By Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German energy group Innogy on Thursday said it was continuing to lose clients in Britain, where a price cap has increased pressure on the ‘Big Six’ energy providers. Npower, Innogy’s British retail unit, lost 261,000 customers during the third quarter, bringing total customer losses …
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Go Ahead, the company which operates the Southeastern rail franchise, is in talks with the government over extending its contract to run the line beyond the current 1 April end date. The competition for the franchise was unexpectedly scrapped in August and a five-month extension awarded to Govia, the joint …
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Read More »The Royal Mint is having a half-price sale on Peter Rabbit 50p coins
The Royal Mint is getting in on the Black Friday action with a half-price sale on Peter Rabbit coins. The coin -aker has cut the price of its Flopsy Bunny 2018 and Peter Rabbit 2010 pieces. Both of the 50p pieces are on now on sale for £30, reduced from …
Read More »Biblical Christmas stamps from the Royal Mail
Mary and baby Jesus. Royal Mail has released its special stamps for Christmas 2019. The six images depict scenes from the Biblical story of the Nativity, from the Annunciation, the journey of the Magi and the birth of Jesus Christ. An angel appears to the shepherds. The stamps were created …
Read More »Top City investors urge UK firms to pay living wage
Some of the City’s biggest investors have written to the chief executives of companies including Just Eat, British Airways, and Royal Mail urging them to pay the so-called real living wage. The letter, published today, outlines a growing business case for the living wage, arguing that it can boost productivity, …
Read More »Labour set to smash own borrowing rules with £58bn pension spree
Labour has already blown apart its own spending rules with a £58bn pledge to compensate women hit by a rising pension age, a leading think tank warns today. The Conservatives also have the “thinnest of margins” as they seek to meet their own fiscal pledges unveiled less than a month ago, …
Read More »Royal Mail stops delivering to street for two months after postman hurt in dog attack
A dog attack which left a postman with deep wounds has left a street in Salford without deliveries for almost two months. A dog viciously attacked the postman while he was doing his rounds in Buckingham Road, Swinton, in September. The Royal Mail employee suffered cuts to his arm, wrist …
Read More »I would kill to be CEO of… Royal Mail
Royal Mail has been struggling for a while. Shares are far below their 2013 floatation price, the company has fallen out of the FTSE 100, and it continues to face challenges as the decline in letter-sending accelerates. With that said, the business has managed to post a significant uplift in …
Read More »JANE FRYER on the family hardship that forged Gary Rhodes’ desire to ‘do more than people expected’
When Gary Rhodes was six, his father Gordon, a caretaker, ran off with the woman next door, sold the family home in Gillingham, Kent, and left Gary, his younger siblings and their shell-shocked mother, Jean, to fend for themselves. Suddenly, they were living in a council flat and Jean was back …
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