The devices print postage labels for UK retailers offering returns via Royal Mail once a unique QR code is scanned. Source link
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Royal Mail: Islay residents hit by severe delays as postal workers quit over workload
Islay residents are waiting more than ten days for their post to arrive because Royal Mail staff are quitting over severe workloads. Parcels have been piling high in vans, with former postal workers saying health and safety was being seriously compromised. Some islanders have been waiting weeks for their deliveries …
Read More »Workplace trade union reps form Basingstoke solidary group
TRADE union reps have come together to form a solidarity group in Basingstoke. The group, called Basingstoke Solidarity Society, has been set up to build support for striking workers and community campaigns against poverty and the cost-of-living crisis that residents are currently facing. Phil Gordan, a CWU rep for Royal …
Read More »The Scottish artist whose work was collected by Andy Warhol
CROSSED arms and holding some bread next to a sideboard and his stuffed great dane Cecil, Horst P. Horst’s ‘Andy Warhol In His ‘Factory’, is one of the great portraits of the iconic American visual artist. Behind Warhol in the picture, hanging on his panelled boardroom in his famed New …
Read More »Strike action ‘another dagger’ for small businesses crippled by Covid
Small business owners have said they are struggling to survive as postal workers are set to walk out and amid the looming threat of rail strikes. Matt Harris, 49, who runs wine bars Planet Of The Grapes and Fox Fine Wines in London, said that strike action is just “another …
Read More »Prince William wants to break the mould of royal visits with ‘community impact days’
Prince William wants to ‘break the mould’ of royal engagements by raising money for the communities he visits – after Megxit forced him to ‘start from scratch’ on modernising the monarchy, insiders have claimed. The Prince of Wales, 40, was joined by his wife Kate, also 40, on a visit …
Read More »Royal Gunpowder Mills staging autumn wildlife safari
The beauty of autumn can be enjoyed at a new wildlife safari tour taking place at one of Epping Forest’s leading visitor attractions later this month. With much of the Royal Gunpowder Mills’ 170-acre site in Waltham Abbey designated as a Site of Special Scientific Importance by English Nature, the …
Read More »Posties in ‘the fight of their lives’ as they get set to strike in Paisley
Paisley posties will walk out on strike again later this month – as they target one of the busiest periods in the calendar. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced that 115,000 Royal Mail workers will be striking on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25, which is Black Friday …
Read More »Isle of Wight MP should realise nurses deserve better pay
I HAVE actually just received my first reply to 14 emails sent to Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely (albeit a standard letter). My letter was asking simply, if he would be supporting NHS staff, if they were to strike?His reply was, as expected. He said he doesn’t support people …
Read More »International Distributions Services : Royal Mail statement on negotiations with CWU facilitated by Acas
A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “Royal Mail and CWU recognise that it is crucial to the future of the company and the long-term job security of its employees that we reach agreement to resolve the current pay and change disputes. There will now be an intensive period of …
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