Shoppers tearing their hair out in the search for Christmas presents online amid strike-hit parcel deliveries have been urged to try a low-tech solution: their local high street. With a quarter of annual toy sales rung up in December, the boss of The Entertainer toy chain told the Guardian it …
Read More »Nuneaton hospital issues urgent message to patients amid Royal Mail strike action
Bosses at Nuneaton’s hospital have reassured patients that they are determined to make sure that letters reach them in time amid the Royal Mail strike action. The George Eliot Hospital has said that the continued strike action may impact the time it takes for patients to receive letters from them. …
Read More »Train strikes: Widespread delays expected as latest walkouts begin
The RMT is involved in two negotiating battles, one with Network Rail, where it represents around 20,000 signallers and maintenance workers, and the other with the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), where it represents about 20,000 workers at 14 train companies. Source link
Read More »Amazon to ASOS: The last delivery dates for Christmas 2022
With Christmas Day almost here, there is not long left to get all your presents wrapped and under the tree. Here are the final order dates for a number of the major retailers and the Royal Mail to make sure your gifts arrive in time for the big day. These …
Read More »When is the next postal strike? The Royal Mail strikes planned this week and if there is post on the dates
© Provided by The i More than 100,000 workers represented by the CWU are involved in the postal strikes (Photo: PA) Royal Mail staff are joining the likes of train workers and nurses in staging strikes in the UK this week. On Monday, the Government held an emergency Cobra meeting …
Read More »Dates in December 2022 and Christmas last posting details
Royal Mail workers have launched a fresh wave of strikes throughout December in a round of industrial action set to cause misery for millions of households posting gifts in the run-up to Christmas. © Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images Europe Royal Mail postal worker strikes has sparked poet and urban artist Bod …
Read More »Next-day delivery services dropped as Royal Mail strike chaos continues
Next-day delivery services by private parcel companies have become the latest casualty of the Royal Mail strike. DPD has temporarily suspended its next-day services in some areas of the UK as it struggles to cope with soaring demand as customers lose faith in Royal Mail because of strike disruption. The …
Read More »Crippling strikes threaten ‘virtual Christmas’: Staff are already WFH due to travel chaos
Last ditch talks to stop this month’s rail strike hell collapsed today, meaning Britain faces another miserable ‘virtual Christmas’. Walkouts will commence from tomorrow after the RMT union’s decision to reject a new pay deal, which, along with heavy snow, is threatening to grind the country to a halt through the …
Read More »MARKET REPORT: New blow to Royal Mail as strikes take their toll
MARKET REPORT: New blow to Royal Mail as postal workers prepare for another wave of strikes sending shares crashing 3.9%By John Abiona For The Daily Mail Published: 16:57 EST, 12 December 2022 | Updated: 16:57 EST, 12 December 2022 Shares in the owner of Royal Mail fell again as postal …
Read More »Next-day delivery services dropped as Royal Mail strike chaos continues
Next day delivery services by private parcel companies have become the latest casualty of the Royal Mail strike. DPD temporarily suspended services the next day in some areas of the UK as it struggles to cope with increased demand as customers lose faith in Royal Mail due to strike disruption. …
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