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Royal Mail owner International Distributions Systems swung to a half-year loss, blaming weak parcel volumes and strikes at the UK postal carrier, and also axed its interim dividend. Reported pre-tax losses came in at £127m, compared with a profit of £315m a year earlier. The company also said it would …

Planned strikes by staff at Royal Mail over the next two weeks have been abandoned following a challenge by the firm. The Communication Workers Union, which represents much of Royal Mail’s staff, said on Monday that it had chosen to withdraw industrial action notices over the next two weeks on …

Employees at Royal Mail will hold 19 days of strike action over both pay and terms and conditions during the peak build-up to Christmas time. Source link

Royal Mail said on Thursday that it wants to take talks with the Communication Workers Union to arbitration, having failed to make any progress … Source link

Postal service Royal Mail said on Wednesday that revenues had sunk 11.5% year-on-year during the first quarter of its trading year, reflecting weakening retail trends, lower test kit volumes, and a return to a structural decline in letters. Royal Mail stated it had delivered an adjusted operating loss of £92.0m …

Around 1,500 Post Office workers walked off the job on Monday, in the first 24-hour strike over pay at the state-owned company. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) at Crown post offices were taking part in the action on Monday, after the company offered a 3% pay rise for …

B&Q owner Kingfisher was on the list of buys on Wednesday, after its senior independent director spent more than £26k on shares. The FTSE 100 retailer said Catherine Bradley bought 10,000 shares in an open market transaction on Tuesday. Bradley paid 261.7p for each share, spending a total of £26,170 …

Communications watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into postal service and courier company Royal Mail‘s failure to meet its delivery targets over the last twelve months. According to Ofcom rules, Royal Mail must deliver 93% of first class mail within one working day of collection and 98.5% of second class …

Greencoat Renewables has agreed to acquire a 65MW portfolio of operating wind farms in France from Switzerland’s largest renewable energy generator Axpo, it announced on Tuesday. The AIM-traded firm said the acquisition comprised four wind farms, all of which benefited from long-term contracts with the French government. It said the …

Chariot has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Port of Rotterdam, it announced on Wednesday, as part of its planned green hydrogen project in Mauritania. The AIM-traded firm said the memorandum was a “first step” towards establishing supply chains to import green hydrogen and ammonia to meet expected demand …