[ad_1] A Nottingham greetings card company which started in a back bedroom in Colwick is celebrating 25 years of business – and is still going strong despite a 20 per cent increase in the price of paper. James Mace is the Sales and Marketing Director of Nottingham-based card company, The Art File which specialises in…
[ad_1] This festive season, posties have been working hard to deliver all orders to households before Christmas Day. The Royal Mail strikes saw many residents across the UK waiting longer than they’d have liked to see things arrive. The industrial action came in a dispute over pay and working conditions. To top it off, some…
[ad_1] People across the UK could find themselves awaiting parcels from Royal Mail that little bit longer, as strikes have seen thousands of workers walk out in a dispute over pay and working conditions. During Christmas, posties and delivery drivers are typically busier than ever, reports the Mirror. However, this year thousands of workers took…
[ad_1] Strikes took over the country in 2022 with many workers demanding higher pay amid the cost-of-living crisis. Disruption continued over the festive period as rail and Royal Mail strikes continued. Some disputes were resolved with union leaders while others are expected to continue into next year. Glasgow City Council workers protest over equal pay…
[ad_1] The Royal Mail scheme to swap old stamps for new barcoded versions has descended into chaos, Money Mail can reveal. In a major shake-up, Royal Mail is rolling out stamps with barcodes that can be tracked, making the postal service more secure. As part of this, it has launched a stamp swap scheme where…
[ad_1] Christmas post has been severely affected this year by a series of strikes involving Royal Mail workers, which led to the last festive postage dates being moved to earlier in December. And that was before you factored in the Christmas bank holidays, which give many of us a four-day weekend this year, but affect…
[ad_1] Mark Walker, 38, says he threw two punches at a customer who, he claims, had kicked his van and tried to hit him following a row over a parcel in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent Delivery driver Mark Walker has been suspended after, he says, a customer attacked him and he fought back ( Image: BPM MEDIA)…
[ad_1] The rise in online shopping has given scammers opportunities to try and swindle valuable details from you by sending texts pretending to be from well-known delivery companies. Known as ‘smishing’, the con aims to get you to click on dodgy website links and to give away your personal information. They do this by posing…
[ad_1] The MP turned banker, Chuka Umunna, is advising a Czech tycoon who was accused by union leaders of planning a secret takeover of Royal Mail. The former Labour MP is one of a team of bankers working on Daniel Křetínský’s British business interests, many of which are held within Vesa Equity Investment, including a…
[ad_1] Small business owners have described losing sales and scaling back their online offering as Royal Mail strikes in the lead up to Christmas mean some of their products still haven’t been delivered to customers. Ruth Redgate, owner of Hunny Pot Cottage Bakery in Elford, Staffordshire, which ran a subscription service, cancelled Christmas deliveries after…