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 …
Read More »Sir Tom Moore should be honoured with commemorative coin
M Ps have backed calls for the Royal Mint to produce a commemorative coin in honour of Captain Sir Tom Moore. Sir Tom, who raised more than £32 million for the NHS while walking laps of his garden, died on Tuesday after contracting Covid-19. Since then more than 200,000 people …
Read More »Royal Mail confirms Prologis parcel hub
Royal Mail has confirmed that it is building a second parcel hub Prologis’ DIRFT III scheme in the East Midlands. Once built, the planned 840,000 sq ft Midlands parcel hub will become Royal Mail’s largest parcel hub. The building will have the capacity to process over 1m parcels per day. It is scheduled to be fully operational in 2023. Building is designed to reduce impact …
Read More »Jacob Rees-Mogg urges Royal Mint to produce a special coin for Captain Sir Tom Moore
Jacob Rees-Mogg urges the Royal Mint to produce a special coin in honour of ‘remarkable national treasure’ Captain Sir Tom Moore NHS fundraiser and WWII veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore died on Tuesday Last night Boris Johnson led a clap for the 100-year-old and healthcare workers Jacob Rees-Mogg has urged …
Read More »New British stamps honor sitcom’s anniversary
By Denise McCarty New stamps from Great Britain’s Royal Mail celebrate the 40th anniversary of the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses. The 12 stamps were issued Feb. 16: eight in four se-tenant (side-by-side) pairs and four in a souvenir sheet. Royal Mail, in partnership with BBC Studios, revealed the …
Read More »Work starts on super-sized Royal Mail parcel hub able to process a million items a day
Royal Mail has started work on a super-sized parcel hub – with the capacity to one day process more than a million items a day. The 840,000 sq ft Midlands parcel hub will be its biggest yet, covering an area the size of more than 10 football pitches and reflecting …
Read More »Socialist Party :: The Socialist Inbox
Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1119/31975 From The Socialist newspaper, 3 February 2021 Do you have something to say? Send your news, views and criticism, in not more than 150 words, to [email protected] – or if you’re not online, PO Box 1398, Enfield EN1 9GT. We reserve the right to shorten …
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