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The Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales set sail from her home port for the first time today, to visit Liverpool. Crowds lined the sea walls of Portsmouth Harbour to wave off the 65,000 tonne, £3.1billion warship as she left for the week-long stay in the city, …

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The London taxi factory in Coventry is to increase production sevenfold in the next three years as it begins assembly of a plug-in hybrid electric delivery van based on the new black cab to be marketed to the Royal Mail and large fleet users such as BT (Robert Lea writes). …

19 February 2020, 17:09 James Bond stamps unveiled by Royal Mail to celebrate No Time To Die release. Picture: Royal Mail James Bond fans and stamp collectors will be delighted to hear the film will be getting its own special collection. Royal Mail has released unveiled a brand new series …

Blackhall Studios has announced its initial agreement with the University of Reading for Blackhall to develop the largest purpose-built film studio and digital creative hub complex in the UK. The studio behind box office hit ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ plans a new state-of-the-art film studio, incorporating extensive purpose-built digital production …

London’s leading shares index has joined a global bounce amid optimisim that the coronavirus is waning and hopes of more stimulus action by Beijing. The FTSE 100, which was down yesterday after a warning from Apple about the impact of the virus on revenues, rose by 61 points, or 0.8 …

National Education Union members in east London have announced that they balloted in favour of strike action against the draconian new contracts for teaching and support staff in Tower Hamlets. This comes off the back of an ongoing dispute that has pitted right-wing figures in the Labour council against hard-working …

London’s FTSE 250 was up 0.6% at 21,817.41 in afternoon trade on Wednesday. South America-focused miner Hochschild Mining surged to the top of the index as it said higher precious metals prices helped it to double annual profits. The company said pre-tax profits rose to $76.8m from $38.4m on a …

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1074/30294 From The Socialist newspaper, 19 February 2020 Vote Yes for strikes, photo Paul Mattsson   (Click to enlarge) The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is reballoting members in Royal Mail over management bullying and the company reneging on the ‘Four Pillars’ agreement – which established employment, standard …

18 February 2020 Transport / Logistics Services Multi-carrier delivery management and proactive tracking support providers Parcelhub have surveyed 100 UK B2C and B2B mid-market retailers in an attempt to understand how they are responding to customer demands in regard delivery. 

 Amongst the key findings, 68% offer 48-hour delivery while 61% …