Royal Mail

Berenberg Bank analyst William Fitzalan Howard maintained a Sell rating on Royal Mail (ROYMF) on February 7 and set a price target of p145.00. The company’s shares closed last Monday at $2.30, equals to its 52-week low of $2.30. According to TipRanks.com, Howard is ranked #4423 out of 5881 analysts. …

Storm Ciara is wreaking havoc across the country as homes are being evacuated after a hotel collapsed into raging flood waters while 93mph gales ripped down cranes, windmills and even a pub.   Tourists are stranded as hundreds of flights into and out of European airports were cancelled as Britain’s biggest …

Fourth coronavirus case in UK: New patient is treated in London after picking up virus in France Patient is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in Camden, north London  They join two Chinese nationals quarantined in York and British man in Brighton   Brighton man infected in Singapore then flew …

POSTAL workers have urged Royal Mail to “sit down seriously” with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) after the union dismissed the company’s latest offer of a deal as an “absolute disgrace.” The Royal Mail group announced late on Friday night that it had offered a new settlement to its workers, …

The microbiologist who co-discovered Ebola and the presence of Aids in Africa warns that Britain is at risk of a ‘major’ coronavirus outbreak likely to become a pandemic.   Professor Peter Piot, an ex-under-secretary-general of the UN who championed the fight against Aids, said he was ‘increasingly alarmed’ by the speed at …

The family of a motorcyclist who was killed when he was hit by a Royal Mail van which turned right as he was overtaking it do not feel any ill-will towards the postman who was driving. And a judge at Warwick Crown Court has praised the forgiving attitude of rider …

A rogue Thai soldier has been shot dead after killing at least 21 people in a gun rampage inside a shopping mall after becoming angry at a financial dispute.  Sergeant Major Jakrapanth Thomma, 32, hadbeen hiding out in the basement of Terminal 21 shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, a city 155 miles …

And a judge at Warwick Crown Court has praised the forgiving attitude of rider Simon Welsh’s family towards Banbury postal worker Dean Travers as ‘a paragon of human decency.’ Travers (53) of Mold Crescent, Banbury, who was not wearing his bifocal glasses at the time, had pleaded guilty to causing …

Hundreds of flights into and out of European airports were cancelled as Britain’s biggest storm in seven years swept into Scotland and the rest of the UK was put on warning for 90mph winds today.  Storm Ciara first brought gusts of up to 70mph on the west coast of Scotland …

Rural areas in the west of Scotland have been badly hit by post office closures in the last ten years, according to Post Office data obtained by The Ferret.  The information reveals that Scotland has suffered a net loss of 45 post offices since 2011. Twenty-three of these were …