Keith Williams, chairman of Royal Mail and ex-BA boss, was hired two years ago to conduct the biggest review of the railways since privatisation. Source link
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Letters: Where is the evidence for the Government's lockdown threats and excoriation of the young?
SIR – Royal Mail's plan in the face of dwindling business involves charging more and providing less. That should surely fix the problem. Simon Watson Source link
Read More »Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson faces Tory revolt over ‘rule of six’
NEW LOCKDOWN RULES FOR ENGLAND FROM MONDAY Max social gatherings SIX PEOPLE Applies indoors and outdoors Applies in private homes Applies in pubs and restaurants Does NOT apply to schools or workplaces Does NOT apply to weddings, funerals, team sport Does NOT apply if household bubbles are bigger than six …
Read More »Royal Mail could stop delivering Saturday letters
Royal Mail could stop delivering Saturday letters as it reveals it has delivered 1.1 billion fewer letters year-on-year The UK delivery service has faced resistance over plans to deliver fewer letters Royal Mail saw a drop of 1.1 billion letters year-on-year in five months to August It could scrap its …
Read More »Calendar packed with lockdown art to raise funds for Deal boy who has rare Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
A calendar filled with lockdown artwork has been launched to help raise funds for a little boy living with an incurable muscle wasting illness. Five-year-old Digby Donnelly from Deal was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) in 2017, aged two. Artist Bryony Sadler, Digby Donnelly and mum Lisa Donnelly celebrate …
Read More »Three Royal Mail staff test positive for coronavirus at Medway Mail Centre
Three Royal Mail staff have tested positive for coronavirus at Medway Mail Centre. The state-of-the-art mail sorting centre in Rochester has since been subject to an ‘enhanced clean’, according to bosses. Colleagues have been notified if they were exposed to the Covid-19-positive staff members in the Knight Road depot, and …
Read More »Three staff members test positive for Covid-19 at Medway Mail Centre in Strood
Royal Mail has carried out enhanced cleaning at the Medway Mail Centre in Strood, after three staff members tested positive for coronavirus. Yesterday KentOnline received information from an anonymous source stating three people at the site had been confirmed as having the virus “within the last three days”, and that …
Read More »Mail Force donates £300,000 of new Covid testing kit to Great Ormond Street children’s hospital
Patients at Britain’s best-known children’s hospital can expect faster treatment thanks to a major donation by Mail Force – one which comes with a royal seal of approval. Great Ormond Street will receive £300,000 of a pioneering new Covid-19 testing equipment. This will provide rapid diagnosis for children, families and medical …
Read More »Virgin Atlantic will axe another 1,150 jobs taking total losses during pandemic to 4,700
Virgin Atlantic has confirmed it could axe a further 1,150 jobs from across the company taking the total number of job losses to 4,700 during the coronavirus crisis. The company has said they are ‘working closely with unions Unite and BALPA’ and that a company-wide consultation period of 45 days …
Read More »Seven schools in England send pupils home to self-isolate due to students catching Covid
At least seven schools in England have sent pupils home to self-isolate due to students catching coronavirus within days of the start of term. Primary and secondary schools in Greater Manchester, Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Lancashire and Buckinghamshire have all been stricken by the virus – seven sending pupils home and another …
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