Image: Royal Mail Last summer, Royal Mail announced an ambition to add 3,000 more EVs to its fleet as soon as possible, up from around 300 EVs it was operating at the time. The firm has now posted strong progress, celebrating the deployment of its 3,000th EV at its Peterborough …
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“Alert” is a six-metre stack of steel blocks depicting a person squatting, and is due to be installed at Imperial College, London. But a student union motion says it may hurt the college’s reputation because of its “obvious” three-metre phallus. The work was donated by ex-student Brahmal Vasudevan, founder of …
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UK to be hit by drawn-out recession and 13 per cent inflation, Bank warns Britons face two years of tumbling household incomes with inflation set to soar to more than 13 per cent and the economy plunging into the longest recession since the financial crisis, the Bank of England has …
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A man has denied beating a student and leaving him in the street with severe head injuries. Paul Martin David Roberts pleaded not guilty at Plymouth Crown Court to the charge of causing grievous bodily harm to the then 19-year-old Callum Turner in North Hill. Roberts, of Wordsworth Crescent, is …
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Businesses in Alsager say they have always wondered why the town has a Stoke-on-Trent postcode despite being in Cheshire. Alsager is covered by Cheshire East Council, Cheshire Police, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service and has a Crewe telephone code. But its postal address has the Stoke-on-Trent code of ST7. It …
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Plumlife, the North West based housing company specialising in shared ownership and property management, is rebranding to Plumlife Homes. Under the new overarching banner of Plumlife Homes will be three specialist brands which will sell aspects of the organisation’s full-service offer; Plumlife Sales (Shared Ownership & New Homes Sales), Plumlife …
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Logistics and supply chain solutions provider PML has appointed Iain Bruce (pictured) as its new finance director. Bruce has held a number of senior financial positions within high profile companies including McLaren, Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo. Not from a traditional logistics background, the former law graduate and chartered …
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People are being warned to use up old-style stamps before a new system makes them worthless. Royal Mail is overhauling stamps in the coming months with a new barcode. The idea is that it will make sending letters easier and more secure. However, existing stamps without barcodes featuring an image …
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Fleet World’s five-minute industry briefing: This week’s top stories This week’s top fleet industry stories… No cliff edge in sight for used car values, affirms Cox Automotive by Natalie Middleton – Despite signs of an end to significant rises in used vehicle values, an imminent drop in pricing is unlikely …
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The Charities Act 2022 applies to England and Wales, with changes coming into force in autumn 2022, spring 2023 and autumn 2023. The government has now published more detail on the key changes planned for this autumn. These cover: Paying trustees for providing goods to the charity Making moral or …
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