Shares of security services firm G4S surged after privately-owned Canadian rival GardaWorld announced a hostile 190p per share possible offer valuing the company at £2.96bn. The offer price is 30% premium to Friday’s closing share price and an 86% premium to the price prior to its first approach in June. …
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Welcome to Edinburgh Live’s coronavirus LIVE blog for Tuesday 15 September. We’ll be bringing you all the latest COVID-19 updates throughout the day from Edinburgh and beyond. Nicola Sturgeon raised serious concerns with the backlog in test results yesterday which she said was affecting how timeously the government could report …
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While there has been a postal service available in Newry from as far back as 1564, Newry only became a Post Town in 1784, the year the Irish Post Office separated from the English Post Office. Sometime after 1761, the Post Office was relocated from Market Street to Marcus Square …
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Transport secretary Grant Shapps is reportedly set to announce the end of rail franchises more than a generation after rail privatisation under the Railways Act in 1993. Franchises are set to be replaced by fixed-fee contracts from April next year, The Telegraph has reported. These ‘concession’ agreements would be similar …
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WE ARE waiting, with some trepidation, for the publication of the much-delayed Williams rail review and an indication from the Department for Transport of what it has in mind for the future of our railway. There have been signals — Grant Shapps has been busy briefing his friends in the …
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A Royal Mail employee has replied to a child who posted her dummies to “the do do fairy”. The child’s mother, Chelsea, shared a photograph of the letter sent to her daughter on the Family Lockdown Tips and Ideas Facebook group. “Sooo last week the 7th of September my clever …
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A Staffordshire postman was “scarred for life” by an aggressive dog that bit his finger as he put letters through a letterbox. He is one of dozens of postal workers attacked by dogs on their rounds, according to union health and safety rep Andy Hickerman. The Communication Workers Union rep, …
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Fellow mid cap Royal Mail wiped out most of Friday's gains, dropping 8.7p to 225p after hitting a one-year high last week following a strong … Source link
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The full portfolio of drinks from the Caithness distillery will now be available in recyclable pouches. Dunnet Bay Distillers have launched recyclable pouches across their full portfolio, including Holy Grass vodka and Rock Rose gin. The Highland distillery have also unveiled …
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Ministers are to spend almost £800m on a new contract to make sure that 200,000 coronavirus home-testing kits can be handled every day, as concern grows over the overall lack of tests available in the UK. NHS staff have told The Independent they are being forced to stay at home …
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