Award winning and nationally acclaimed Adelaide-based concert series, The Porch Sessions, is heading on tour this summer, coming to Dunkeld on Wednesday 22 January 2020 for one magical night. The tour visits nine other porches between Byron Bay and Adelaide, but, in perhaps the most spectacular location of the trip, …
Read More »
At Christmas time, plenty of Brummies will top their bin workers and posties – but did you know it could constitute a bribe? The Royal Mail has previously warned staff not to accept Christmas gifts valued at more than £30 for fear of bribery charges. Royal Mail warned staff they …
Read More »
A ‘mega box’ warehouse in Newark has been sold by LondonMetric property for £80.8m as one of a number of disposals by the listed property business. The 726,000 sq ft warehouse, which is let to Dixons Carphone for a further 14 years, has been sold to an international investor at …
Read More »
More Headlines PRAIRIE DU SAC, Wis. – A Prairie du Sac man’s dying wish was to get as many Christmas cards as possible. Through the power of social media and the kindness in people’s hearts, Gene Weittenhiller received more than 50,000 cards so far and hundreds of gifts and packages. …
Read More »
20 December 2019 Transport / Logistics Services The Consumer Council has launched a pickup/drop-off (PUDO) store location website called ParcelPal NI for people in Northern Ireland to locate their nearest PUDO point for collection and sending parcels. Most PUDO points are run by individual carriers – few in the UK and …
Read More »
Media coverage about Royal Mail (OTCMKTS:ROYMF) has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of …
Read More »
Questor Income Portfolio: Boris Johnson’s victory has reinvigorated the very stocks in which our portfolio is largely invested What did the general election do for holders of Questor’s Income Portfolio? There has, naturally enough, been no effect so far on the dividends paid by our holdings but in capital terms the …
Read More »
Zimbabwe hospital doctors out for 15 weeks; German Amazon workers strike at three centres; health workers stoppage in Northern Ireland Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 20 December 2019 Europe Strike at three German Amazon centres Around 1,200 Amazon workers at Bad Hersfeld, Koblenz and Leipzig Amazon sites …
Read More »
Tipping is a Christmas tradition which stretches back longer than most of us can remember. However, some changes in the law in recent years can mean generosity, in some circumstances, could be viewed as a bribe. After The Bribery Act came into effect back in 2011, The Royal Mail warned …
Read More »
MoneyWeek’s comprehensive guide to the best of this week’s share tips from the rest of the UK’s financial pages. Three to buy Burberry The Sunday Telegraph Chief creative officer Riccardo Tisci’s new product line-up has proved a hit with customers and helped drive double-digit percentage sales growth during the first …
Read More »