Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) investors should prepare for more disappointment from the accelerating shift from letters to parcels, analysts at Credit Suisse have warned. With the departure of chief executive Rico Back and speculation that the company could be broken up, shares in the letters and parcels group have rebounded …
Read More »King George III’s former royal stables in Bushy Park for sale for £1.2M
A Grade II listed mews home that was once used as royal stables by King George III has gone on sale for £1.2million. Built in the 18th century, the property is one of only 20 homes nestled withing the stunning 1,100 acre Bushy Park, in west London, giving the owners …
Read More ȣ5 million loneliness fund set up to help Britain
Beneficiaries of government funding to tackle loneliness have been announced. Feelings of loneliness are something almost all of us can relate to. For some these are one-off pangs of isolation, for others, it’s a chronic feeling that seeps into their everyday. By taking away our ability to see and connect …
Read More »Pointbid Logistics Systems commits to Birmingham with new lease deal
An e-fulfilment, third-party logistics and consolidated warehousing specialist has pledged its commitment to Birmingham by signing a new property deal. Pointbid Logistics Systems has secured a new ten-year lease on its headquarters in Witton with The Local Authorities Mutual Investment Trust. The business has been based at Junction Six Industrial …
Read More »Interview with Andy Brooks of New Communist Party of Britain on the COVID-19 pandemic
Andy Brooks, New Communist Party of Britain addresses 20th international meeting of communist and workers’ parties in Athens, Greece. Fight Back! interviewed Andy Brooks, General Secretary of the New Communist Party of Britain, on the impact of the pandemic in Britain. Fight Back!: How are the working people of Britain …
Read More »Royal palaces face financial ruin after three months with no tourists
Royal palaces plead for help: Treasured sites including Hampton Court and the Tower of London face financial ruin from the loss of £96m after three months with no tourists Historic Royal Palaces has lost 85% of its annual income due to the pandemic Its chief executive admitted the expected shortfall …
Read More »Pass the parcel: How the rise of Instagram, Facebook and email has changed the game for Australia Post
AUSTRALIA POST FACES CHALLENGING TIMES. Source: AAP Image/Joel Carrett By Flavio Romero Macau and Ferry Jie Handwritten letters and posted bills are disappearing, and they were vanishing well before the latest slump. Australia Post says between 2007 and 2019 the volume of personally addressed letters more than halved (over a …
Read More »Prince William has been ‘keeping tabs’ on Harry via ‘low key and casual’ Zoom chats, insider claims
Prince William has been ‘keeping tabs’ on his brother Prince Harry via regular chats on Zoom, a royal insider told Fabulous Digital. The Duke of Cambridge, 37, reportedly checks in with his younger sibling in the evening after supper with Kate, 38, when their three children Prince George, six, Princess …
Read More »Talented footballer dies just weeks after blood cancer diagnosis
A 19-year-old footballer who moved to America on a scholarship has died just a few weeks after discovering he had blood cancer. Joe Aspinall, who attended Coastal Bend College in Texas, passed away on June 10 at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. The teenager’s devastated parents have paid tribute to their ‘fit …
Read More »Insight – which developers are driving the Build to…
In part one, we looked at the major institutional investors ploughing money into the rapidly growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector. Here, we take a closer look at some of the developers making the biggest splash in this fast-emerging market – which in recent years has become probably …
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