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Read More »Royal Mail suitor Kretinsky eyes bid for troubled French tech giant
Daniel Kretinsky said his bid would offer the troubled company stability and stewardship quickly – Thomas Samson/AFP The Czech billionaire vying to buy Royal Mail has launched a takeover bid for a French national champion that holds crucial contracts for the upcoming Paris Olympics. Daniel Kretinsky, the Royal Mail bidder …
Read More »Royal Mail fires warning shot over jobs and pay as union secures new strike mandate
The union representing 112,000 frontline Royal Mail staff is increasingly “gambling with their members’ futures”, a company source has told Sky News as a new wave of strikes looms in their bitter row over pay and modernisation plans. Speaking as the Communication Workers Union (CWU) revealed a fresh mandate for …
Read More »Revealed: Meghan’s popularity with the British public remains unchanged, with just 25 per cent having a positive view of the Duchess – while all other royals enjoy rising approval ratings
Meghan Markle’s popularity with the British public remains unchanged, with just 25 per cent having a positive view of the Duchess, a survey has revealed. The survey, conducted for The Mail on Sunday, showed Meghan was the only member of the Royal Family whose approval ratings did not rise since …
Read More »How Charles’ first year since his Coronation has been one of his hardest as a royal: The King has grappled with his and Kate’s cancer, Thomas Kingston’s death, more Omid Scobie barbs in Endgame book and renewed focus on Prince Andrew in Netflix’s Scoop
He was crowned in a majestic ceremony inside Westminster Abbey a year ago today. King Charles’ Coronation was watched by more than 20million people in the UK and millions more around the world. But in the year since that stunning day, His Majesty has had a lot to deal with, …
Read More »Royal Mail clashes with union over ‘unacceptable behaviour’ on picket lines
Royal Mail has clashed with the main union representing postal workers as they staged another strike in the long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. The company said it has written to Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), claiming a pattern of “wholly unacceptable behaviour” on …
Read More »Reject CWU’s repackaged sell-out at Royal Mail Fleet
In a three-sentence statement released May 2, the Communications Workers Union (CWU) Postal Executive announced it had reached an agreement with Royal Mail for members in Fleet, the company’s maintenance division. Fleet employs around 1,000 vehicle technicians at a network of 110 workshops across the UK. The statement read: “BREAKING: …
Read More »King celebrates his Coronation anniversary: Royal Family asks fans to share their favourite memories of the day as Charles marks one year on the throne ‘in his mother’s mould and with little fuss’
The Royal Family today asked people for their favourite memories of King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s Coronation to mark the first anniversary of the momentous day. Gun salutes will be heard across London today in celebration of the Coronation with 41 volleys fired at noon by the King’s Troop Royal …
Read More »Tragic Collision Claims Lives of Man and Woman Near North Frodingham
A man and a woman have sadly died following a collision yesterday evening, Sunday 5th May, near to North Frodingham. The collision occurred at around 8pm when a white BMW and a black Audi collided on Frodingham Road near to the junction with Cross Road between Brandesburton and North Frodingham. …
Read More »London was never going to be a post-Brexit loser
A Goldman insider says one of the “big reasons” to go ahead with the removal of the bonus cap was to compete with other financial centres better. Richard Gnodde, Goldman’s international chief, said years ago that removing the bonus cap would “put the UK on the same footing, aside from …
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