[ad_1] News Workers in other industries have seen the success of the rail workers strikes and want to take action as well By Nick Clark Downloading PDF. Please wait… Monday 27 June 2022 Issue 2811 Striking barristers gather in London The rail strikes have added fresh fuel to the push for pay fights by many…
[ad_1] About 1,500 Post Office workers are to stage a further one-day strike in a dispute over pay, adding to a wave of national industrial action causing disruption in the UK this summer. Britain’s 114 Crown Post Offices, its larger branches often located on high streets, are to close on Monday 11 July – the…
[ad_1] For most of us who live near or drive past East Midlands Airport, the sound of jet engines is a regular feature of our daily lives. As the summer season brings the usual holiday boom, the noise of planes taking off and coming in to land only gets more frequent. But many may have…
[ad_1] Norway’s prime minister and members of the royal family joined mourners at a memorial service in Oslo Cathedral on Sunday for the victims of a shooting in the capital’s nightlife district. A gunman opened fire in central Oslo’s bar area early on Saturday, killing two people — a man in his 50s and and…
[ad_1] Criminal barristers in England and Wales have started their strike over low legal aid funding with a warning their profession faces an “existential crisis” because of severe cuts imposed by the government. Barristers say their incomes have decline by almost 30% in the last two decades. Specialist criminal barristers now earn less than the…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Royal Mail (LSE: RMG) shares have had a terrible 2022. Down over 45% year-to-date, this poor performance has seen the stock demoted from the FTSE 100. Five years ago, the courier business was trading for over 400p. However, today the stock is sitting just above the 280p mark. So, does…
[ad_1] Ballot papers are set to be dispatched to Royal Mail staff as the nation’s postal workers prepare to walk out on strike. More than 115,000 workers will have the chance to vote in the coming weeks on whether to take industrial action, the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) has announced. Ballot papers will be sent…
[ad_1] German specialist mill Drewsen Spezialpapiere will discontinue the production of its Procuverto grades with effect from 1 July 2022. In a statement, the company said it had made the decision to stop producing the envelope paper due to the expansion of its sustainable paper portfolio, and the ongoing development of technical speciality papers….
[ad_1] Charac, an NHS-integrated, one-stop platform for independent community pharmacies, has today announced it has secured strategic investment from Royal Mail Group, enabling its time-saving platform to assist more local pharmacies and patients across the UK to easily manage their prescriptions and consultations online. With over 7,200 independent pharmacies unable to offer digital services, Charac’s…
[ad_1] Royal Mail Health has launched as a new business division of the company as it expands into the growing ‘healthcare at home’ industry. In creating the Royal Mail Health division, the company is working across the healthcare industry, including with local pharmacies, to ensure consumers can quickly and conveniently access the healthcare and medical…