Published: 10:59 AM December 21, 2021 Updated: 11:07 AM December 21, 2021 Are you gearing up for a “normal” Christmas? Or have you changed your plans? Christmas is fast approaching, and families will be keen to enjoy some sense of normality after last year’s festive season was disrupted by Covid restrictions. But …
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All test sites will remain open, with booking slots available on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day. Test site operating hours may be extended if there is increased demand for PCR testing. Please book a PCR test if you have COVID-19 symptoms or if you have tested positive …
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The Royal Mail (RMG), with us for more than 500 years, is loved and disliked by the UK public in equal measure. In the UK, it is a business clearly in need of modernisation that generates margins of only a little over 5 per cent. The European arm (more a …
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Published: 4:25 PM December 21, 2021 Residents in Cricklewood have been left without post for “over a week” in the run-up to Christmas due to Royal Mail staffing shortages. Jenny Thomas, who lives on Dartmouth Road, said that she first noticed an issue with deliveries around one month ago when …
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A Christmas card has been delivered to a house 11,000 miles away from its intended destination. The envelope dropped through the letterbox of a house in Kesteven Road, Stamford. Its intended recipients are a couple living in Kesteven Avenue, Glendowie -11,315 miles away in Auckland, New Zealand. A Christmas card …
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The following is a complete list of Royal Mail delivery disruptions, with possible delays before Christmas. Royal Mail has said it is working to reduce delivery delays for gifts and cards in the run-up to Christmas, but it has warned that 22 offices will be affected. As a result of …
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Armchair Trader Pick: Tactical Trading Portfolio Royal Mail Group (LSE:RMG) Sector: Industrials (Freight & Logistics) Market cap: GBP 4.98bn Entry price: 495p (17 December) Target price: 600p Stop loss: 10% (trailing) Royal Mail Group (LSE:RMG) has turned into a profitable trade if you were in the stock a year ago …
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Hundreds of thousands more people over 65 are gambling online than were at the start of the pandemic, the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) has said. There were 624,377 more people aged over 65 who went online at least once a month for a flutter or to play a game …
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A Conservative councillor who was a victim in a colleague’s hate campaign has revealed he plans to step down in May. Alistair Mackay, who represents Johnstone South and Elderslie, hit out at his fellow elected members for not dealing with the controversial “rantings” of Paul Mack sooner as he confirmed …
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The FTSE 100 index has had a relatively strong year. It has risen by more than 12% and data compiled by Hargreaves Lansdown show that most constituent companies have risen this year. Still, the index has underperformed the other key indices like the Dow Jones, CAC 40, and Nasdaq 100 …
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