Tuesday 17th September 2024 – Today, the UK’s leading new music festival, The Great Escape announces the highly anticipated line up for this year’s FIRST FIFTY live launch gigs, which will take place on Wednesday 13th November 2024 across eight East London venues. Introducing The Great Escape 2025’s exciting line-up, …
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Dozens of UK cutting-edge, green vehicle technology projects including ultra-lightweight vehicles, zero emission buses and new battery technology are set to benefit from £88 million of funding to take the UK a step closer to net zero. The funding has been awarded to 46 innovative projects, including the development of …
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Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Geo Focus: The United Kingdom , Geo-Specific Former Royal Mail and Manchester University CISOs Talk Ransomware Response Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • September 17, 2024 Timely notification of ransomware incidents to British law enforcement agencies played a crucial role in understanding the threats and …
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More than 140 Scottish victims of the Post Office’s Horizon scandal could have their convictions quashed, with only two people written to by justice secretary Angela Constance so far. The number of cases in Scotland is thought to be more than previously believed, after the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission …
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By Linn’s Staff Great Britain’s Royal Mail will raise its first-class domestic postage rate Oct. 7. The cost for first-class postage will climb 30 pence, from £1.35 to £1.65. The second-class rate will remain unchanged at 85p. In a Sept. 6 press release announcing the new rate, Royal Mail said …
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Quicke’s Cheeses Mary Quicke says the new regulations have been a real problem Brexit red tape on British businesses has caused goods trade between the UK and EU to slump and the problem is getting worse, a study has warned. Many smaller UK producers have given up exporting small amounts …
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The Dutch Royal Family put on a glamorous display as they attended one of the Netherlands’ most ceremonious celebrations on Tuesday. Today marks Prince’s Day (Prinsjesdag), the opening day of the Dutch parliament, which takes place every year on the third Tuesday in September – and sees the royals take to …
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The UK Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) held a Zoom meeting on Sunday to discuss a strategy to fight back against the attacks by Royal Mail and takeover of the company, and parent group International Distribution Services (IDS), by billionaire Daniel Kretinsky and his private equity firm EP Group. Royal …
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One in four people are currently looking to move house in the UK, an insurance comparison site reveals. Over a quarter (26%) of Brits want to sell up and move on, according to Go.Compare. Size is the biggest motivator to move, with 23% of those looking for a new abode citing …
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The following remarks were delivered at a Zoom meeting of Royal Mail workers on Sunday as a message of solidarity from the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee at Canada Post. The meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK) was held to discuss a fightback against the collusion of the Communication …
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