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Very old companies tend to fall into one of two categories. Some provide solutions to everyday problems or needs. Coats (COA), which has been manufacturing industrial thread since 1755, is a good example of this. Whatever the century, people have always required clothes, and clothes have always required thread. The second …

Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles You can sign up to receive News from the Fronline straight in your inbox Fifty thousand workers on National Rail are striking on 21, 23 and 25 June. It’s already been dubbed the ‘the biggest rail strike in modern …

However, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has warned that a widespread rollout of drone deliveries can only happen after new safety crash-prevention technology is developed. Radio signals used to control drones can interfere with each other unless they have their own dedicated frequency. Interference from other signals can also ground …

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Prince Harry ‘must have gone home feeling very depressed for what he has given up’ after he and Meghan Markle decided not to be more visible in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations because ‘they did not have centre stage seats’, royal experts have claimed. The Duke, 37, and the Duchess of Sussex, …

By Alan Jones, PA Industrial CorrespondentPic: Royal Mail/PA Wire A new set of stamps is being launched by Royal Mail featuring popular breeds of cat in the UK. Eight new stamps will show images of the animals grooming, stalking, playing, sleeping, staring and stretching. Working with  author and animal expert …

Ofcom has proposed a new licensing regime proposed for commercial services delivered by drones. In a news release, the regulator explained: “Advances in technology have led to drones increasing in size and complexity, and flying over longer distances – in some cases travelling beyond the sight of the operator.  This …

A postman is being investigated after apparently branding a customer a highly offensive slur in a delivery note – over a ‘misguided grudge as he thought it was her dog that bit him’. Suzannah Ashton was stunned when she spotted the foul-mouthed surname a Royal Mail postie appeared to enter …

Since 2005, in fact, she has exclusively posted mail on delivery rounds in Pilling and Stakepool. However, this was just the final spell of a long career of mail delivery spanning no less than four decades. And before that she worked for a time as a cleaner for the business. …

Royal Mail postal worker Patrona Tunilla launches Scotland’s Census FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week again assured Holyrood that “lessons would be learned”, this time over the hugely controversial and shambolic Scottish Census, which due to a lower than UK average take up rate, has again had its deadline for …