HealthCoronavirus Live updates on Covid-19 in Scotland, the UK, and around the world. Tuesday, 30th March 2021, 6:34 am Updated Tuesday, 30th March 2021, 1:47 pm The latest updates on Covid-19 in Scotland. Hello and welcome to our live blog for Tuesday, March 30. Follow along here to stay up-to-date …
Read More »MediaZest winning new business at ‘encouraging’ rate
Audio-visual creative company MediaZest updated the market on new business wins on Tuesday, reporting that it had continued to secure new project work since its last update on 11 February at “an encouraging rate”. The AIM-traded firm, which was holding its annual general meeting, said more than £0.25m of confirmed …
Read More »Royal Mail offering Parcel Collect free until end of May
Royal Mail is to offer its doorstep collection Parcel Collect for free until the end of May. The service was launched last October and cost an extra 72p per parcel or 60p per pre-paid return in addition to the cost of postage. Royal Mail will collect up to five parcels …
Read More »Conroy Gold reports positive results from Ireland zinc sampling
Ireland and Finland-focussed exploration and development company Conroy Gold announced results from an infill zinc-in-soil sampling programme on the northern Aughnagurgan section of the 20 square kilometre zinc zone it discovered in the Longford-Down Massif in Ireland on Tuesday. The AIM-traded firm said 23 of the 65 samples collected recorded …
Read More »Doorbell cam catches ‘porch pirates’ stealing parcel of toys grandmother had bought for grandson
Moment doorbell cam catches heartless ‘porch pirates’ stealing parcel of toys grandmother had bought for her young grandson Patricia Kaplan, 65, ordered toys to be delivered to home in Andover, Hampshire The semi-retired maths teacher said postwoman left the parcel on her doorstep But later discovered it was no longer there, …
Read More »Ikea and ITV invest in what3words expansion
The investment by Ingka Group, the holding company behind Ikea, was followed by British television operator ITV investing £2m to acquire a minority stake in the company. The what3words app functions by dividing the world into 57 trillion three-metre squares. Each of these squares is given a unique three-word identifier …
Read More »What does the latest research say about how customers now value delivery as online shopping expands? – Delivery
We round up the latest delivery research and news to find out what customers now value about delivery at a time when ecommerce has expanded enormously during the Covid-19 pandemic, and as shopping behaviour shifts further online. The importance of speed and cost – and sustainability Shoppers say the …
Read More »‘I lost £8,000 and my bank won’t refund me’
Claire Burgess feels really mad at herself. She says that if her elderly mother had fallen for the scam she fell for she’d be furious with her. “I’m so embarrassed,” said the 37-year-old. “But you can see from social media that victims of this scam aren’t just vulnerable elderly people.” …
Read More »Wellingborough postal worker is first winner of 10 Good Deeds campaign for being a ‘true superhero’
A Wellingborough postal worker is the first winner of the Swansgate Shopping Centre’s 10 Good Deeds community campaign. To celebrate Wellingborough and all the fantastic people within it, the shopping centre is going to deliver ‘10 Good Deeds’ throughout the year to members of the community. The initiative, which launched …
Read More »JPMorgan upgrades Ladbrokes owner Entain, downgrades 888
JPMorgan Cazenove upgraded Ladbrokes owner Entain on Tuesday and downgraded 888 Holdings as it took a look at the onling gaming sector. The bank upgraded Entain to ‘overweight’ from ‘neutral’ and lifted the price target to 1,852p from 1,628p given that its non-US assets now trade at a discount to …
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