WITH Christmas around the corner, community groups are banding together to bring joy to those less fortunate. Barrow Local Resilience Forum is a partnership of community, voluntary, and statutory agencies set up to support local communities and organisations in the Barrow Borough area. The Barrow Local Resilience Forum ‘Giving to …
Read More »What next for Royal Mail?
IDS (LON: IDS) share price slammed the brake pedal as the market waited for the upcoming interim results. Shares of Royal Mail Group’s (RMG) parent company were trading at 244p on Tuesday, slightly lower than this week’s high of 254p. Royal Mail earnings preview Royal Mail Group recently changed its …
Read More »Is there a Royal Mail strike this week? When postal services will be shut and upcoming November 2022 dates
Royal Mail workers will stage two 48-hour strikes around Black Friday and Cyber Monday as a long-running row over pay, jobs and conditions continues. The action could have a significant effect on consumers, with these being two of the busiest shopping days of the year. However, the Communication Workers Union …
Read More »UK loses over half a million work days to strikes and unions signal more
Tuesday 15 November 2022 4:07 pm The combined September and August figure is the highest two month total in over a decade, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) The number of working days lost to strike action in the UK over the summer …
Read More »Urgent product recalls issued by supermarkets including Lidl, Co-op and Holland & Barrett
Lidl has issued an urgent product recall on an item that was found to be contaminated with milk. The supermarket is one of many shops to have recalled food items this week, including Co-op, Iceland and Holland & Barrett. The chains have warned shoppers not to consume any of the …
Read More »Royal Mail extends deadline to use up stamps without barcodes
Royal Mail has extended the deadline to use up old stamps, following complaints from customers. You now have until July 31 next year to use any non-barcoded everyday stamps – those with the Queen’s profile on – before they become worthless, an extension of six months from the original January …
Read More »Full list of last dates you can post Christmas cards and presents to every part of the world
Royal Mail advises customers to post Christmas deliveries as early as possible. It’s all well and good doing the local Christmas card rounds, but Royal Mail has advised those hoping to send gifts a little further to check the last recommended posting days, to make sure deliveries are made in …
Read More »How to send a Christmas letter to Santa via the Royal Mail
It’s coming up to the most wonderful time of the year and children will now be writing their Christmas lists for Santa. But where should you send the lists and will you get a reply? Here’s everything you need to know about sending a letter to Father Christmas in 2022. …
Read More »Royal Mail extends deadline to use old stamps – before they become worthless
The deadline for when you have to use up or swap old stamps has been extended from January 31, 2023 to July 31, 2023 – giving letter senders more time to sort out stamps Royal Mail is phasing out its old stamps with barcoded versions ( Image: Getty/PA) Royal Mail …
Read More »Australian Chamber Choir announces its 2023 season
With five concerts touring across Melbourne, Geelong and wider Victoria, the Australian Chamber Choir has announced its 2023 season. The Choir will also continue to provide livestreaming and on-demand viewing, a service which allowed it to keep driving forward across pandemic lockdowns and made its programs available nationwide. For three …
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