Goldman Sachs has bowed to demands for a less stressful workplace by offering a “flexible vacation” scheme that allows senior bankers to take a holiday whenever they feel like a break. Generosity further down the investment bank’s global chain of command is more limited: it has told traders and admin …
Read More »Royal Mail (LON:RMG) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At UK£0.13
Royal Mail plc’s (LON:RMG) dividend will be increasing to UK£0.13 on 6th of September. This makes the dividend yield 13%, which is above the industry average. View our latest analysis for Royal Mail Royal Mail’s Payment Has Solid Earnings Coverage While it is great to have a strong dividend yield, …
Read More »Tiger Woods withdraws from US PGA following his worst round at event
Tiger Woods withdrew from the US PGA Championship on Saturday evening, hours after recording his worst score in the event. Woods made the halfway cut with a shot to spare at Southern Hills, but struggled to a nine-over-par 79 in the third round. That left the 46-year-old 12 over par …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee to raise value of Royal mementos
Crowning glory: The Queen’s Coronation in 1953 If you have a Royal commemorative mug collecting dust on the mantelpiece, now is the time to spruce it up and raise a toast to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. But while most patriotic pottery is little more than a memento worth a few …
Read More »Crisis talks amid fears rail strike could lead to empty supermarket shelves
Contingency plans are being drawn up to try and keep passenger and freight trains running in the event of industrial action after unions warned of “potentially the biggest rail strike in modern history”. The Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) union is balloting 40,000 members on the move, which network …
Read More »Falkland Islanders speak of gratitude for ‘freedom’ 40 years on from invasion
Falkland Islanders have spoken of their gratitude for “freedom” to mark the 40th anniversary of British forces landing on the Islands as part of its recapture from Argentina in 1982. Throughout May 21 and 22, 1982, British troops carried out an amphibious landing at San Carlos in the Falkland Islands. …
Read More »Microsoft, Waitrose, and Thames Valley Police jobs up for grabs in Berkshire – with one job topping £42k
Are you looking for a fresh new start? As we hit the summer months of 2022 you might want to turn over a new leaf before the end of the year. Luckily, for jobseekers in Berkshire, there are a lot of companies seeking new recruits. We have handpicked a few …
Read More »Charles and Camilla to star in EastEnders special Jubilee episode
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will guest star in a special EastEnders episode in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. In the special programme, Charles and Camilla will surprise the residents of Albert Square at a street party held to celebrate the monarch’s 70 years on the …
Read More »Charles WON’T drop pet projects when he’s crowned King: Prince ‘will resist calls to abandon causes’
Charles WON’T drop his pet projects when he’s crowned King: Prince of Wales ‘will resist calls to abandon his charitable causes and is set to throw open Royal palaces’ during his reign Prince Charles is set to refuse to stop campaigning for the causes he likes He summed up his …
Read More »Police called as easyJet passenger refuses to turn off mobile phone before landing
A man became rude and abusive on an easyJet flight when cabin crew asked him to switch off his mobile phone before landing. It resulted in the police being called. The flight was heading into Newquay, Cornwall, from Manchester. Devon and Cornwall Police said they were called to Newquay Airport …
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