Postal Affairs minister Kevin Hollinrake has backed handing control of the Post Office (PO) to partnered stores, marking the first time the government has supported the measure. Senior figures at the National Federation of SubPostmaster’s (NFSP) annual conference on 15 May confirmed to Better Retailing that, when questioned on the …
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Open this photo in gallery: The exterior of the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg on July 15, 2005.MARIANNE HELM/The Canadian Press U.S. regulators are suing a California company, its chief executive officer and two of its former employees, alleging they participated in a fraudulent scheme to convince customers to cash …
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Royal Mail has issued its Universal Service Obligation (USO) full year Quality of Service report for 2022-23 for First and Second Class mail. Over the year, to 26 March 2023, Royal Mail delivered 90.7% of Second Class Mail within three working days (95.2% adjusted for the impact of strike action) …
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Ferrari have been urged to re-hire former chief Mattia Binotto in a background role by Sky Sports F1 pundit Damon Hill. Binotto was dismissed at the end of last season but Ferrari’s issues have persisted, leading Hill to believe that Binotto was not the cause – although his previous role …
Read More »A woman who had been waiting for nine months for a hospital appointment missed her slot after the letter informing her took four weeks to be delivered because of Royal Mail outages. Iona Lennon, a chartered surveyor from Gloucestershire, had been waiting since last September for a hospital appointment. A …
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Two Essex towns will not receive post from Royal Mail due to ‘local issues’. Royal Mail say they hope to deliver to all addresses they have mail for 6 days a week – Monday to Saturday. However, in some local offices, deliveries can be delayed with some towns without post …
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A number of Labour MPs have called for the postal service to be renationalised, but the party leadership’s stance is unclear Royal Mail could face a significant penalty over failures to meet delivery targets last year, after the regulator announced it has launched an investigation. Campaigners and MPs have called …
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A Zoom meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee on Sunday delivered a powerful answer to the propaganda by Communication Workers Union (CWU) officials who are insisting “there is no alternative” to accepting their pro-company agreement with Royal Mail and that a no vote will result in “mutual destruction”. Sunday’s …
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A Russian master hacker who claims to have cut off his own finger after losing a bet has been slapped with a $10m (£8m) bounty by US officials. Mikhail Matveev, 30, of Kaliningrad, was accused on Tuesday of being one of the leading members of the Hive, LockBit and Babuk …
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A major scheme to recycle single-use vapes is to be launched this month, with consumers given free vape sticks in exchange for returning used products. Under the plans, to be initially rolled out in London, Birmingham and Manchester at the end of May, consumers will be able to send used …
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