Royal Mail has introduced 36 parcel postboxes in Chester and North Wales. Across the UK about 1,400 existing boxes have been converted to accept parcels posted in the same way letters are today. The postboxes include a wider aperture and secure design. A successful trial in 2018 has led to …
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A parcel company based in Retford has been hit with a £40,000 fine after it admitted having an illegal anti-competitive agreement with Royal Mail Group. The SaleGroup, of Rectory Road, which trades as Despatch Bay, and Royal Mail’s ParcelForce division had a deal to share customers from August 2013 and …
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Brake has revealed the winners of its 2019 Fleet Safety Awards, which saw a host of UK fleet operators – large and small – and fleet service firms recognised for their work to improve road safety. Rory Morgan, head of logistics support – Western Europe at Iron Mountain, was once …
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Marketplace sellers may have unwittingly been paying over the odds for their shipping if they used Royal Mail Parcelforce or purchased their services through the SaleGroup DespatchBay service. OfCom have provisionally found that the two companies admit breaking competition law through an anti-competitive agreement. The two companies had agreed not …
Read More »One of the many surprising features about Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader in 2015 was that he managed to get chosen by a party that is overwhelming in favour of EU membership despite, for most of his career, being in favour of the UK being out. Corbyn accepted remain …
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Published by Emma Carton at 7:07am 23rd September 2019. (Updated at 9:46am 23rd September 2019) On Monday, the funeral is being held for Ryan Saltern from Truro who lost his life at St Teath last month. An appeal to help the 31-year-old’s wife and little boy has raised over £11,000. …
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If you have cash sitting in your Stocks and Shares ISA, I’d recommend buying a company with dividends – that way you can earn income for owning a small part of that company. On top of that, over time the share price is likely to rise as well, giving you …
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A postie of nearly 30 years has been sacked after he delivered a parcel late by one minute. Robert Lockyer, from Kent in England, had worked for the nation’s postal service Royal Mail for 28 years when he was dismissed for “gross misconduct” in October last year. Mr Lockyer was …
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PUBLISHED: 07:13 23 September 2019 | UPDATED: 07:13 23 September 2019 David Hannant: Local Democracy Reporter A Victorian ‘Penfold’ pillar box is set to return to the streets of Norwich. Left, the original, right: an existing replica under covers Pictures: Archant Archant They are as much an English icon as …
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BUSINESS chiefs have branded John McDonnell “toxic” in an outspoken attack on Labour’s radical plans to nationalise swathes of British industry. On the eve of the Shadow Chancellor’s speech to Labour Conference, the CBI made one last desperate plea for the self-styled Marxist to work with business rather than attack …
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