[ad_1] A round 100,000 civil servants have voted to go on strike, joining nurses, rail workers, university staff and potentially teachers in industrial action that threatens to cripple public services in the coming weeks. Workers represented by the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, backed industrial action in strike ballots called over pay, pensions, jobs…
[ad_1] Another life has been lost to Covid-19 in East Renfrewshire. Latest figures released by National Records of Scotland (NRS), covering the week ending November 6, show the total number of deaths in the area since the pandemic began two-and-a-half years ago has risen to 313. It is the fourth week in a row that…
[ad_1] An Edinburgh cyclist has captured three Royal Mail workers on their phones while driving in the past six months on his Go-Pro camera while out on the city’s streets. Self-proclaimed ‘GoPro-adorned Knight of the Active Travel Lobby’, Deacon Thurston raised the issue on Twitter with Royal Mail, after spotting drivers on three separate occasions,…
[ad_1] Edward Mountain. Receiving letters and parcels before midday has been the expectation for many up and down the country for generations. However, the Royal Mail’s restructuring plans are set to drastically change delivery times altogether. The company now wants posties to start their working day later and therefore finish later. Royal Mail’s reasoning for…
[ad_1] If you were to ask which single business concept deserves to be more widely known, I would be hard-pressed to find a better answer than the Kano model. Developed in the 1980s by Dr Noriaki Kano at the Tokyo University of Science, it is not only self-evidently true, it also provides a simple framework…
[ad_1] The number of workers on strike or voting to take industrial action is increasing, threatening a winter of disruption to services ranging from the NHS and transport to postal deliveries and universities. Here are some of the disputes which have led to strikes or ballots for action: – RMT and Unite members on London…
[ad_1] Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Britain faces “extraordinary disruption” at its borders and crucial government services grinding to a halt if planned public sector strikes go ahead. Some 100,000 civil servants in the Public…
[ad_1] Bridget Lawson, centre, worked in Africa in later life for AMREF, a non-governmental organization that provides health care in East Africa. From 1984 to 1990, she was executive director of AMREF Canada and travelled to Africa twice a year.Courtesy of the Family The Second World War first altered the life of 15-year-old English schoolgirl…
[ad_1] The United States Postal Service (USPS) filed a notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) today of price changes to take effect on January 22, 2023 for competitive shipping services. Competitive shipping services are typically the most important category of postal services for small business shippers as they cover products and services by USPS…
[ad_1] It is currently reporting that users are having issues with the Royal Mail site, with 91% of concerns being about the tracking of parcels and letters People are struggling to track their parcels ( Image: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Royal Mail’s website to track your parcel appears to be down currently with users…