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WHEN it comes to the Christmas holidays, not everyone will automatically get Christmas Day or New Year’s day off. Even though the festive period is littered with Bank Holidays, whether or not you’ll have to work is dependent on the terms of your contract. 1 Not everyone automatically gets time …

This week, at their annual conference, the Scottish National Party overwhelmingly backed a reduction to working hours. The motion, which passed by 1,136 votes to 70, called on the Scottish government to launch a review of working practices in Scotland, including the “possibility of a four-day week.” The SNP’s motion …

Masthaven is withdrawing several ranges of residential first charge mortgages.   The lender is pulling all three-year fixes, its lifetime variable and two-year discount deals, and its limited edition fee-free remortgages. Masthaven is also changing rates on its two-year fixed products – the lender did not say what the …

Matt Evans and partner Hollie delivered presents to hospice workers (Picture: Wales News Service) A postman who handed in his notice after bagging a £2.6 million jackpot is back doing his rounds – delivering Christmas presents for carers. Former Royal Mail worker Matt Evans, 40, who won big on the …

Globe Newswire Recylex S.A. – Modification of the participation modalities to the Ordinary General Meeting dated December 16, 2020 Recylex S.A. (Euronext Paris: FR0000120388 – RX) announces today that, in view of the current health context and the measures restricting mobility and collective gatherings, and in accordance with Order No. …

Key dates from Royal Mail for posting in Christmas 2020. MAKE sure you send off your Christmas cards and parcels in plenty of time this year. Services are expected to be busier than ever due to the pandemic. Here are the key dates from Royal Mail for posting in Christmas …

The world’s longest-running TV soap opera, Britain’s cosy working-class series ‘Coronation Street,’ celebrates 60 years on screen on December 9, 2020. ― AFP pic LONDON, Dec 10 ― The world’s longest-running TV soap opera, Britain’s cosy working-class series Coronation Street, celebrates 60 years on screen yesterday, defying social changes and …

  By Press Association 2020 A collection of British newspapers The papers are led by Boris Johnson’s dinner with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels. The Daily Mail reports it was a “dramatic night over fish supper”, the i quotes Downing Street as saying “very large gaps remain between the …

Cumbria Trading Standards has alerted residents to a scam involving fraudsters claiming to represent the Royal Mail. The trading standards body issued a warning last week via social media, echoing the concerns raised by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute over reports of scams involving individuals claiming to be from the …

Fraudsters have been sending emails out of the blue claiming to be from the post company.  They are using several subject lines to get people onto the email, including: ‘We tried to deliver your parcel but you weren’t in and there was no safe place to leave it’  Reassing Parcel …