Britain’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, is set to deliver an emergency mini-budget on Friday to give more details about support to help ease the cost-of-living crisis. Prime Minister Liz Truss took office on 6 September and promised to immediately cut taxes and redouble efforts to promote economic …
Read More »FedEx cuts costs in face of volume drops
20 September 2022 Transport / Logistics Services FedEx Corp has reported lower than expected first quarter financial results. According to FedEx, the profit drop in the FedEx Express segment was down to a ‘macroeconomic weakness’ in Asia and service ‘challenges’ in Europe. This led to a revenue shortfall of $500m relative …
Read More »Positive Solutions and Charac announce exclusive strategic partnership
Strategic partnership set to support community pharmacy and focused on transforming patient engagement through new integrated technology platform MyHealthHub LONDON (14 September 2022) – Charac; an NHS-integrated one-stop platform for independent community pharmacies, together with Positive Solutions; part of the Mawdsleys Group and the fastest growing pharmacy IT provider in …
Read More »What Happens to Everything With Queen Elizabeth II’s Image?
The situation is somewhat different with postboxes. There are 115,000 of them around the UK and most carry the queen’s cipher, though there are still some that feature the ciphers of previous monarchs, including Victoria. A few hundred new postboxes are installed every year, says Gold, and it is only …
Read More »Globe editorial: Canada is not the country it was in 1952. We grew up with Queen Elizabeth II
In 1959, Queen Elizabeth II made a 45-day visit to Canada. One of CBC television’s top personalities then was Joyce Davidson; during the royal visit, she was a guest on NBC’s Today show in the United States, and was asked what she thought. “Like most Canadians,” she said, “I am …
Read More »Royal Mail (LON:RMG) Could Offer A 9% Dividend Yield
At the start of 2022, Royal Mail (LON:RMG) was flying high. The company had reported near-record profits for the two years of the pandemic and appeared to have recovered both its profitability and its mojo following a boardroom shake up. Unfortunately, events this year have suggested that Royal Mail’s postal …
Read More »UK online shoppers see deliveries slow: study
UK online shoppers have seen deliveries slow, new research suggests, with four in 10 experiencing delays and 71% having negative delivery experiences. SendCloud surveyed more than 1,000 online shoppers in the UK and found that 41% said their latest order was delayed while 71% have had a negative delivery experience …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral: Royal Family to observe a week of mourning
The day was packed with emotion as people from all across the world watched as the late monarch was laid to rest. King Charles III decreed on September 9, the day after the Queen died following her 70-year reign, that a period of mourning would be observed until seven days …
Read More »Charac and Positive Solutions team up for new integrated tech platform
Charac, an NHS-integrated platform for independent community pharmacies, and Positive Solutions, a pharmacy IT provider, have announced an exclusive partnership that will give a digital footprint to independent high street pharmacies currently lacking an online presence. The new integrative technology platform, MyHealthHub, will give pharmacies a powerful tool to retain …
Read More »Hackney heroine’s frustration at queue to honour Queen
Published: 3:00 PM September 19, 2022 The public viewing of the Queen’s lying in state ended at 6.30am on Monday (September 19), but some members of the public have expressed frustration at its management. Access to the official queue ended on Sunday night but Pauline Pearce, who queued in central London …
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