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This is a significant escalation in the company’s efforts to push through reform. It is the equivalent of holding the feet of workers to the flames, a message of defiance that says: “If you insist on standing in the way of change then we will set the best part of …

Summer nights are for sweltering in in the Royal Albert Hall, at what the … Royal Mail union offered £28.50 a week for staff to push one button. Source link

Has a company treated you unfairly? Our Consumer Champion is available to help. For how to contact her click here.   In 2019 I secured a Glastonbury ticket, which has been carried over to this year because of the pandemic. I paid £280 and waited for it to arrive, but it never …

It was World Radio Day on Sunday. Not that there was much fanfare. A fleeting mention on Broadcasting House and a documentary, about tiny community radio stations in far flung places, on the World Service. That was about it. This year’s theme was “Radio and Trust”, in recognition of a …

ALEX BRUMMER: LV turning its back on Royal London is one of the most farcical boardroom U-turns in living memory By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00, 9 February 2022 | Updated: 22:00, 9 February 2022 The reasoning behind the decision of Liverpool Victoria to pull out of …

Vesa, for its part, has made some platitudes about how Sainsbury’s “strong brand” and well-located stores in the more prosperous south-east make it “an attractive long-term investment opportunity”. But it seems unlikely that the tycoon is happy to remain a passive shareholder, and he continues to play his cards close …

It has more than 30 mutations, the most ever recorded and double the number found in the Delta variant. It could be more vaccine resistant and transmissible than any previous version, triggering an “exponential” rise in cases in South Africa and other countries that it spreads to. And its so-called …

Whether your item was delivered by Royal Mail or a courier is also important.  If Royal Mail left your parcel in the recycling box because you told them to, it’s not the seller or Royal Mail’s responsibility if it’s now lost. It’s your problem. If Royal Mail left the parcel …

Boss Simon Thompson insists the pandemic has triggered “a structural shift”, turbocharging demand for parcels and accelerating the long-term decline in letters. Despite a mini-revival in recent months, letter deliveries are a fifth lower than before coronavirus erupted. Yet this is Royal Mail. For a company that has been bringing …

ALEX BRUMMER: Royal London plays the long game in battle for LV with its pledge to keep the insurer mutual By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50, 16 November 2021 | Updated: 21:52, 16 November 2021 The battle that has been unleashed for control of LV and the …