A training partnership is leading the UK in creating job opportunities for young people with learning disabilities. DFN Project Search is working with West Lothian Council and West Lothian College to transform the employment prospects of young people with learning disabilities and autism, with 100 per cent of recent graduates …
Read More »Great collection of photos shows early days at newly opened East Midlands Airport
These photographs show the early days of operations at East Midlands Airport. They were taken by Glyn Foulkes-Williams, of Shepshed, not long after the airport first opened in 1965. He recalled: “The pictures were taken when I was 14 years old. We had heard about the airport opening, it was …
Read More »Dartford postal workers appear in ‘postbox flash mob’ video to vote for strike action
Postal workers gathered outside their local depot yesterday to cast their vote in a national strike ballot. Royal Mail employees met outside the Dartford delivery office to post their ballot on whether to take industrial action. The postal office in Dartford where workers gathered to post their ballots for strike …
Read More »N; Norwich postbox fires
Police are appealing for information following a number of suspected arson incidents in the Thorpe St Andrew area. Several Royal Mail postboxes in … Source link
Read More »Why Beckhithe, a Norfolk hamlet, is fighting to keep its postal address (and its identity)
Residents of Beckhithe, near Norwich, are resisting a proposal by Royal Mail, which was in turn triggered by a South Norfolk Council request, to have their hamlet’s name deleted from the postcode address file. What’s in a name? A village’s entire identity, if you ask the people of Beckhithe, in …
Read More »International Express Service Market Inside Story – Check Which Players Focusing on Improving Operational Efficiency | UPS, FedEx, Royal Mail, DHL, China Post, Japan Post Group, and More…
International Express Service Market 2019-2023: The report contains a detailed outlook of “International Express Service Market” that include various well-known organizations, vendors, manufacturers, and key market players who are leading in terms of sales, variable market change, revenue, end-user demands, conformity through trustworthy services, restricted elements, products, and post-sale processes. Technology …
Read More »Dartford postal workers appear in ‘postbox flash mob’ video to vote for strike action
Postal workers gathered outside their local depot yesterday morning to cast their vote in a national strike ballot. Royal Mail employees met outside the Dartford delivery office to post their ballot on whether to take industrial action. The postal office in Dartford where workers gathered to post their ballots for …
Read More »Royal mail workers to strike for basic employment rights
WORKERS at a Royal Mail subsidiary are to strike for basic employment rights, their union announced yesterday. The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) said subsidiary eCourier treats staff as “independent contractors” with no rights to minimum wages, holidays, sick pay and other rights. They will strike on October …
Read More »Thomas Cook passenger selling one of last desserts served on flight for £21 on eBay
A holidaymaker has listed a pudding from one of Thomas Cook’s last ever flights for sale on eBay – and it’s set to sell for more than £21. Jade Ray, 31, was served the James Martin Ginger Jamacian pudding while jetting from Paphos, Cyprus, to Manchester nearly two weeks ago (16). …
Read More »Govt plans for Postbank are ‘backward’, belong in Thatcher era – union
The Communication Workers Union says that it rejects government’s plans for the future of Post Bank, which may include separating the bank from the Post Office and the Department of Communications, and placing it under National Treasury. Earlier in September, Minister of Communication Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams told Parliament’s portfolio committee on …
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