Luxury activewear and lifestyle brand Alo Yoga is set to open a 5,000 sq ft store at 25a Neal Street, on the corner of Earlham Street in Covent Garden’s Seven Dials. Spanning three floors, the anchor store will spotlight Alo Yoga’s “studio-to-street” ethos, featuring its celebrity-favoured range of womenswear and …
Read More »Future Belgian Queen returns home from Oxford for election
Crown Princess Elisabeth has been in the English city since 2021 and has been studying History and Politics at Lincoln College. The 22-year-old is the eldest of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium’s four children and is next in line to the throne. It was confirmed by the Belgian …
Read More »Marks & Spencer flagship demolition delayed by General Election
Marks & Spencer’s controversial Oxford Street flagship rebuild is being stalled, with the retailer having to wait months for a decision on plans due to the General Election. The retailer’s CEO, Stuart Machin, has said that the redevelopment of its Marble Arch store is the right solution, claiming that the …
Read More »EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: Norway Post’s transformation journey
Maintaining the universal service obligation (USO) is becoming more and more onerous as letter volumes decline. Denmark has already taken steps to scrap the USO in the face of an untenable situation for the designated operator in this market. Posten Bring (Norway Post) recognized this issue several years ago and …
Read More »Cancer-stricken King Charles’s comeback to Royal duties continues with Garter Day at Windsor Castle next week
King Charles is expected to attend the Garter Day service with Queen Camilla at St George’s Chapel in Windsor in a week’s time, Buckingham Palace confirmed today. The service for the Order of the Garter on Monday, June 17 will see the installation of four new Companions of the Order …
Read More »Postal workers take further day of strike action in increasingly bitter dispute
Thousands of postal workers across Scotland take a further day of strike action on Friday in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay and working conditions. Around 11,000 members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) have been locked in a dispute over changes to working conditions with Royal Mail and shows …
Read More »Countdown to July parliamentary election
Luton Borough Council Home News The countdown to the parliamentary election in Luton on Thursday 4 July is underway. Residents will go to the polls to elect a Member of Parliament for the ‘Luton North’ and ‘Luton South and South Bedfordshire’ constituencies. Luton residents 18 years and older are reminded …
Read More »The Post Office scandal highlights the need for vigilance when it comes to legal privilege
Legal professional privilege (LPP), which allows a party to withhold documents from disclosure, is a cornerstone of the UK legal system. Upholding LPP enables candid discussions between clients and their lawyers, ensuring informed decision-making and representation. However, it is open to misuse. That includes consultations with solicitors used in furtherance …
Read More »Watch: What huge Cannock parcel centre looks like a month on from devastating fire
The blaze broke out at Super Smart Service in Cley Road, Norton Canes, on May 9, with flames seen coming from the building at around 6.15am. Residents were urged to close their windows and all nearby businesses were evacuated, as crews from three of the region’s fire services were called …
Read More »Royal Mail’s long road from Tudor technocrat to Czech Sphinx
Eleven years ago, before the privatisation of Royal Mail, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity lobbed a small incendiary into the Square Mile. According to Graham Simpson, Vince Cable, the business secretary leading the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition’s sell-off, had got it disastrously wrong. It was not because the privatisation of a …
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