A former Royal Mail ship which has been transporting freight for an off-road event which sees electric vehicles race in remote parts of the world has arrived in Dorset. The St Helena has clocked up more than 19,000 nautical miles transporting Extreme E’s race freight and logistics into Poole. The freight …
Read More »Royal Mail van overturns and blocks road near Claines roundabout
A ROYAL Mail van was overturned and blocking a road near a busy roundabout this morning (Tuesday). Police officers cordoned off both ends of Claines Lane following the crash which left the van on its side. It happened on the section of road between Claines roundabout and the junction with …
Read More »Warning for Royal Mail and Parcelforce Christmas 2021 last posting dates
Royal Mail has announced the last posting dates for Christmas 2021. The postal service has announced the final posting dates for items people wish to arrive at their destinations by Christmas, as well as issuing warnings of potential delays caused by a number of factors – including Covid restrictions. According …
Read More »Royal Mail and Parcelforce issue Christmas 2021 last posting dates warning
Royal Mail has released its last posting dates for Christmas 2021 – warning of potential delays caused by a number of factors including Covid-19 restrictions. With the UK subject to covid restrictions last year meaning people could not visit their family and friends and drop off gifts, more packages were …
Read More »EU’s ‘anti-postal’ rules costing An Post €8m this year
The chief executive of An Post has said that EU customs rules are “anti-postal” and have caused delays in moving parcels from the UK into Ireland at an indirect cost to the company of up to €8m this year. David McRedmond said that since the UK left the EU, domestic …
Read More »Royal Mail – No printer, No problem, Royal Mail will now bring labels and collect your parcel from your door
Royal Mail has enhanced its popular Parcel Collect service in the run up to Christmas with posties set to deliver pre-printed postage labels to customers who need them. The move enables customers without a printer to feel the benefit of Parcel Collect, where posties collect parcels for delivery while carrying …
Read More »Madame Bovary’s Wedding Cake unveiled in Oxford’s Covered Market
A replica of Madame Bovary’s ‘extravagant’ wedding cake has been unveiled at the Cake Shop in Oxford’s Covered Market this week, November 15. This ‘unusual’ project was created by The Cake Shop in partnership with Professor Jennifer Yee, of the French Sub-Faculty at Oxford University. This event marked the bicentenary …
Read More »Royal Mail leads the blue-chips, why BT Group and Vodafone are on bid alert, oh, and a knee in the groin for Hochschild Mining PLC
Here’s Proactive’s round-up of the day’s news with helpful links taking you to our up-to-the-minute news analysis 1 – Hochschild Mining receives knee to groin from Peru’s PM Down 45% at one point, the company has been shown what a small dose of Marxism can do, says Alastair Ford, Proactive’s …
Read More »Royal Mail offers pre-printed labels for Parcel Collect
23 November 2021 Transport / Logistics Services Royal Mail has enhanced its Parcel Collect service so posties will now take pre-printed labels to addresses that have booked parcel collection. This opens the reach of the service to millions of customers who do not have printers and cannot print their own labels. …
Read More »Royal Mail Share Price Jumps 20%, Clears major Technical Hurdle
After three days of gains, the Royal Mail share price closed above the 200-Day Moving Average on Monday for the first time in four months. Royal Mail (LON: RMG) started this week in the same rich vein of form it finished the last. As of Monday’s close, shares of the …
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