Leading Vodafone’s supply chain organisation, Ninian Wilson oversees all technology procurement and indirect spending across 26 operating companies and serves as a board member. With a career of over 30 years, Wilson has seen procurement evolve from a back-office role to a business driver. Starting at British Gas, his first …
Read More »General Election 2024 – Postal vote, how to register and what to do if you’re on holiday
The general election campaign is in full swing and with the bog day less than a month away voters in the UK will be expected to cast their vote. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed the date for the next general election. Standing outside 10 Downing Street in the pouring …
Read More »Royal Mail celebrates the United Kingdom’s most popular dog breeds
By David Hartwig Great Britain’s Royal Mail celebrates the United Kingdom’s most popular dog breeds in a set of 10 stamps issued June 6. Presented in two horizontal se-tenant (side-by-side) strips of five, the stamps show 10 different breeds of dogs. The stamps in one of the strips of five …
Read More »Part-time Glyncorrwg mobile Post Office to re-open at new permanent home
Post Office customers in Glyncorrwg may recognise the new location as it’s exactly where the Post Office used to be before it closed in April 2021. Post Office services will be restored to Glyncorrwg Post Office on Friday 5 July at 1pm at the Premier Stores on Dunraven Street in …
Read More »Alo Yoga to land in Covent Garden’s Seven Dials
Luxury activewear and lifestyle brand Alo Yoga is set to open a 5,000 sq ft store at 25a Neal Street, on the corner of Earlham Street in Covent Garden’s Seven Dials. Spanning three floors, the anchor store will spotlight Alo Yoga’s “studio-to-street” ethos, featuring its celebrity-favoured range of womenswear and …
Read More »Future Belgian Queen returns home from Oxford for election
Crown Princess Elisabeth has been in the English city since 2021 and has been studying History and Politics at Lincoln College. The 22-year-old is the eldest of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium’s four children and is next in line to the throne. It was confirmed by the Belgian …
Read More »Marks & Spencer flagship demolition delayed by General Election
Marks & Spencer’s controversial Oxford Street flagship rebuild is being stalled, with the retailer having to wait months for a decision on plans due to the General Election. The retailer’s CEO, Stuart Machin, has said that the redevelopment of its Marble Arch store is the right solution, claiming that the …
Read More »EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: Norway Post’s transformation journey
Maintaining the universal service obligation (USO) is becoming more and more onerous as letter volumes decline. Denmark has already taken steps to scrap the USO in the face of an untenable situation for the designated operator in this market. Posten Bring (Norway Post) recognized this issue several years ago and …
Read More »Cancer-stricken King Charles’s comeback to Royal duties continues with Garter Day at Windsor Castle next week
King Charles is expected to attend the Garter Day service with Queen Camilla at St George’s Chapel in Windsor in a week’s time, Buckingham Palace confirmed today. The service for the Order of the Garter on Monday, June 17 will see the installation of four new Companions of the Order …
Read More »Postal workers take further day of strike action in increasingly bitter dispute
Thousands of postal workers across Scotland take a further day of strike action on Friday in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay and working conditions. Around 11,000 members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) have been locked in a dispute over changes to working conditions with Royal Mail and shows …
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