“This isn’t a market that needs puffing up any more. “The threat of valuations becoming detached from reality should concern buyers, landlords and investors alike. “However, the vaccine rollout is proceeding better than expected, and if the engines of the economy are firing on all cylinders by the summer, the …
Read More »Ministers reserve 28,000 rooms near airports for hotel quarantine scheme
Britain’s hotel quarantine scheme will finally begin on February 15 – nearly three weeks after it was first announced – and is expected to end six weeks later, it was revealed today. Retired Royal Marine general Sir Gordon Messenger, a former vice chief of defence staff who led a mass …
Read More »Carmarthen Chinese takeaway owner gets first book published
A Chinese takeaway owner from Carmarthen will have her first book published this month. Julie Ma won popular daytime TV couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan’s Search For A Bestseller book competition last year. She scooped the prize for her book Happy Families – a fictional story about three generations …
Read More »Here’s why you should be disinfecting your food shopping » TechnoCodex
Whether you get your food delivered or handpick your objects in a grocery store your self, there’s nonetheless an opportunity you’ll choose up the COVID-19 virus. Some Brits have been meticulously sterilising their food shopping as quickly because it crosses the edge into their dwelling, and apparently, they’re doing the …
Read More »Construction begins at Royal Mail’s 840,000 sq ft parcel hub in Daventry
Construction of a major, new Royal Mail parcel hub is underway in the East Midlands at the Daventry International Rail Freight Interchange (DIRFT). Scheduled for launch in 2023, the company’s commitment to the Daventry-based hub, which will be fitted with state-of-the-art parcel automation machinery, represents a significant investment in its …
Read More »South Oxhey Labour leaflets begin distribution in lockdown
Labour newsletters are now being distributed, after previously condemning the Liberal Democrats for leafleting in lockdown. The South Oxhey Rose newsletters from the Labour group have now continued distribution using the Royal Mail, despite the group accusing Watford’s Liberal Democrats of violating Government lockdown restrictions. All political groups were discouraged …
Read More »Residents of the world’s ‘most romantic village’ urge Brits to send Valentine’s cards…
5 February 2021, 07:51 | Updated: 5 February 2021, 08:08 The residents of Lover want people to celebrate everyone they love and miss this Valentine’s Day. Picture: Lover Forget February 14th being a day for lovers, the village of Lovers is saying Valentine’s Day 2021 should be the day we …
Read More »Royal Mail breaks ground on Midlands super-hub
4 February 2021 Transport / Logistics Services Royal Mail has begun construction of a new automated parcel hub in Daventry, that is set to be opened in 2023. Once the hub is fully operational it will be able to process over one million mail items a day, making it the largest …
Read More »Royal Mail begins building parcel hub at Daventry International Rail Freight Exchange
Royal Mail has started construction of a new parcel hub in the Midlands as it capitalises on its profitable parcels business. Expected to open in 2023, the hub in Daventry will be the largest Royal Mail centre in the UK, having the capacity to process over one million mail …
Read More »Royal Mint to auction rare Tudor coin dating back 500 years
A rare Tudor coin dating back 500 years is to be auctioned by the Royal Mint, with bids opening at £950,000. Historic coin experts at the company sourced the Type 2 Henry VII sovereign, which is one of only a few in the world not held by a museum. The …
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