBay to roll out Amazon Prime-like service in Germany – WSJReutersAn eBay spokeswoman declined to disclose the price and said the company will share further details once the service is introduced, the Journal said. Reuters reported in November last year that eBay is exploring other delivery options for the United … More: continued here
AOL Money UK Updates from Royal Mail, Smiths Group and United UtilitiesAOL Money UKA 12-point climb on Wednesday helped the FTSE 100 re-cross the 7,000 threshold, ending at 7007.2. Vodafone shares were responsible for some of the uplift, climbing 5.4% to 238.8p following merger speculation with Europe's largest cable operator … More: continued here
Evening Standard City morning headlines: Retail spending in spotlight and Royal Mail profits riseEvening StandardRoyal Mail's profits rise from £421 million to £569 million but with revs up just 1% it warns that the current year depends on a good Christmas. Electrocomponents, an engineering distributor, disappoints with 21% fall in profits. Its new chief ……
KEYC Planning For The Post Office FutureKEYCAnd area residents are putting in their two cents to the city and potential developers on what they'd like to see move in. The group has developed a set of criteria they'd like to see in whatever replaces the post office – for it to maintain its … More:…
Herald Scotland Royal Mail profits rise 6% to £740mHerald ScotlandMs Greene said it had been a challenging year and highlighted the threat posed by the roll-out of Amazon's delivery network, which is expected to have an impact on Royal Mail's targets for parcel delivery growth. The results come after the demise of … More: continued…
Android Headlines – Android News Deal: Huge Chromebook Sale on eBay $138, $160 and $170Android Headlines – Android NewsOn top of all this Acer's Chromebook's are actually pretty good, and right now you can find three different Acer model Chromebooks on sale on eBay. First up is the Acer C710 Chromebook. It comes packing an…
Royal Mail extends Tracked 48 acceptance time to midnightTameBayRoyal Mail says it will now enhance its Tracked 48 product and allow business customers to submit parcels up until midnight, Monday to Friday all year round. These new extended hours will be serviced by 39 mail centres and eight regional distribution … More: continued here
Small Business Trends Vertical Marketplaces Stand Up to Internet Giants like eBaySmall Business TrendsUnlike Craigslist or eBay, which offer a wide variety of goods and services, vertical marketplaces instead focus on a specific area. There are several advantages to this: you can avoid the madness of a marketplace swimming with unrelated services … More: continued…
vtdigger.org State doing a more accurate job of issuing food stampsWPTZ The Champlain ValleyESSEX JCT, Vt. —The state of Vermont is doing a more accurate job of issuing food stamp benefits to 87,000 residents. Related. Mobile News Now: Wednesday, May 20th… On Twitter, Shumlin endorses Hillary… Frost Advisory for many tonight · Shumlin …Vermont doing a…