UK information service Citizens Advice is warning urgent action is needed across the parcel delivery industry after its first annual parcel company league table found consistent problems across the sector. The league table, which compares top parcel firms against criteria like customer service, problems and accessibility, found that no delivery …
Read More »Christmas post dates 2021: What is last day for Christmas post?
The festive season is just around the corner, meaning Royal Mail is preparing for the busiest time of year. An influx of people using the post service in December means you must send your presents by a certain date to ensure they arrive in time for the big day. This …
Read More »The Royal Mail share price has surged: here’s why I’d buy
When the Royal Mail (LSE: RMG) share price hit 600p in June, I started to wonder if the stock’s rally was getting overcooked. Sure enough, the stock had fallen back down to the 400p mark by October. This drop didn’t last long. A strong set of half-year results last week …
Read More »Christmas post dates 2021: What is last day for Christmas post?
The festive season is just around the corner, meaning Royal Mail is preparing for the busiest time of year. An influx of people using the post service in December means you must send your presents by a certain date to ensure they arrive in time for the big day. This …
Read More »Lanarkshire residents go up to two weeks without post after Covid outbreak hits Royal Mail staff
Some Coatbridge residents have went up to two weeks without receiving any post following a Covid outbreak among Royal Mail staff. More than half of all postal workers in the area have been off through coronavirus at the same time, with other sickness absences also hitting staffing numbers. Royal Mail …
Read More »Queen knights her chief royal physician at Windsor investiture
The Queen has knighted her top royal physician in a personal investiture at Windsor Castle. The 95-year-old monarch conferred the accolade on Professor Sir Huw Thomas, who is Head of the Medical Household and Physician to the Queen, in a private ceremony on Tuesday. Concern for the health of the …
Read More »Parcel Firms Fail To Deliver In New League Table: Hermes And Yodel Named As Worst Performing Firms
Parcel firms have been slammed by customers with Hermes and Yodel performing the worst in a new league table released by Citizens Advice. The table, which compares top parcel firms against criteria such as customer service, problems and accessibility, found that no delivery company received more than three out of …
Read More »The St. Helena arrives in the UK as Extreme E prepares for season finale in Dorset
23.11.2021: Extreme Es floating centrepiece, the St. Helena, has today arrived into the UK Dorset port of Poole in preparation for the championships final event of its inaugural season the Jurassic X-Prix – on 18-19 December 2021. Extreme E’s floating centrepiece, the St. Helena, …
Read More »Oxfordshire man fined thousands for breaching Covid-19 rules
A MAN has been fined nearly £2,000 after failing to self-isolate on his return from Romania. Ioan Buta, of Slugworth Lane, Abingdon, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court after he was caught not out of quarnatine in March. Court documents said he continued to leave his house on a daily basis. His actions …
Read More »‘We Didn’t Open Our Mail for a Month’
Tony Goldwyn remembers the 2001 anthrax scare all too well. While promoting his upcoming National Geographic series The Hot Zone: Anthrax on People (The TV Show!), Goldwyn, 61, recalled the biological attack that followed 9/11. The plot killed five Americans and sickened 17 others. “I remember it vividly,” Goldwyn told …
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