An eagerly awaited sale of 17 blocks of East Coast offshore acreage last week was expected to draw hundreds of millions of dollars in bids from international oil companies. Instead it attracted one offer for $27 million, loose change for an industry that bid $1.8 billion for similar acreage in …
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(Sharecast News) – London stocks closed well into positive territory on Monday following positive news on the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, as investors cheered Democrat Joe Biden’s US presidential election win.The FTSE 100 ended the session up 4.67% at 6,186.29, and the FTSE 250 was 5.2% …
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Shocking video footage has emerged of a thief stealing parcels from a Royal Mail van in Coventry. The man grabs handfuls of parcels from the vehicle and throws them into the silver car he pulled up in through the passenger window. The van was parked on Sewall Highway in Wyken …
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Royal Mail shot to its highest price since February 2019 on Monday, on hopes it could win a £550m government contract against Amazon to deliver 215,000 Covid home-testing kits a day as part of the NHS Test and Trace. Britain’s postal service company rose 8.5p to 261.7p. Adding to optimism is …
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#supportwigan Christmas markets would be popping up, bringing with them their distinctive sights, sounds and smells … and the traditional turning on of the main Christmas lights would set our faces aglow. But the countdown to Christmas 2020 will be like no other. There remains a bumpy ride ahead as …
Read More »The most promising news yet of a viable coronavirus vaccine sparked a sharp and broad-based rally in Western markets today, with the FTSE 100 enjoying its best day since March. Britain’s index of leading shares surged by 4.7 per cent, or 276.27 points, to close at 6,186.29, as America’s Dow …
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R oyal Mail’s share price surged nearly 8% today amid heavy trading volumes after reports said it was in a battle with Amazon to win a contract to deliver hundreds of thousands of coronavirus home testing kits. The company’s shares have been increasingly in investors’ sights as analysts bet record …
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Looking for some work to get you through lockdown? Royal Mail has got a fair few on offer. Whether you’re in North, South, East or West London, there could be a delivery job with your name on it. And there’s no better time to get involved… For more news and …
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Bringing in a 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles could create 32,000 new jobs and increase GDP by 0.2%, equivalent to £4.2 billion. This is according to a new report written by Cambridge Econometrics, supported by Element Energy and on behalf of Greenpeace. The report …
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Mark Drakeford says people in Wales shouldn’t hand deliver CHRISTMAS CARDS because ‘the more we risk meeting people the more the risks are’ of spreading coronavirus Wales First Minister said he intended to ‘deliver fewer cards by hand this year’ He suggested delivering Christmas cards in person risked spread of …
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