Banks and financial stocks fell in morning trading after official data showed a slowdown in economic growth. Gross domestic product in the UK rose 6.6 per cent in July compared to the previous month. That was slower than the 8.7 per cent growth recorded in the previous month, according to …
Read More »Tide appoints Sir Donald Brydon as non-executive chairman
Written by Jack Carfrae Published: 11 September 2020 Created: 11 September 2020 Business banking platform Tide has named Sir Donald Brydon as non-executive chairman and its first independent chair. He has previously been chairman of the Sage Group, the London Stock Exchange and the Royal Mail Group. His appointment comes …
Read More »LETTER: ‘What on earth is going on with the Royal Mail’s deliveries?’
THE past few weeks, I’ve been waiting on important deliveries and letters from my university as I start as a first year student at the end of September. This means I have to rely on Royal Mail to deliver these to me. Usually the mailman/mailwoman comes at the same time …
Read More »Post Office rings changes with sale of telecoms arm | Business News
The Post Office is in talks to offload its telecoms arm and is exploring a sale of its insurance business as its new chief executive puts his stamp on the centuries-old institution. Sky News has learnt that the government-owned company has appointed bankers to oversee and auction of its telecoms …
Read More »Jeremy Clarkson jokes as Who Wants to be a Millionaire Lincoln contestant rings wife for help and male voice answers
A science teacher from Lincoln has won “the business end of three years’ wages” when he scooped £64,000 on the ITV quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? JP Hogan won the prize by correctly answering that Hercule Poirot was the detective played by the same actor in a …
Read More »Royal Mail Group PLC higher again as JPMorgan upgrades its rating for the postal delivery firm to ‘neutral’ from ‘underperform’
The US investment bank’s analysts said they have also raised their forecasts materially and boosted their target price to 253p from 145p Royal Mail Group PLC () shares moved higher again on Friday as JPMorgan upgraded its rating for the postal delivery firm to ‘neutral’ from ‘underperform’ after a recent …
Read More »Royal Mail postman caught hurling parcel 30ft over garden gate
A ROYAL Mail postman has been caught on camera hurling a parcel 30 FOOT over a garden gate. Homeowner Damien Cooke was left stunned when he saw the postie lob the package towards his front door on the intercom camera – rather than just ring the bell. 5 The Royal …
Read More »Royal Mail postman caught hurling parcel 30ft over garden gate
A ROYAL Mail postman has been caught on camera hurling a parcel 30 FOOT over a garden gate. Homeowner Damien Cooke was left stunned when he saw the postie lob the package towards his front door on the intercom camera – rather than just ring the bell. 5 The Royal …
Read More »Police presence outside Royal Mail delivery office in Bath
Newsgallery A search of the depot is taking place after reports that a ‘suspicious package’ may have been sent there Share By Stephen D’AlbiacSenior Reporter 10:43, 11 SEP 2020 Police on Railway Place in Bath following a ‘bomb threat’ this morning (Image: Paul Gillis)1 of 10 Police on Railway …
Read More »Bomb disposal unit at Royal Mail depot in Bath after reports of ‘suspicious package’
A bomb disposal unit has been called to the Royal Mail delivery office in Bath this morning (Friday, September 11) amid reports of a “suspicious package” being transported there. Police were first called to the depot in Filton at 2.17am after an alarm was raised about a possible package. Searches …
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