Letter goes on four-year trip around the worldChronicleLive, UK –1 hour agoA spokeswoman for the Royal Mail said: “It is very unlikely that this item has been in our system for any length of time as all machinery and buildings are … More: continued here
Read More »Post office protesters forced to admit defeat – Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Post office protesters forced to admit defeatNorthampton Chronicle & Echo, UK –4 hours agoLegal advisor Louis Flannery said "aggressive" solicitors representing Royal Mail had forced the group to abandon the challenge. He said: "They insisted on … More: continued here
Read More »DSM acquires PTG to expand its fast growing biomedical materials business (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, today announces an agreement to acquire The Polymer Technology Group, Inc. of Berkeley. More: continued here
Read More »My Family star Kris Marshall in ‘intensive care with serious head injuries’ after being struck by car (Daily Mail)
My Family star Kris Marshall was recovering in hospital today after suffering serious head injuries when he was hit by a car on an evening out. The actor, who rose to fame as Nick in sitcom My Family starring Robert Lindsay, and is currently the star of BT’s broadband ads, …
Read More »Oil giants to go head to head (icWales)
FIRST-QUARTER results from oil giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell will drive interest this week, alongside updates from hotel and leisure group Whitbread and Argos owner Home Retail Group. More: continued here
Read More »Fresh fears over city’s Royal Mail sorting HQ – Liverpool Echo
Hell Mail Fresh fears over city’s Royal Mail sorting HQLiverpool Echo, UK –1 hour agoNEW doubts over the future of Liverpool’s Copperas Hill Royal Mail sorting centre emerged today. A Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) meeting in Manchester …Dim Future For Royal Mail Copperas HillHell MailCWU – Fight Back Over Royal Mail PensionHell …
Read More »Is your company authentic? (Small Business Times)
Joe Pine, the co-author of ” Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want ,” sent me an e-mail the other day, asking if I knew of any Wisconsin companies that are testaments to the main premise of his book. More: continued here
Read More »Travel Rants Voted Best UK Travel Consumer Blog in Travolution Awards (PRWeb)
The Travolution Awards reward the best in online travel; a panel of travel experts judged entrants within a number of travel categories including best travel agency and best airline. BBC Sports Presenter Claire Balding presented the awards at the Royal Garden Hotel, London on the 24 April 2008. (PRWeb Apr …
Read More »Tatts Group Hires Four Banks for A$1 Billion Loan (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
April 28 (Bloomberg) — Tatts Group Ltd. , Australia’s second-largest betting shop owner, hired four banks to arrange A$1 billion ($935 million) of loans the company will use to refinance debt, according to an e-mail from the lenders. More: continued here
Read More »Anti-corruption group rates oil companies (CNN.com)
LONDON, England (AP) — An anti-corruption group has rated more than 40 energy companies on the transparency of their dealings, handing a low grade to ExxonMobil but praising Shell and Petrobras. More: continued here
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