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Social media has a huge and growing influence on shopping habits, choices and decisions, according to Royal Mail’s UK Delivery Matters 2019 report. Nearly a quarter (23%) of shoppers have bought items after seeing posts or comments on social channels. Nearly half (45%) of 18-34 year olds have bought an …

Hundreds of thousands of workers with “gold standard” pensions face a new threat to their retirement benefits as major employers eye moving them to less secure collective schemes. Guy Opperman, pensions minister, has confirmed that large companies, still running traditional “final salary” pension plans that offer workers a secure retirement …

The Encore Group has bolstered its team with the addition of eight new staff for its Envelopes and Packaging Solutions divisions. Heron (left) and Taylor are among new recruits at the Packaging division The Envelopes division has taken on business development manager Brett Hopper, who has 35 years’ experience in …

The Parcel Delivery market report provides a unique, first-time market and competitive analysis of the size, segmentation, competition, trends and outlook in the manufacture and supply of Parcel Delivery in the world. Besides, the report also identifies and analyses the emerging trends along with major drivers, challenges and opportunities in …

Global parcel volume reached 87 billion last year, with 9.3 billion parcel shipments being generated by European countries. The United Kingdom and Germany are the countries with the biggest parcel volume, in both markets 3.5 billion parcels were shipped last year. Advertisement International Retail Index 2019 The …

With a raft of changes mapped out for the industry, pensions minister Guy Opperman says reforms will place customers at their core. With a raft of changes mapped out for the industry, pensions minister Guy Opperman says reforms will place customers at their core. This government has delivered pension reforms …

Date: Friday 18th October 2019 ALSTON’S Post Office counter service could be on the move next door, a parish council meeting has been told. It is being proposed that town’s Post Office counter service will relocate into the vacant premises which was The Crown, in Front Street, while the sorting …

1. 1898 The Post, Belgium This boutique hotel spans the upper levels of the neo-gothic post office in the heart of Ghent, a port city in Belgium which is celebrated for its mediaeval architecture. Construction of the post office began more than a century ago, in 1898, although it was …

  Video report: Britain’s postal union suppresses overwhelming vote for strike at Royal Mail By our reporter 18 October 2019 A 97 percent strike vote by over 110,000 postal workers in Britain was met with an immediate rebuke by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), who declined to set any date …

Barclays reissued their overweight rating on shares of Royal Mail (LON:RMG) in a research note issued to investors on Monday, ThisIsMoney.Co.Uk reports. A number of other equities research analysts have also commented on RMG. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a neutral rating on shares of Royal Mail in a research …