‘It’s so funny you keep saying Meghan Markle, you know I’m Sussex now,’ a clearly irritated Meghan snapped at her ‘friend’, actress Mindy Kaling, barely minutes into her new Netflix series. And just in case poor Mindy, who looked visibly stunned at the slap-down, hadn’t got the message: ‘You have …
Read More »Elon Musk calls for privatization of United States Postal Service, Amtrak passenger rail
Join the fight to save the Post Office! Join the USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee by filling out the form below. Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw he received from Argentina’s President Javier Milei, right, as they arrive to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National …
Read More »Consulting Firm BRG Suffers Cyberattack Amid LBO Debt Sale
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Berkeley Research Group suffered a cyberattack last week, according to people with knowledge of the matter, just as banks have been looking to wrap up a debt sale that would finance the consulting firm’s buyout by TowerBrook Capital Partners. Author of the article: Bloomberg News …
Read More »‘All the stars aligned for London’: Hogan Lovells closes in on $3bn mark as UK revenues rise 8%
Hogan Lovells has posted an 8.7% increase in global revenues to move within touching distance of $3bn, with profit per equity partner (PEP) up 12.1% to pass the $3m mark. The international firm has announced turnover of $2.97bn (£2.32bn) for 2024, rising from $2.73bn in 2023, with UK revenues of …
Read More »Pictured: The heavily-armed Russians being shadowed by the Royal Navy in the English Channel as Ukraine tensions get even higher and Trump ‘turns off’ British missiles
This is the chilling moment a Russian navy officer brandished a machine gun on a warship escorting a sanctioned cargo ship through the English Channel. Dramatic pictures taken by The Times from a nearby fishing vessel show crew on board the Boikiy as it escorted the Baltic Leader cargo ship early …
Read More »Danish postal service to stop delivering letters, lay off a third of its staff
COPENHAGEN – The Danish postal service announced on March 6 that it would no longer deliver letters from 2026 and would lay off a third of its staff. “At the end of the year, PostNord will deliver its final letter… to focus on its role as the premier parcel delivery …
Read More »Over 1,000 call on Royal Mail to reverse plan to close Dales sorting office
MORE than 1,000 people have called on Royal Mail to reverse its plans to close Grassington sorting office. Residents claim closure of the sorting office, which has served the area for more than 30 years, will mean a 52-mile round trip to collect a missed delivery for some people and …
Read More »Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 90% drop in numbers | Denmark
The Danish postal service has said it will deliver its last letter at the end of this year, instead focusing on packages to respond to changing forms of communication. PostNord said on Thursday it would cut 1,500 jobs in Denmark and remove 1,500 red postboxes, citing the “increasing digitalisation” of …
Read More »Retired Royal Mail postman Eric Barton given warm send-off
Eric Barton, who delivered letters across Grinsdale, Kirkandrews on Eden, Beaumont, and Moorhouse for the last eight years of his 40-year career, retired in January. A special farewell event was held at Beaumont Parish Hall on Sunday, March 2, with over 70 people in attendance. Organiser Harold Bowron felt that …
Read More »Guernsey Post letter prices to rise from April
The cost of posting a local letter in Guernsey will go up by 4p and it will cost 17p more to post a letter to the UK from next month, the island’s postal service has said. Guernsey Post blamed the increase, to come into effect on 1 April, on “unprecedented” …
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