Ashton’s Royal Mail Delivery Office will be remaining permanently closed, following previous plans for a temporary relocation. In December 2023, a routine building fabric survey at the office revealed the presence of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) panels. On the advice of chartered structural engineers, two exclusion zones were created …
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Apple has reportedly suspended production of vegan phone cases it started selling less than a year ago. The tech giant is said to have stopped making its FineWoven cases and watch straps following complaints that the £59 cases would become easily scratched and worn out. Apple introduced the material, a …
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Queen Camilla sweetly met young children of soldiers as she visited The Royal Lancers in North Yorkshire for the first time since being appointed as their Colonel-in-Chief. The regiment carries a special personal connection for Camilla, 76, as her late father Major Bruce Shand MC and Bar served with the …
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It was not pretty, it was not swashbuckling, but it was 3 points. I said on my pre-match blog that I did not care how we won, as long as we won. And that is what happened! Following the Aston Villa disappointment and Bayern Munich defeat, many were predicting our …
Read More »The chair of Royal Mail’s owner is to conduct a charm offensive with investors in an attempt to convince them of its strategy, in the face of a potential £3.1bn hostile takeover by a Czech billionaire. Last week, it emerged that the postal firm’s parent company, International Distributions Services, had …
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Royal Mail owner International Distributions Services PLC has been dubbed “vulnerable to corporate predators” due to obligations requiring letters … Source link
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Traffic disruption at showground events I am writing to express my profound dissatisfaction with the severe lack of organisation and foresight demonstrated during the events held at Newbury Showground on April 13, 2024. The simultaneous scheduling of the All About Dogs and Newbury Garden Show events resulted in extreme traffic …
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As train lunches go, it takes some beating. Starting with a mound of caviar, the menu moves through trout, lamb, chicken and partridge, asparagus and cheese soufflé, before finishing with a few serious puddings. It certainly beats a Greggs sausage roll. But this was no ordinary lunch, rather a feast …
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Bosses at the Communication Workers Union are to meet with the Labour Party to press for the renationalisation of Royal Mail amid an overseas takeover approach from the struggling postal group’s largest shareholder. EP Group, a conglomerate controlled by Daniel Kretinsky, made a 320p-per-share proposal to the board of International …
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Bosses understood to be in regular talks about Daniel Kretinsky’s approach One of the top shareholders, Redwheel, broke cover to oppose the offer Royal Mail rejected the £3.2bn bid – or 320p per share – from Kretinsky By Jessica Clark Updated: 16:53 EDT, 21 April 2024 Royal Mail will hold …
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