THE number of working days lost in Scotland due to strike action has soared by 600 per cent in five months as worker unrest grows in the cost of living crisis, The Herald can reveal. Official analysis confirms that the amount of working days lost due to stoppages across the …
Read More »Royal Mail, Evri, DHL, Amazon and DPD advice to protect yourself from delivery scam texts
Courier companies including Royal Mail, Evri (formerly Hermes), DHL, Amazon and DPD have issued advice on how to spot and protect yourself from delivery scam texts. It comes after a rise in ‘smishing’ incidents as scammers take advantage or more and more people turning to online shopping. Tech-savvy offenders are …
Read More »Who’s on strike today? Every date for nurse, postal, rail, ambulance and Border Force walkouts
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Britain has had a difficult time of it in 2022, emerging from two years in the grip of the coronavirus only to be confronted by a dire cost …
Read More »Behind the scenes of the Nottingham greetings card company that started in a back bedroom in Colwick
A Nottingham greetings card company which started in a back bedroom in Colwick is celebrating 25 years of business – and is still going strong despite a 20 per cent increase in the price of paper. James Mace is the Sales and Marketing Director of Nottingham-based card company, The Art …
Read More »The four digit code Royal Mail uses if you miss a delivery and what it means
This festive season, posties have been working hard to deliver all orders to households before Christmas Day. The Royal Mail strikes saw many residents across the UK waiting longer than they’d have liked to see things arrive. The industrial action came in a dispute over pay and working conditions. To …
Read More »Warning to Royal Mail customers of four digit code you don’t want to see on parcels
People across the UK could find themselves awaiting parcels from Royal Mail that little bit longer, as strikes have seen thousands of workers walk out in a dispute over pay and working conditions. During Christmas, posties and delivery drivers are typically busier than ever, reports the Mirror. However, this year …
Read More »Striking photos reveal a year of action in Glasgow
Strikes took over the country in 2022 with many workers demanding higher pay amid the cost-of-living crisis. Disruption continued over the festive period as rail and Royal Mail strikes continued. Some disputes were resolved with union leaders while others are expected to continue into next year. Glasgow City Council workers …
Read More »As thousands trade in old stamps for ones with barcodes, angry customers report missing replacements, delays and jammed phone lines
The Royal Mail scheme to swap old stamps for new barcoded versions has descended into chaos, Money Mail can reveal. In a major shake-up, Royal Mail is rolling out stamps with barcodes that can be tracked, making the postal service more secure. As part of this, it has launched a …
Read More »Is there post today? Royal Mail delivery dates for Christmas 2022 and if Post Offices are open on 27 December
Christmas post has been severely affected this year by a series of strikes involving Royal Mail workers, which led to the last festive postage dates being moved to earlier in December. And that was before you factored in the Christmas bank holidays, which give many of us a four-day weekend …
Read More »Royal Mail delivery driver suspended after ‘fighting with angry customer over parcel’
Mark Walker, 38, says he threw two punches at a customer who, he claims, had kicked his van and tried to hit him following a row over a parcel in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent Delivery driver Mark Walker has been suspended after, he says, a customer attacked him and he fought back …
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