Residents of Minchinhampton gathered this week to protest about the loss of a key local postbox. The Dr Brown’s Road post box is believed to have been knocked over by a horse in late 2021. Royal Mail removed it shortly afterwards and have not reinstated it, carrying out none of …
Read More »Union ‘committed to balloting again’ on school strikes |Tes
The NAHT school leaders’ union has said it is “committed to balloting again” on industrial action after its last strike ballot failed to meet the legal turnout threshold. It comes after the union’s first strike ballot on pay in its 125-year history fell short of the 50 per cent figure needed under …
Read More »Dopey drug smugglers jailed after Royal Mail finds their cannabis
A dopey drug smuggler was caught by police after his £5,000 cargo of American cannabis was forwarded to a Royal Mail sorting office when he missed a home delivery slot. Gary Patnett, 37, had been expecting his illicit parcel of ‘Cali’ weed to be delivered to his home after he …
Read More »Royal Mail worker claims energy payment vouchers ‘delayed due to overtime ban’
A Royal Mail employee is claiming energy payment vouchers are being delayed because of a ban on overtime work. The postal worker has warned the UK government payouts to some of the most vulnerable people on pay-as-you-go electricity, may be left undelivered. The postal worker also says that parcels are …
Read More »MPs heap pressure on Royal Mail boss
Embattled Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson has been recalled to the BEIS committee of MPs over the apparently inaccurate information he gave last week – just as CWU members are re-balloting on further industrial action and a cyber attack continues to disrupt its export parcels business. Earlier this week, …
Read More »Royal Mail boss recalled over ‘inconsistencies’ in evidence to MPs
The chief executive of Royal Mail has been accused of giving inaccurate evidence to a committee of MPs and been recalled to face further questions. Simon Thompson has been asked to clarify a number of statements to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee last week “at the earliest …
Read More »Royal Mail boss recalled over ‘inconsistencies’ in evidence to MPs | Business News
The chief executive of Royal Mail has been accused of giving inaccurate evidence to a committee of MPs and been recalled to face further questions. Simon Thompson has been asked to clarify a number of statements to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee last week “at the earliest …
Read More »Popular Derby postman who used to work at greengrocers dies suddenly
Friends of a much-loved Derby postman who has died suddenly are raising money to pay for the cost of his funeral. Mark Baker passed away on January 14 aged 57 and already almost £3,000 has been raised. Sean Richards, of Oakwood, said he has been approached by a lot of …
Read More »UK Parliament Summons Royal Mail CEO Over Disputed Statements In January Hearing
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Read More »Small businesses count cost of Royal Mail’s cyber attack
A cyber attack on Royal Mail could hardly have come at a worse time for Alasdair Martin. The Scot, who with his wife Christine runs Scotland’s Music/Taigh na Teud, a specialist music bookshop on the Isle of Skye, was preparing to ship parcels for Burns Night when he found out …
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