A NEW retirement home in Abingdon will celebrate the town’s link with Prince Albert. Churchill Living’s development of 39 one and two bedroom apartments has been named as Albert Lodge, in reference to the nearby Albert Park and its monument to Queen Victoria’s husband,which has stood near the heart of …
Read More »Tesco’s boss Dave Lewis quits the supermarket as three top bosses announce plans to step down
DAVE Lewis, the boss of Tesco, is leaving the supermarket giant after five years, declaring its turnaround complete. He is one of three top bosses on the move in the business world. City veteran Martin Gilbert is to leave Standard Life Aberdeen after nearly four decades with the business, while …
Read More »Royal Mail staff storm out over claims of ‘racist’ comment to Muslim worker
Royal Mail staff in Merseyside stormed out on strike today over claims a manager made a “racist” comment to a Muslim worker. Employees at the Bootle and Seaforth delivery office set up a picket line outside their headquarters on Trinity Industrial Estate in Bootle. It follows an incident this morning, …
Read More »Group of 100 business women launch equal pay campaign
A group of more than 100 women high up in UK business and the government have launched a campaign, #MeTooPay, for equal pay in the workplace. The campaign calls for “radical and rapid action,” and has set up a website that it hopes will become a hub for news, advice, …
Read More »Royal Mail bullying investigation at delivery office continues
A Royal Mail investigation into bullying and harassment at a Devon delivery office continues. Postal workers at the Ivybridge office went out on strike “in support of a colleague” after an alleged “bullying” incident with management back in July this year. At the time, Royal Mail confirmed that it had …
Read More »‘They wanted me out’: Liverpool doctor speaks of ‘inhumane’ treatment by government
A young Liverpool doctor has spoken of the ‘inhumane’ way she was ordered to leave the country after living here for more than 13 years. Dr Mu-Chun Chiang, 27, is a fully qualified NHS doctor who lives in Liverpool City Centre and is currently working at Aintree Hospital while she …
Read More »Global Courier Services Market Growth Ratio Analysis with Top Prominent Players like UPS, FedEx, Royal Mail, DHL, China Post – World Industry News
The present report offers each and every minute detail about the Global Courier Services Market by wrapping around all its necessary factors. The details may be either macroscopic or microscopic in terms of an overview of the market, industry performance, modern tactics, market disputes, key growth factors, value chain analysis, …
Read More »Queen will not have approved of Harry’s ‘outburst’, royal biographer claims
The Queen would not have approved of the Duke of Sussex’s recent impassioned attack on the British tabloid press, a royal expert has suggested. Royal biographer Penny Junor claimed Harry’s highly personal statement in which he criticised the media for a “ruthless campaign” against his wife would make his ongoing …
Read More »Unofficial post walkout in Merseyside in anti-racist solidarity with Muslim worker
Merseyside post workers rallying in support of their union’s national strike ballot (Pic: @CWUnews/Twitter) Postal workers in Merseyside walked out on unofficial strike on Wednesday over claims a manager made a racist comment to a Muslim worker. It was a great display of anti-racist solidarity. CWU union members at the …
Read More »Easy, tigers: Where mobile speed camera vans are in Gloucestershire in October
We are well into autumn and we’ve experienced weather and flood warnings already, so driving carefully is vital when the weather can suddenly turn. Speed limits are there for a reason and in the locations below, there is going to be extra enforcement this month with mobile speed cameras in …
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