Rail strikes Across December and January, there will be both regional and national rail strikes. Nearly every train line will be impacted in some way. The strikes are by RMT members at Network Rail and by train drivers represented by Aslef. They will affect 15 train operators. These are: Avanti …
Read More »When Milford chums Bernard Beavan and Robert Best decided to ditch their previous jobs and jump ship to the Post Office, little did they think that four decades later they’d still be delivering mail in precisely the same areas. “We both started on exactly the same day, just 15 minutes …
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Royal Mail staff are reportedly being told to focus on deliveries instead of letters and Christmas cards. The Communication Workers Union (CMU) claim managers have given the instruction to “suspend delivery of letters this week”, the Mirror reports. Royal Mail said although it “does not operate a policy of prioritising …
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DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Top UK retailers: delivery services and carriers used 2022” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This report identifies the delivery services, and the carriers, which are used by the retailers which comprise Internet Retailing’s UK Top 500 The summary report analyses overall usage patterns and makes comparisons …
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Read More »POSTAL services in the Kendal area could be under further threat of permanent disruption if fears that the town’s collection office could close turn out to be founded, according to MP Tim Farron. Mr Farron has been an advocate for the retention of local post offices in the area and says …
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Striking postal workers in York say they’ve walked out because they fear the service could be lost forever. Postmen and women represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) walked out out for their fifth day of December action today (Friday). Royal Mail, which the CWU says has offered a pay increase …
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The nightmare began two weeks before the unveiling. Jim Anagnoson’s standard anxiety dream, in which he was onstage at the piano and realized the conductor was beating his baton to a piece Anagnoson didn’t play – that dream he knew. Most concert pianists had their own version of it. Anagnoson …
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A Plymouth business owner claims her firm has lost between £10,000 and £20,000 because of the Royal Mail strikes. Hannah Daragon, who runs Hannah’s Games, said the industrial action has had a big impact on her trade as she has been unable to get items to customers. Postal workers have …
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The Royal Mail walked out again yesterday and stopped delivering letters and parcels – only prioritising special services. Some 115,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) went on strike for the 17th day, having cost the organisation over £100million already. It means last minute cards and presents will not …
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