Royal Mail exceeds delivery target for TR postcode

POST deliveries in the TR postcode area are exceeding targets, a new report has revealed. Royal Mail’s Quality of Service report for the first quarter of 2019-20 financial year reveals it has exceeded its regulatory First Class mail target in the TR postcode area, with 94.1 per cent of this …

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UK election, central bank minutes, US retail earnings

The UK general election debate takes to the airwaves this week when ITV hosts the first head-to-head clash between Conservative leader Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday. This will be followed up by a BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special from Cardiff on Friday, when the two main …

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SPORTS AGENDA: UK Sport hit by continued cyber attack

UK Sport has been targeted by hackers. The government agency, which provides Olympic and Paralympic funding, has been fighting off what is described as a ‘brute-force cyber attack’ over the past month, in which programmes used by invaders enter staggering numbers of passwords in an attempt to gain access to …

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Labour to push on with ‘shares for workers’ scheme

Labour’s election manifesto will include plans to force companies to hand 10 per cent of their shares to workers over 10 years despite a business backlash, according to people familiar with the document. The manifesto, due to be unveiled on Thursday, will also include a windfall tax on oil companies …

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