The Luxembourg royal family has become the latest European monarchy to pledge to provide housing to Ukrainian refugees. Henri, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 66, and his family will give up private property owned by the Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg to families fleeing the Russian invasion. The Dutch and Belgian …
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U.K. stocks decreased Thursday, as the FTSE 100 Index UKX, +0.24% finished down 0.83% at 7,515.68. Among FTSE 100 constituents, air freight company Royal Mail PLC RMG, +0.64% saw the largest decline Thursday, as shares fell 4.78% Shares of advertising/marketing/public relations firm WPP PLC WPP, +0.70% and food products company …
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Stock market uncertainty is rife, as geopolitical tension and worries about inflation weigh on sentiment. Bargain hunters have started sniffing around some of the market’s beaten down stocks, but are there truly any undervalued diamonds in the rough? It’s unusual for a stock to be lowly valued for no reason. …
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Royal Bank of Canada swoops on Brewin Dolphin in £1.6bn deal: 260-year-old City stalwart set to fall into foreign hands with shares soaring 61% By John Abiona and Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 22:20, 31 March 2022 | Updated: 22:33, 31 March 2022 One of the City of …
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A 620 homes development that will change the landscape of central Reading forever has been approved. The plan for the old Royal Mail Depot in Caversham Road involves building hundreds of homes and once complete will have one of the tallest towers in Reading. At a council planning meeting last …
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April is a month of financial change bringing with it energy price hikes, a rise to benefits delivered by both the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), increases to the National Living Wage, Council Tax and National Insurance Contribution deductions. But there’s a lot …
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Published: 6:15 AM April 1, 2022 A historic town is to be renamed for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, rewriting centuries of history. King’s Lynn is to become Queen’s Lynn, in honour of Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign, we can reveal today. The idea was first mooted before the monarch’s Diamond Jubilee, in …
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be aware that missing the Duke of Edinburgh’s memorial service for Prince Philip has made them look ‘petulant and rude,’ a royal expert has claimed. Prince Harry, 37 and Meghan Markle, 40, were notable in their absence as the Queen, 95, senior royals, …
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As a reminder, from this coming Monday, there is a Royal Mail price update which will see the price of a 1st Class stamp will increase by 10p to 95p and the price of a 2nd Class stamp will increase by 2p to 68p. In better news, many parcel prices …
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The traditional Royal Mail postage stamp is being swapped in favour of a modern barcoded stamp. Royal Mail is changing its stamps, but people have until next year to use current ones. The traditional postage stamp is being swapped in favour of a modern barcoded stamp. Sign up to our …
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