London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday despite the imposition of a third national lockdown in England, as investors eyed a statement from Chancellor Rishi Sunak on a fresh business support package. At 0840 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.6% at 6,609.84, faring well considering England was set …
Read More »SingPost suspends all airmail to UK, destinations that transit via the UK, Singapore News & Top Stories
SINGAPORE – All airmail services – including Speedpost priority service – to the United Kingdom (UK) and destinations that transit via the UK have been suspended until further notice, due to the suspension of flights going there from Singapore, announced SingPost on Wednesday (Dec 30). Speedpost Express and Speedpost Economy …
Read More »Shipping for Parcels Market Segmented by Product, Top Manufacturers, Geography Trends & Forecasts to 2026
Shipping for Parcels Market Segmented by Product, Top Manufacturers, Geography Trends & Forecasts to 2026 Published: 3 hours ago Author: Ashwin Naphade Category: #news The ‘ Shipping for Parcels market’ study added by Market Study Report, LLC, enumerates an in-depth analysis of the powerful trends prevailing in the industry. …
Read More »Royal Mail – Takeback Monday
4 January 2021 Transport / Logistics Services Monday the 4th January was Royal Mail’s ‘Takeback Monday’ where returns from Christmas and New Year purchases were set to grow by 63% by compared to normal returns volumes in December 2020. Royal Mail research has shown that the average UK online shopper returns …
Read More »Former Newbury College student’s career takes flight
Luke Penny with the Skyport drones. Image: Newbury College Submitted by Newbury College Luke Penny, a former student at Newbury College, in Newbury, Berkshire is helping to redefine the term “air mail” as he takes his career as a flight operations engineer to new heights with Skyports. Luke and his …
Read More »Whose responsibility is it to refund a gift voucher that didn’t arrive?
For a family member’s Christmas present this year, I bought a gardening voucher online. I bought it nine days before the 25th and wanted it to be delivered to my home address first so I could wrap it up. However, it has now been 10 working days since I made …
Read More »School librarian charged over ‘sexual relationship with boy, 14’
School librarian, 45, is charged with ‘having a five-year sexual relationship with a student that began when he was just 14 years old’ Joan Meyer charged with first-degree child sexual abuse for allegedly carrying on five-year relationship with her student, beginning in 2009 when he was 14 Allegations against Meyer …
Read More »Covid UK: Chief medical officers say NHS risks being ‘overwhelmed’
The UK’s chief medical officers have warned of a ‘material risk of the NHS being overwhelmed’ in the next 21 days as the mutant Covid strain wreaks havoc across the country. Parts of the health service are under ‘immense pressure’, the chief medical officers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland said …
Read More »Postmasters to join Post Office board | Business
Two serving postmasters will join the board of the Post Office as it seeks to repair relations with local managers and move on from the IT scandal that led to some being wrongly imprisoned. The state-owned enterprise will appoint two new non-executive directors in the spring, in a move that …
Read More »Amazon plots a course into the healthcare industry
Amazon has moved into selling medicine in the US “I think the impact would be huge,” says Ahsan Bhatti, owner of online pharmacy Quick Meds. He is concerned about the prospect of online giant Amazon moving into the pharmacy business in the UK. “I’m worried. They’ll have a massive marketing …
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