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A medium pharmacy chain has launched an app that lets patients book Pharmacy First consultations and blood pressure checks, its app developer Charac revealed yesterday (April 22). Jardines Pharmacy’s patients can also now order repeat prescriptions, organise medicine deliveries and book pharmacist consultations for earwax removal, travel vaccinations and other …

FREE Royal Mail redeliveries should be reviewed after the company’s actions have left its six-day delivery service financially unviable, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) conference heard today. Deputy general secretary Martin Walsh told delegates in Bournemouth that the union has submitted its rejection of a three- or four-day letter delivery service to regulator Ofcom, which is …

From 29th April to 5th May, join the Royal Horticultural Society as it demystifies the wonderful world of gardening. The theme for National Gardening Week in 2024 is ‘Knowledge is Flower.’ All week, experts at the RHS will be on hand myth-busting, debunking and demystifying the wonderful world of gardening. …

ROYAL MAIL has been urged to waive its postal redirection service fees to women’s refuges. Communication Workers Union (CWU) delegates unanimously backed the move at the union’s conference in Bournemouth today. South Yorkshire delegate Louise James told delegates the voluntary sector should not be relied on to cover the redirection fees for …

WELLBEING: Royal Mail must update its dementia policy as the cost-of-living crisis fuels a record number of economically active older workers, CWU delegates have said. A motion passed at the union’s conference in Bournemouth today warned that the abolition of the default retirement age in 2011 combined with rising pension ages are …

POSTAL workers are being treated in an awful way by “faceless HR staff who now run the company,” Communication Workers Union (CWU) delegates have said. An emergency motion warning of an “out of control and unaccountable” fifth column within Royal Mail was passed unanimously at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth today. Plymouth and East …

April 23 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Times – Keith Williams, the chairman of Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distributions Services, has urged Ofcom to speed …

By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 17:03 EDT, 22 April 2024 Andrew Bailey has had little to celebrate of late. He has suffered the slings and arrows of the barbed Bernanke report on Bank of England forecasting and indiscriminate fire from former Prime Minister Liz Truss. Amid the …

With tensions in the Middle East easing – at least for now – and a renewed flurry of M&A activity, equity markets started the week on the front foot. London’s AIM All Share briefly traded above 750 for the first time in a week before reaching the bell up four …

Michael Whitbread, senior legal counsel for the Vesparum Group and Draftable, shares why all legal professionals should stay across developments in privacy law. He offers practical action points to help organisations stay compliant and avoid breaches, penalties, and reputational damage. Privacy law compliance is fast becoming one of those key …