[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images International Distribution Services (LSE:IDS) shares have endured a turbulent 2022. The company, formerly Royal Mail, is a UK-based postal services operator. And anyone keeping an eye on the news will be aware that things aren’t rosy for the firm. In fact, the company gave me my first taste of the 1970s…
[ad_1] Rishi Sunak has chosen to record phone calls with public servants in which he thanks them for their “selflessness” rather than broadcast a Christmas message to the nation. The prime minister made apparently surprise calls to four workers and the crew of a naval ship to express his gratitude for their “sacrifices” after an…
[ad_1] Rail strikes Across December and January, there will be both regional and national rail strikes. Nearly every train line will be impacted in some way. The strikes are by RMT members at Network Rail and by train drivers represented by Aslef. They will affect 15 train operators. These are: Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways,…
[ad_1] When Milford chums Bernard Beavan and Robert Best decided to ditch their previous jobs and jump ship to the Post Office, little did they think that four decades later they’d still be delivering mail in precisely the same areas. “We both started on exactly the same day, just 15 minutes apart, and 40 years…
[ad_1] Royal Mail staff are reportedly being told to focus on deliveries instead of letters and Christmas cards. The Communication Workers Union (CMU) claim managers have given the instruction to “suspend delivery of letters this week”, the Mirror reports. Royal Mail said although it “does not operate a policy of prioritising parcels” it may occasionally…
[ad_1] DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Top UK retailers: delivery services and carriers used 2022” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This report identifies the delivery services, and the carriers, which are used by the retailers which comprise Internet Retailing’s UK Top 500 The summary report analyses overall usage patterns and makes comparisons with previous years The…
[ad_1] GBNews published this video item, entitled “Royal Mail workers stage second day of strike action | Theo Chikomba reports” – below is their description. Watch on TV: Virgin 604, Freesat 216, Sky 512, Freeview 236, YouView 236 Listen on DAB+ Radio GBNews YouTube Channel Got a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section,…
[ad_1] POSTAL services in the Kendal area could be under further threat of permanent disruption if fears that the town’s collection office could close turn out to be founded, according to MP Tim Farron. Mr Farron has been an advocate for the retention of local post offices in the area and says that the potential closure…
[ad_1] Striking postal workers in York say they’ve walked out because they fear the service could be lost forever. Postmen and women represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) walked out out for their fifth day of December action today (Friday). Royal Mail, which the CWU says has offered a pay increase of 2%, called the…
[ad_1] The nightmare began two weeks before the unveiling. Jim Anagnoson’s standard anxiety dream, in which he was onstage at the piano and realized the conductor was beating his baton to a piece Anagnoson didn’t play – that dream he knew. Most concert pianists had their own version of it. Anagnoson is dean of the…