The production of the new 50p Brexit coins are said to have been put on pause as the likelihood that the UK will not leave the EU by October 31 recedes. EU ambassadors have agreed that an extension to the UK’s membership is needed. The Prime Minister insisted Britain could …
Read More »Plans to release THREE MILLION Brexit Day 50p coins on October 31 are ‘paused’ by the Treasury
Plans to release THREE MILLION Brexit Day 50p coins are ‘paused’ by the Treasury after the EU says the UK will not leave on October 31 The Treasury confirmed that manufacturing had been placed in hiatus The EU said today it has agreed to a further Brexit delay past October …
Read More »Man Receives Postcard 28 Years After He Sent It To His Parents
A man was left amazed and nostalgic at the same time, after he received a postcard he had sent to his parents while on a holiday in Spain 28 years ago. Better late than never? Jim Green, now 66, discovered the long lost letter while he was going through his …
Read More »Market will Exceed ?12 Billion Driven by Home Shopping in the Face of the Patchy Performance of the UK Economy
DUBLIN, Oct. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The “UK Parcels Market Insight Report 2019” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The UK parcels market will exceed £12bn in 2019, with growth driven mainly by home shopping in the face of the patchy performance of the UK economy. The three main …
Read More »Exploring astronomy through philately
In 1887 the government of Brazil issued a postage stamp depicting the Southern Cross. It was the first known stamp with an astronomy theme. Since then hundreds of stamps depicting astronomical objects, famed astronomers and astrophysicists, and milestones in spaceflight have been issued by postal services around the world. That …
Read More »Rare royal honour for author Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood has been given a rare honour by the Queen. As part of an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Friday, the Canadian author was presented with an Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. Atwood, who was awarded the Booker Prize for The Testaments, her sequel …
Read More »Fleet News and UK100 host Clean Air Declaration
Fleet News and UK100 hosted the first Clean Air Declaration roundtable on October 8 at Fleet Live, with political leaders and major fleets coming together to discuss an air quality action plan. The discussions, sponsored by ALD, Enterprise Group and Geotab, had three objectives: to form a consensus between local …
Read More »Meghan Markle takes part in a roundtable discussion on gender equality
The Duchess of Sussex joked about her husband ‘crashing the party’ as he drove her to Windsor Castle to attend a roundtable discussion on gender equality. Meghan has joined The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust and One Young World to look at how young leaders are driving meaningful change for empowering women. …
Read More »Their Majesties attend annual royal krathin ceremonies
His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajarasudhabimalalakshana have attended annual royal krathin ceremonies at Bowonniwet Vihara and Debsirindrawas temples in Bangkok At 4:38 p.m. on Tuesday (Oct 22), Their Majesties the King and Queen proceeded to Bowonniwet Vihara temple in Phra Nakhon district to …
Read More »United Kingdom Parcels Market Insight Report 2019
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The “UK Parcels Market Insight Report 2019” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The report provides historical market size figures in value and volume terms from 2011-2018. Our forecast (also in value and volume) runs from 2019-2023. This report reviews the UK parcels market encompassing the business-to-business, …
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