ANOTHER delivery firm has secured a move to Omega. Ecommerce and specialist distribution company the Delivery Group has leased a 137,865sq ft unit at the site, which it will use as its ‘new specialist mail hub’. It follows the letting of a 346,152sq ft building to the Royal Mail – …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1058/29660 From The Socialist newspaper, 2 October 2019 Renationalise the industry under democratic workers’ control photo A Tice (Click to enlarge) Robert McArdle, Coventry Communications Workers Union (CWU) member A showdown between Royal Mail bosses and 120,000 workers is taking place as jobs and conditions come …
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Celebrating 150 years of the postcard Many believe print to be a dying medium amidst an era of digital growth, however hundreds of print users took to Twitter yesterday (October 1st) to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the postcard, showing the global impact this print medium has had over the …
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A WORKING group is to be established at a Co Antrim council to consider a dual language street sign policy described by some campaigners as a “de facto ban” on Irish. The policy was due to be passed at Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council on Monday night. However, Sinn Féin …
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By Denise McCarty Great Britain’s Royal Mail is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the children’s book The Gruffalo on 10 stamps to be issued Oct. 10. Considered a modern classic, this picture book was written by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler and first published in 1999 by Macmillan Children’s …
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The colourful image on the coin shows three fishermen aboard a boat, staring and gesturing as the ghostly image of a flying saucer appears to crash into a choppy sea. HO/The Canadian Press The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a glow-in-the-dark coin that captures the eerie scene more than 50 …
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Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has sued the publisher of a British tabloid newspaper, claiming that it illegally published a private letter she sent to her estranged father. Prince Harry said he and Meghan decided to take legal action against the Mail on Sunday newspaper due to what he …
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Prince Harry has personally condemned a “ruthless” media campaign against his wife Meghan in an explosive statement, expressing his “deepest fear” — that she could suffer the same fate as his late mother. In the statement by Harry himself, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced they were taking legal …
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Our next east nominee is Dale Howting from Sittingbourne. He’s fondly known as the Whistling Postman from his days working for Royal Mail. The 85-year-old has spent the last 42 years fundraising. You’ll find Dale sitting in Sittingbourne collecting for good causes and spreading some community spirit, whatever the weather …
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WE are all familiar with the red Royal Mail postboxes. But they may look a bit different in future – bigger – as the rollout of new parcel postboxes across the country continues. A total of 36 new parcel postboxes have been unveiled in the South West, including the postcodes …
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