U.K. postal services provider Royal Mail Group Ltd. has launched Britain’s first collective defined contribution pension plan nearly 10 years after the hybrid retirement plan was first proposed in the country in 2015. The plan is available, as of Monday, to all Royal Mail employees who have worked with the …
Read More »We have delved into the Barrhead News and Gazette archives to pick out some stories from around a decade ago. Here are some photographs from our editions which were published on Wednesday, January 7 and 14, 2015. Do you remember these stories or spot any familiar faces? 1. Royal honour …
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Janey Lee Grace, a former colleague of the legendary BBC Radio 2 star Tony Blackburn, has shared her thoughts on his future following his recent admission. The 81-year-old has declared that while he isn’t considering retirement anytime soon, he would step down if he couldn’t deliver his best performance. Janey, …
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Image: Emma Pearce/Pavenham Village Group/Facebook A petition has been launched asking Royal Mail to change their minds over the reassignment of a “trusted” postman who locals say is being “snatched away” from their community. The petition, which has almost 200 signatures at the time of publication, has been set up …
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A Surrey woman who says her town has been suffering from an unreliable Royal Mail post service for more than four months has said that the situation has left her “fuming”. Every day Emma Hensby waits to hear the sound of the postman but is often disappointed. Her flat in …
Read More »The panel of 25 people will be asked ‘What does Scotland need to do differently to reduce drug related harms?’ The panel will meet twice once this month and once next month where they will hear from people with lived experience of drugs, from academics and researchers, and from others …
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A letter to a “well-known historian” with no address written on reached its destination thanks to the power of the postal service. Enclosed inside the envelope were World War Two anecdotes written by a veteran’s 102-year-old widow. It was helped on its way by Royal Mail staff, who added the …
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Members of the public are set to meet with MSPs to offer ways to tackle the drug deaths crisis, the Scottish Parliament has announced. A “people’s panel” of 25 Scots will be asked to consider “what does Scotland need to do differently to reduce drug-related harms?”. The panel will meet …
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Royal Mail is seeking 210 temporary workers to help sort the Christmas post and the increasing amount of online Christmas shopping at its Warrington Mail Centre at Orion Boulevard, Warrington. Temporary positions across a variety of shifts will be available from late October through to early January 2025. The period …
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