Royal Mail has warned it may have to cut back on postal services as increasing numbers of its staff take sick leave. The company, which provides letter and parcel delivery services to 30m homes and businesses, said it had taken measures to limit contact in the workplace and with customers …
Read More »UK postal workers in plea for limit to non-essential deliveries | Business
Postal workers have called on Royal Mail and e-commerce sites to limit the amount of non-essential items they are being asked to deliver at a time when they are risking their health by turning up to work. Despite the UK government’s closure of non-essential retail outlets, e-commerce companies can continue …
Read More »Mill House Veterinary Surgery and Hospital in King’s Lynn sets out procedures in response to coronavirus
Lynn’s Mill House Veterinary Surgery and Hospital has said it’s there to help, but it has had to review the services it can offer due to the coronavirus pandemic. Human health and prevention of disease transmission is a priority, it said following the Government’s announcement that people should stay at …
Read More »Transport hub on track after Inverness mail sorting depot is sold
Keys to the sorting office in Strothers Lane were handed over last week. An ambitious plan to revolutionise transport in Inverness has taken a giant step forward. As exclusively revealed by the Inverness Courier three months ago, Network Rail has now purchased the former Royal Mail sorting office in the …
Read More »Amazon to suspend non-essential shipments to UK and US warehouses | Business
Online retail giant Amazon is stopping sellers from sending non-essential items to its UK and US warehouses until 5 April, to make space for vital items needed by its customers during the coronavirus outbreak. Amazon wrote to its third-party sellers, some of whom use the company’s logistics to store and …
Read More »Yatton resident launches petition | Latest business news from Somerset
PUBLISHED: 10:00 11 March 2020 | UPDATED: 10:44 11 March 2020 Mellissa Dzinzi The delivery office at Yatton post office could soon move to Clevedon Archant Residents of a North Somerset village have launched a petition against the closure of their Royal Mail sorting office. Email this article to a …
Read More »Highland postal strike not ruled in row over treatment of disabled Royal Mail staff in Inverness
A mail strike in Inverness could hit deliveries across the Highlands and Islands. The Communications Workers Union (CWU) says it will press on with industrial action later this month if Royal Mail fails to act satisfactorily on concerns it has raised. Bosses from Royal Mail have agreed to fully investigate …
Read More »Labour doesn’t need to shift right – it needs to get creative | Tom Kibasi | UK news
The Labour leadership contest has been largely bereft of debate about the party’s future policy platform. Recognising the shift to the left during Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, the main contenders have mostly promised to adopt the major planks of his programme, especially in economic policy. In the wake of a severe …
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Read More »Royal Mail to raise price of stamps to offset losses | Business
Royal Mail has said it will increase the price of first-class and second-class stamps. The postal firm said the price of a first-class stamp would jump 6p to 76p and the price of a second-class stamp would rise 4p to 65p from 23 March. The company said the price increases …
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