The Type 23 does have the Magazine Torpedo Launch System, which enabled me to lob a torpedo straight into the water next to the ship. That’s a lot, lot better than nothing (as many warships have) and I found it a comfort. But I’m a big fan of ASROC and …
Read More »Royal Mail wrongly fines customer over ‘counterfeit’ stamp that is genuine
Royal Mail has wrongly slapped a customer with a counterfeit stamp charge for a GENUINE stamp. Royal Mail has admitted to incorrectly branding a genuine first-class stamp as “counterfeit”, as the investigation and probe continues. It told GB News: “Royal Mail takes the illegal production of counterfeit stamps seriously. Since …
Read More »Not all us pensioners vote Tory, thank you! | Politics
How very irritating to read in a Guardian editorial that “pensioners reliably vote Tory” (3 April). You can be assured that statement does not apply to this pair of readers in their 80s. There must be many other older readers who object to this slur; probably the same people who …
Read More »Appointments update – 5 April 2024
Fieldfisher has expanded its pension practice in London and Manchester with the appointment of four lawyers. Joining as a team from PwC, Oliver Reece, was hired as a partner, while Lindsay O’Farrell and Daniel Fowler have been appointed as directors, and Larisa Gordan, was appointed as an associate. Reece, who …
Read More »Royal Mail brands stamp ‘counterfeit’ but others in same book are ‘genuine’ – The Pembrokeshire Herald
ROYAL MAIL is being urged to investigate its systems after an investigation found some stamps are being deemed “counterfeit” by Royal Mail, while other stamps from the same book are not. Royal Mail yesterday told ministers it would investigate problems with new barcoded stamps to try and “ascertain the source …
Read More »Poste Italiane, unlike Royal Mail, brings both the mail and the cash
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Royal Mail still struggles to deliver on its privatisation promises. This week it asked regulators to allow it to reduce second-class deliveries to every other day. Shares in its holding …
Read More »World’s oldest man officially declared as 111-year-old Brit – and he has blunt response
Former Royal Mail worker John Tinniswood, aged 111 years and 222 days old, from Southport, Merseyside has officially been named the oldest man in the world by Guinness World Records John Tinniswood, aged 111 years and 222 days old, is the oldest man in the world ( Image: GUINNESS WORLD …
Read More »Abandoning second class post is too much for small firms to bear, says FSB
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Read More »Royal Mail loses antitrust fine appeal
Judgment of the Tribunal in relation to an appeal against a decision of the Office of Communications (“Ofcom”) entitled “Discriminatory pricing in relation to the supply of bulk mail delivery services in the UK” issued on 14 August 2018 and addressed to Royal Mail plc (“Royal Mail”) (the “Decision”). As …
Read More »Northampton man arrested in Hatfield phone fraud probe – BBC
Police were told of the scams and managed to seize the cash parcels before they were handed over by the postal service. … Family defrauded Royal Mail … Source link
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