Northern Ireland has no voice in managing its energy supply post-Brexit, new research shows Belfast city skyline. Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash The UK’s exit from the EU has plunged Ireland’s all-island energy market into a democratic deficit with decisions on Northern Ireland’s energy supply no longer in …
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Currys drops Royal Mail as delivery provider amid postal strikes // Currys has stopped using Royal Mail “for now” amid strike action // Other retailers look set to follow suit as strikes threaten to hit Christmas deliveries Currys has ditched Royal Mail as a delivery provider in the wake of …
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Dec 5 (Reuters) – Chinese spicy snack food maker Weilong Delicious Global is aiming to raise up to $141 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering launched on Monday, well below its initial target of about $1 billion. The company is selling 96.39 million shares in the range of …
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Royal Mail is striking again this week as part of a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have held a series of walkouts in recent months, which Royal Mail claims have cost it £100m. Workers walked over Black Friday, one of the …
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Curry’s has ditched Royal Mail as its delivery provider amid a series of Christmas strikes at the firm. As first reported by The Telegraph and since confirmed by Curry’s CEO Alex Baldock on BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg Show, the retailer is to stop using Royal Mail to deliver its products “for …
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Huge piles of undelivered letters and packages have been left at Royal Mail depots, sparking fears of Christmas chaos. Images show sacks of undelivered items stacked up high, inside three depots in North West England, South West London and Essex. The pictures were taken over the last few days as …
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R oyal Mail has brought its final posting dates for Christmas forward by almost a week amid industrial action by its workers. It has brought forward the final suggested date for sending second class post to December 12 from December 19, and for first class to December 16 from December …
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December is in full swing and that means only one thing, people are frantically getting ready for Christmas. As the big day gets closer and closer, people are preparing to post gives to family and friends in time for December 25. But with Royal Mail strikes looming there could be …
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Royal Mail have brought forward the dates this year due to planned industrial action. Dozens of disgruntled workers joined a picket line in front of the Portsmouth Delivery Office in Hilsea last week. Royal Mail workers protesting outside Royal Mail Portsmouth Delivery Office, Hilsea, for pay, jobs and conditions on …
Read More »RESIDENTS who are running out of ideas for Christmas are encouraged to book a charity concert for their loved ones. Tickets for the Basingstoke Deane Rotary Charity Concert featuring the Band of His Majesty’s Royal Marines would make a great Christmas present, the band say. For some years Basingstoke Deane …
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