AN award-winning cider farm hosted a brand-new fayre that felt like the ‘old days’. The first ever Golden Valley Vintage and Country Fair finally took place at Gwatkin Cider Farm on Saturday (June 11). The show coincided with Gwatkin Cider’s 30th Anniversary and the opening of the Red Cow Tavern …
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The centre is the size of four-and-ahalf football pitches, will boost automation and create 600 jobs. Built on what was wartime airbase RAF Burtonwood, it is the first of its kind in the UK. The site at Omega Business Park, Warrington, Cheshire, was opened by Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson. …
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THE Mill in Bishops Lydeard has re-opened following two years of lockdown and Alan Reeve has been to check it out. The attraction in Mill Lane goes back some 400 years. A mill on this site was listed in the Domesday Book, over 1,000 years ago, when medieval residents diverted …
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TEDx is making its debut in Warrington next week, on 23 June at Warrington’s Pyramid Parr Hall with an impressive line-up of speakers. As organisers enter the final stages of event preparation and speaker rehearsals, excitement has been building in the region and particularly in the local business community which …
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BURTONWOOD is the centre of a transformation of how Royal Mail operates through the opening of a huge new ‘super hub’. Based at Omega on the site of the former Burtonwood Airbase, the new state-of-the-art processing centre is the size four and a half football pitches. The hub is the …
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eBay has announced today that Royal Mail International Services are now available for sellers on the eBay UK marketplace. This means that international services such as Royal Mail International Tracked & Signed, Royal Mail International Signed and Royal Mail International Standard are now available to sellers on eBay. The aim …
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The nation’s hospitality workers take the least amount of their holiday entitlement compared to other professions, according to research. A study of 7,000 employees found restaurant, bar and pub staff are allowed to take up to 30 days a year – but take an average of just 16. And those …
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The Royal Mail share price is trading higher this Friday but has shed some of its gains as it continues to face some pressure from the unresolved situation involving the company and the labour unions to which its workers belong. There has been a long-drawn battle between the Communications Workers …
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Image source: Getty Images It’s been another tough week for global stock markets, with prices falling across the globe. As I write on Friday afternoon, the FTSE 100 index has lost almost 3.1% over five trading days. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the S&P 500 index is down nearly 3.7% in …
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Plans for a new supermarket in Watford, the opening of Warner Bros. Studios, recognition for Watford Colosseum and the death of a much-loved police dog were among the stories making our headlines ten and five years ago this week. Morrisons West Watford development plan unveiled Residents caught their first glimpse …
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