Online retailers and their physical counterparts are bound to face a colossal problem in the days leading up to Black Friday and Christmas once Royal Mail workers start staging a strike. Although the dates for the nationwide strike have yet to be announced, many are speculating that it’s likely to …
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Royal Mail has announced that Unite members have voted in favour of a pay deal for junior and middle managers, which was recommended by the union. Following a turnout of 69%, 68.4% of Unite members voted in favour of the offer in its ballot to members. The agreement consists of …
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The idea of green or eco-investment is extremely popular at present. Like all things ‘green’ it confers the idea that by making an investment in this way you’re actively working to protect the future of the environment and are interested in sustainability. Even the UK government is on the act …
Read More »Boris Johnson’s call for a general election in December is both a political and logistical gamble. Here are some potential challenges that organisers of a pre-Christmas election could face. Winter weather A carefully choreographed mid-December campaign could be wrecked by gales, heavy snow, ice and floods, ruining travel plans and …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 »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 …
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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 …
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