On Thursday July 21 we received what is now a regular occurrence, a week’s post in one day’s delivery. Seven items, all variously postmarked including a greetings card posted to me by a friend living about two miles away. Postmarked 14th. Exactly a week earlier. Would someone from the ludicrously …
Read More »Package Delivery Market Demand, Status and Global Briefing 2022 to 2028
Global Package Delivery Market Precise Outlook 2022-2028 MIR Market Research published new research on Global Package Delivery covering the micro-level of analysis by competitors and key business segments (2022-2028). The Global Package Delivery explores a comprehensive study on various segments like opportunities, size, development, innovation, sales, and overall growth of …
Read More »Alibaba dual play is open sesame to China buyers
The Alibaba Group logo is seen during the company’s 11.11 Singles’ Day global shopping festival at their headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, November 11, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register HONG KONG, July 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) – There’s a certain magic to governance …
Read More »UK Labour Shelves Manifesto Pledge to Renationalise Rail, Mail, Energy, Water
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer on Monday said he’s “pragmatic” about renationalising transport and utilities after his shadow chancellor said the 2019 manifesto pledge had been “scrapped.” It comes as Great Manchester’s Labour Mayor Andy Burnham hailed the rejection of a legal challenge to his decision to bring bus …
Read More »Keir Starmer’s sparks Labour revolt with U-turn on renationalisation of railways
She said the Jeremy Corbyn era pledge to bring rail, water, energy and Royal Mail back into public ownership was now unaffordable. Ms Reeves has vowed to fund all day-to-day spending with tax revenues and to bring down Britain’s growing debt mountain. “To be spending billions of pounds on nationalising …
Read More »New Royal Mail ballot + Unison HE ballot + round-up
News Soaring inflation is seeing pay battles, but other issues are also sparking resistance Downloading PDF. Please wait… Monday 25 July 2022 Issue Whitby Royal Mail workers make their views clear (Picture: CWU on Twitter) Second ballot in post after massive backing for strikes Workers in Royal Mail have begun …
Read More »Brighton and Hove News » Royal Mail deal for homes and jobs goes before councillors
Senior councillors are being asked to approve a series of related land deals this week that could bring scores of new homes to two key sites in Brighton and Hove. The Royal Mail offices in North Road in Brighton The homes would be built on the Royal Mail offices in …
Read More »Prince Harry memoir: Fury at Prince Harry autobiography ‘ghostwritten by Meghan’ | Royal | News
It is thought that neither the Royal Family nor its lawyers have seen the book. The bombshell book is thought to be “on track” to be out by the end of the year. It has been reported the book was ghostwritten by American author JR Moehringer. And now The Sun …
Read More »Brighton and Hove News » Royal Mail submits plans for new sorting office on edge of Brighton
More than a hundred people have objected to the Royal Mail’s plans to move its Brighton and Hove sorting offices to a single site in Patcham. The Royal Mail has submitted a planning application to build a new delivery office at Patcham Court Farm, in Vale Avenue, Brighton. The plans …
Read More »Royal Mail share price: where next after Q1 results?
Where next for Royal Mail shares? Arguably, 2022’s share price collapse is a fair reflection of Royal Mail losing market share to nimbler competitors operating without the legal requirement for universal delivery, falling letter use, and reducing e-commerce parcel demand as the pandemic fades. But its biggest problem is far …
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