The move to ‘new money’ pounds and pence, happened 51 years ago this year, with the anniversary on 15 February 2022. Since then, over 70 variations of the 50p coin have been circulating and several rare designs have been distributed. The famous Kew Gardens 50p remains the most coveted coin in circulation, with a …
Read More »Currys has stopped using Royal Mail due to strikes – BBC News
Alex Baldock, chief executive at the electronics retailer, said Currys used Royal Mail for "relatively few, smaller parcels". The business was "easily … Source link
Read More »Currys drops Royal Mail ‘for now’ as strikes threaten deliveries | Retail industry
The electrical goods retailer Currys has revealed it has dropped Royal Mail from doing its deliveries “for now” because of the strike action. Currys’ chief executive, Alex Baldock, said its first responsibility was to the “UK households who want to get hold of their technology, particularly at this time of …
Read More »UK government could bring in military to ease strikes: Conservative Party chairman
Alex Baldock, chief executive of British electronics retailer Currys, said his company would not use Royal Mail “for now” to reduce any strike … Source link
Read More »All the strikes to hit before Christmas with disruption expected across road, rail, Royal Mail and NHS
The UK faces a looming period of mass disruption with hundreds of thousands of workers across the country set to strike across industries in the coming weeks in disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and conditions. Rail staff, nurses, civil servants, bus drivers and postal workers are among those expected to …
Read More »Britain’s Currys to avoid using Royal Mail ‘for now’ over strikes
LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – British electricals retailer Currys (CURY.L) will not use Royal Mail as a delivery provider “for now” to reduce any impact from strike action, the company’s chief executive officer Alex Baldock said on Sunday. Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show, Baldock confirmed a …
Read More »FedEx driver arrested after ‘confessing to kidnap and murder of girl, seven’
A FedEx delivery driver has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a seven-year-old girl he allegedly kidnapped after delivering to her Texas home. Tanner Lynn Horner, 31, confessed and told authorities where to find Athena Strand’s body, Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin said. The youngster was found dead two days …
Read More »Royal Mint reveals its 10 rarest 50p coins in circulation
The move to ‘new money’ pounds and pence, happened 51 years ago this year, with the anniversary on 15 February 2022. Since then, over 70 variations of the 50p coin have been circulating and several rare designs have been distributed. The famous Kew Gardens 50p remains the most coveted coin in circulation, with a …
Read More »December of discontent: will strikers or government and management take the blame? | Industrial action
The queue of 10 or so people clutching parcels stretches out into freezing fog rolling down Gloucester Road in Bristol. Inside the warm post office, there are plenty of mild-mannered complaints about the delays and threadbare services that define late-Tory-era Britain. But perhaps the most striking thing – amid the …
Read More »Two road closures in place in St Helens this Sunday
HERE are details of two road closures scheduled to be in place on Sunday (December 4). Fairclough Street, Earlestown There will be a closure on Sunday for utility works to take place. United Utilities will carry out the works on a new water connection. The closure will be in place at …
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