Next may have disappointed a few optimistic analysts who had expected the retailer to declare a full-year dividend but in March the number of UK-listed firms that made or restored payments to investors once more comfortably exceeded those who cut them, says Russ Mould, AJ Bell Investment Director. “Payment declarations …
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The Queen has personally thanked community stalwarts for their work to ‘enrich the life’ of their neighbours in a letter honouring Maundy money recipients. Every year on the day before Good Friday, Her Majesty presents elderly members of the Church of England with special ‘Maundy’ coins. These specially minted pieces …
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POLICE are warning residents to be alert to a new scam. They say that text messages claiming to be from either Royal Mail or DPD are being sent to people advising them that their parcel is waiting to be delivered and requires a small fee to release it, providing a …
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Hermes pays retailers ‘hundreds of pounds’ in compensation after they missed out on processing fee because computer glitch marked parcels as undelivered Courier firm pays 35p to businesses for every packages successfully processed But computer issues saw scores of parcels not logged correctly in the system This meant retailers missed …
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The four day Easter bank holiday weekend is almost here – the second Easter bank holiday weekend spent in lockdown in fact – and Britons are looking forward to some time off. The long Easter weekend includes two bank holidays, Good Friday and Easter Monday, which means two days off for many …
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HARD-WORKING posties were presented with healthy snacks this week in appreciation of their efforts during the coronavirus pandemic. Members of Fife’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community popped in to thank Royal Mail workers and drop off the gifts on Friday. Dr Abdul Hayee, vice-president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Edinburgh and Fife, …
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Text messages claiming to be from either Royal Mail or DPD are being sent to people advising them that their parcel is waiting to be delivered and requires a small fee to release it, providing a link to a fake website. The website then asks for the victim’s personal banking …
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Text messages claiming to be from either Royal Mail or DPD are being sent to people advising them that their parcel is waiting to be delivered and requires a small fee to release it, providing a link to a fake website. The website then asks for the victim’s personal banking …
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A comedian has shared his “mind-blowing” realisation about the Post Office and Royal Mail – and thousands of people can’t believe it. Freddy Quinne’s TikTok video has been seen a whopping 670,000 times since being shared in March. “Right, I’ve just learnt something that’s absolutely blown my mind,” he says …
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AROUND 100 postmen and women walked out on strike this morning (April 1) at Bridgwater Delivery Office – but they have now returned to work. According to the Communication Workers Union (Bristol & District Branch) – which represents 3,000 Post Office and Royal Mail staff across Bristol, Somerset and the …
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