Changing consumer habits have resulted in huge growth in online sales over the past two years, in particular, with UK shoppers set to do even more of their shopping online in the years ahead. According to a report by Edge by Ascential, 38% of UK retail sales will shift to …
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Ferry company widely lambasted for ‘illegal’ sacking of staff The manager seen on a video screen sacking eight hundred P&O seafarers so that the company can replace them with cheaper foreign workers – a move condemned as illegal by RMT union chief Mick Lynch – was previously an anti-union hatchet …
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ORGANISERS of a special event to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee were stunned to receive a letter of thanks from Buckingham Palace and a photo of Her Majesty. The Queen’s Platinum Concert will be held at St Peter’s Church, Salesbury, on May 28 organised by the team behind the Ribble …
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Drugs and guns are being sold in Scotland using a Russian messaging service, similar to WhatsApp. Crooks and extremist groups have been drawn to use Telegram because end-to-end encryption guarantees no one else can see what’s being said. The site has become an essential communication tool for soldiers and civilians …
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Up to 6,000 loss-making post offices nationwide face being sold or axed as part of “secret plans”, a Midland post-mistress has claimed. Campaigners also claim bosses want to transform the scandal-hit Post Office service into a John Lewis-style ‘mutual’ company run by staff. Ex-postmistress Sally Stringer, who ran a post …
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Do you have an issue you need to put right? Which? is here to help get your consumer problems sorted. Dear Which?, My son sent me a message on WhatsApp, asking if I could pay a £3,600 bill for him because he’d had problems setting up the online payment. The …
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited a family-run cacao farm on the second day of their Caribbean tour – with the couple later showing off their dance moves much to the delight of Belize crowds. William and Kate kicked off the second date of their tour by indulging their …
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When I am looking for investments to add to my portfolio, I like to concentrate on companies that have a captive market. And this is why I have recently been eyeing up Royal Mail (LSE: RMG) shares for my portfolio as an income and growth investment. Income and growth investment …
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Pool/Samir HusseinGetty Images Even before Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal jubilee tour of the Caribbean and Central America has officially started, their visit is already causing controversy. This morning, the Cambridges canceled one of their stops in Belize, a tour of a cacao farm in the Maya Mountains, following …
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The UK is set to see “wall-to-wall sunshine” which will bring the warmest day of the year so far today, but is the warm spell here to stay? The Met Office said the mercury could hit 20C in north-west Scotland and the Moray coast on Saturday, beating Friday’s high of …
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