Over the period, Temple Bar delivered a share price return of 0.21%. The total return of the FTSE All-Share index was own 4.57%, while the trust’s net asset value total return was marginally better it still lost 4.03%. The company’s discount to NAV during the period narrowed though, from 7.80% …
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Royal Mail workers are set to take strike action for four days across August and September. Postal workers are embroiled in a dispute with the company over both pay and working conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have also voted overwhelmingly to take further action, with 98.7 per …
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A few years ago, it would have been possible for Lady Louise Windsor to walk down the street without prompting a second glance from passers-by. The unassuming 18-year-old, often seen in country casuals or prim dresses, spent her childhood largely out of the spotlight, growing up in the leafy surrounds …
Read More »Union has perfect response to Royal Mail criticising striking postmen
A postal worker union had the best response after Royal Mail stuck the boot in over their strikes. More than 115,000 UK postal workers will go on strike for four days later this month and early in September. And members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) have voted for further …
Read More »Royal Mail Coulsdon sorting office abandons evening service
Sorted: But collecting packages in Coulsdon just got that bit more difficult In the latest blow to Coulsdon town centre, Royal Mail has decided to remove the evening collection facilities for letters and parcels that can’t be delivered. A notice of the revised opening hours was posted earlier this month, …
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Cybercriminals in the UK are sending malicious USB drives to people in the post, in an effort to infect their systems with malware. As covered by Sky News, scammers sent USB sticks with fake Microsoft Office suites to random addresses in what appeared to be genuine Microsoft packaging, trying to …
Read More »Post disruption warned for WA postcode as Royal Mail workers strike
RESIDENTS who live in the WA postcode area are being warned of serious disruption to post later this month. Postal workers employed by Royal Mail are set to strike across the whole of the WA region for the first time in 13 years in a national dispute over pay. Workers …
Read More »48% of Brits support rail workers striking over pay and conditions, poll finds – LabourList
Almost half of all UK adults support rail workers going on strike when the dispute is over pay and conditions, according to research by Savanta ComRes. The polling, published this afternoon amid ongoing strikes as transport workers across the country take part in industrial action to protect their pay, terms …
Read More »Royal Mail took aim at striking posties on Twitter and the union’s comeback was 1st class
Twitter Poke Staff. Updated August 18th, 2022 You’ll probably already know that UK postal workers will go on strike for four days later this month and early in September. Now members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) have voted for further industrial action over working conditions. We mention this because …
Read More »What is a General Strike and how likely is it as speculation mounts over mass walkout
Workers last participated in a general strike in 1926, but since then successive Tory governments have introduced strict legislation unions must follow to ensure industrial action is legal RMT chief suggests rail dispute could go on ‘idefintiely’ ( Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Widespread industrial unrest could open the …
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