Royal Mail bidder vows to maintain six-day service

The postal service’s owner International Distribution Services (IDS) agreed to a £3.57 billion takeover offer from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group in May. The move will see it taken off the public markets and into the hands of Mr Kretinsky’s firm, which already has a 27% shareholding in the …

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Avanti West Coast | Brent & Kilburn Times

As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. It is important that we continue …

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Why don’t we make anything anymore?

Generations of men and women were defined by their roles – fitters, machinists, putters (the people who assembled scissors). It was like their identity was stolen when Thatcher shut the factories in the 80s in favour of the city and North Sea oil. Whole communities in places such as Sheffield …

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Quadient expands locker network with Punch Pubs partnership

Punch Pubs, a leading pub company in the UK, has announced it will deploy Quadient’s Parcel Pending open locker network across its network of 1,261 pub locations, enhancing the accessibility and convenience of parcel deliveries and returns for communities nationwide. Quadient has identified 400 premium Punch Pubs locations for the …

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