It comes as prices of standard-letter size first-class stamps will rise again for the second time this year in October. On the Money Saving Expert website, it says you should “beat the hikes by stocking up now” as the cost of first-class stamps is due to increase by 14%, the …
Read More »Severn Trent receives prestigious Princess Royal Training Award
Apprentices at Severn Trent Water The company who provide water and waste services to 8 million customers across the Midlands and has over 7,000 colleagues, was awarded the prestigious Princess Royal Training Award after developing apprenticeships and becoming an employer provider. Some 140 individuals currently have the opportunity to achieve …
Read More »Royal Mail Wins Shot To Appeal Whistleblower’s £2.3M Payout
By Adele Redmond (September 12, 2023, 5:38 PM BST) — Royal Mail won the chance on Tuesday to appeal against a £2.3 million ($2.95 million) payout to a former employee who was bullied, intimidated and eventually fired after blowing the whistle on alleged regulatory breaches in a case that went …
Read More »Cyber Security Awareness: Guarding Our Digital Frontier
We live in an era where technology’s reach has intertwined itself with our daily lives, from education and business to healthcare and entertainment. However, this expansion into the digital realm brings with it pressing challenges, chief among them cybersecurity threats. The Global Scalable Security Solutions study sheds light on how …
Read More »Investegate | Company Announcement
International Distributions Services plc (Incorporated in England and Wales) Company Number: 8680755 LSE Share Code: IDS ISIN: GB00BDVZYZ77 LEI: 213800TCZZU84G8Z2M70 Publication of Prospectus in relation to €500m Guaranteed Notes due 2028 and Prospectus in relation to £250m Guaranteed Notes due 2030 The following prospectuses have been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority and …
Read More »Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee’s call for a fight against CWU-Royal Mail agreement receives welcome response
“Keep up the fight” was the response of a postal worker at the Royal Mail’s Mount Pleasant sorting office in London to the campaign for the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee’s (PWRFC) next online Zoom meeting on Sunday, September 24 at 7pm. Over the past week hundreds of copies of the …
Read More »Hunt’s plans for Canada-style pension pots risk leaving savers worse off
However, superior returns may only arise in very old age, according to research commissioned by the Association for British Insurers, an industry trade body. Its model found that if a worker starts saving into a CDC scheme at the age of 30, by their 75th birthday they would have an …
Read More »Royal Mail post plane scrapped
Majority of Manx post to come by sea from October The majority of Manx mail will no longer be delivered to the Isle of Man by air. The Royal Mail post plane will stop flying items on 16 October. However a guaranteed next-day service, for priority mail to the UK, …
Read More »Princess of Wales pulls a mischievous face as she’s searched by prison guard on royal visit to HMP High Down – as she’s seen with bandaged fingers after ‘falling at home while trampolining with her children’
The Princess of Wales was spotted with a mischievous grin on her face this afternoon as she was searched by a prison guard and a drug detection dog during her royal visit to a male prison in Surrey. Kate Middleton, who had her fingers strapped following a trampolining injury, sat …
Read More »Council leader concerned about ‘shockingly bad’ post service
Frustrated residents raised concerns in July about the impact of these delays on their daily lives, including missed medical appointments, delayed communications, and mounting inconvenience. In response to the grievances, a Royal Mail spokesperson at the time acknowledged the delays and expressed regret to the affected residents. Despite this, many are still facing the …
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