The only thing Back’s £1.8bn “transformation plan” succeeded in transforming was relations with the unions, and not for the better. He infuriated the Communication Workers Union, first by trying to force through changes to pay and working conditions while commuting from his luxury Swiss apartment, then refusing to jet into Britain …
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A couple who were in rival bands when they met have celebrated 60 years as a married couple. Michael and Pauline McGrady, of Newark, were due to have a party at the Palace Theatre. Their son, Darren, who cooked for the Queen for 11 years before being poached by Princess …
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HealthCoronavirus Live updates on Covid-19 in Scotland, the UK, and around the world. Tuesday, 30th March 2021, 6:34 am Updated Tuesday, 30th March 2021, 1:47 pm The latest updates on Covid-19 in Scotland. Hello and welcome to our live blog for Tuesday, March 30. Follow along here to stay up-to-date …
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Audio-visual creative company MediaZest updated the market on new business wins on Tuesday, reporting that it had continued to secure new project work since its last update on 11 February at “an encouraging rate”. The AIM-traded firm, which was holding its annual general meeting, said more than £0.25m of confirmed …
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Royal Mail is to offer its doorstep collection Parcel Collect for free until the end of May. The service was launched last October and cost an extra 72p per parcel or 60p per pre-paid return in addition to the cost of postage. Royal Mail will collect up to five parcels …
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Ireland and Finland-focussed exploration and development company Conroy Gold announced results from an infill zinc-in-soil sampling programme on the northern Aughnagurgan section of the 20 square kilometre zinc zone it discovered in the Longford-Down Massif in Ireland on Tuesday. The AIM-traded firm said 23 of the 65 samples collected recorded …
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Moment doorbell cam catches heartless ‘porch pirates’ stealing parcel of toys grandmother had bought for her young grandson Patricia Kaplan, 65, ordered toys to be delivered to home in Andover, Hampshire The semi-retired maths teacher said postwoman left the parcel on her doorstep But later discovered it was no longer there, …
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The investment by Ingka Group, the holding company behind Ikea, was followed by British television operator ITV investing £2m to acquire a minority stake in the company. The what3words app functions by dividing the world into 57 trillion three-metre squares. Each of these squares is given a unique three-word identifier …
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We round up the latest delivery research and news to find out what customers now value about delivery at a time when ecommerce has expanded enormously during the Covid-19 pandemic, and as shopping behaviour shifts further online. The importance of speed and cost – and sustainability Shoppers say the …
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Claire Burgess feels really mad at herself. She says that if her elderly mother had fallen for the scam she fell for she’d be furious with her. “I’m so embarrassed,” said the 37-year-old. “But you can see from social media that victims of this scam aren’t just vulnerable elderly people.” …
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