UK stocks surge to record as election boosts banks, utilities

UK domestic stocks surged after the Conservative Party’s election victory lifted the uncertainty that has persisted since the country voted to leave the European Union and removed concern about the Labour Party’s plans to nationalise assets. The FTSE 250 index gained 3.4% and closed at a record high. Banks, utilities, …

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Royal Mail’s (RMG) Sell Rating Reiterated at Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank reiterated their sell rating on shares of Royal Mail (LON:RMG) in a research report released on Friday morning, ThisIsMoney.Co.Uk reports. A number of other analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price objective on Royal Mail from GBX 310 ($4.08) to …

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Dunstable purchase for The Mailing Room

The Mailing Room has completed its biggest corporate acquisition to date, buying a Dunstable-based counterpart Digital Post Solutions (DPS) supplies franking machines to more than 2,500 companies across the UK, including SMEs, start-ups, large corporates and public sector branches. One of the business’ joint founders, Terry Smart, is taking retirement, …

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Terminal cancer man ‘humbled’ by Walsoken wedding funds

Image caption Barry Lansfield will wed partner Donna Mayes after colleagues raised funds for their wedding A man diagnosed with terminal brain cancer said he was “100% humbled and overwhelmed” after colleagues raised funds to enable him to get married. Barry Lansfield, 56, a Royal Mail HGV driver from Norfolk …

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