… day in December. The Royal Mail said today is the day that “most” Brits will return unwanted and ill-fitting presents received during the festive period. Source link
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Beware ‘Hotel California’ brands – those you can never leave – Marketing Week
Rory Sutherland writes in his book Alchemy about what he calls the two different approaches to business. There is the ‘tourist restaurant’ approach, where you try to make as much money from people on a single visit; and the ‘local pub’ approach, where you may make less money per visit, …
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End of the line for rail fare rip-off? Transport Secretary Grant Shapps plans to trial a system of ‘flexible’ season tickets with discounts for part-time workers Transport Secretary Shapps will announce plans to trial ‘flexible’ season tickets Will offer discounts to part-time workers who travel three or four days per week …
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The Royals have been no strangers to Cumbria this year, with a number of visits from the nation’s most talked about family to factories, museums, towns and celebrity dogs. Princess Anne kicked off 2019 with the first of three visits to the county, when she dropped in on footwear producer …
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Plans for a spectacular housing development on a Reading shopping park have been delayed. Aviva Investors, which is proposing an enormous development on Reading Station Shopping Park, had hoped to submit its plans for the scheme by Christmas. However, planning consultant Barton Willmore has now confirmed the plans are due …
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Part-time commuters will be able to buy flexible season tickets under a trial aimed at modernising rail fares to make them reflect 21st century working patterns. Passengers who do not travel on trains every day of the week will be able to buy season tickets covering only part of the …
Read More »Archie’s first Christmas: Royal got ‘books, blocks and ball pit’
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex treated their son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor to ‘books, building blocks and a ball pit’ for Christmas, according to a royal source. Meghan Markle, 38, and Prince Harry, 35, reportedly ‘couldn’t help’ but spoil the seven-month-old for his first festive big day. Speaking to Us Weekly, the source …
Read More »Royal Mail (LON:RMG) Receives “Sell” Rating from Liberum Capital
Liberum Capital reiterated their sell rating on shares of Royal Mail (LON:RMG) in a research report sent to investors on Friday, December 6th, ThisIsMoney.Co.Uk reports. RMG has been the subject of several other reports. Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded shares of Royal Mail to a market perform rating and lowered their …
Read More »UK Financial Services Regulation To Watch In 2020
Law360, London (January 1, 2020, 12:03 PM GMT) — The City is bracing for change over the next year as Britain edges closer to leaving the European Union, with upcoming regulatory shifts like new regimes for digital currencies, a new benchmark interest rate and stricter accounting rules after a string …
Read More »Prince Harry and Meghan Markle share unseen photo of Archie
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have shared an unseen picture of baby Archie in a highlight reel of their top moments of 2019. Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38, posted the sweet picture tonight, as 2019 drew to a close, choosing Coldplay’s 2003 sombre track ‘Clocks’. The candid snap shows Prince …
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