The logo of Royal Mail is seen outside the Mount Pleasant Sorting Office as a delivery vehicle arrives, in London, Britain, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register March 3 (Reuters) – Credit Suisse downgraded Royal Mail (RMG.L) on Thursday as it sees …
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U ndelivered letters have been piling up due to Covid staff shortages at the Royal Mail – which has affected more than 34 postcode areas. Delays in postal services over the New Year’s and Christmas period have carried over into early January as the Royal Mail updated customers on impacted …
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Christmas means we are all shopping more and the online deliveries are piling up – but how do you know if a text about the parcel you’re expecting is real? Key indicators it’s a scam delivery text The mobile number is unidentified, even if the company name is mentioned in …
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A $12 billion takeover move in the telecoms sector ensured European markets traded higher today, despite continued worries over the recent surge in Covid-19 cases on the continent. Buy-out group KKR’s interest in Telecom Italia ignited other shares in the sector, with BT and Vodafone among the London-listed stocks trading …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1129/32362 From The Socialist newspaper, 14 April 2021 Put Tories and capitalism in the dock photo Alberto Giuliani/CC (Click to enlarge) Rob Williams, Socialist Party workplace and trade union organiser Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson has presided over a coronavirus catastrophe that has left over 127,000 …
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One year ago, an early manifestation of opposition by the working class to the homicidal response of the ruling class to the COVID-19 pandemic began with a series of wildcat strikes in Italy. Over the next week, strikes spread to other European countries and to North and South America. At …
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T he Prime Minister has faced calls from scientists to introduce a new three-metre social distancing rule in a bid to prevent rising coronavirus cases, it has been reported. Scientists from the Sage scientific advisory panel want the Government guidance to change from “one metre plus” to “two metres plus”, …
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E dinburgh Zoo’s giant pandas may have to return to China next year at the end of their 10-year contract with the Chinese government due to financial pressures. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which runs both Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park, faced enormous financial pressure when it …
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T he FTSE 100 was set to pause today after Monday’s surge which saw UK stocks leap 1.7% as travel, transport and leisure shares rallied. A flurry of global takeover deals added to the excitement that went through global markets after US biotech firm Moderna announced its coronavirus vaccine trial …
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R oyal Mail’s share price surged nearly 8% today amid heavy trading volumes after reports said it was in a battle with Amazon to win a contract to deliver hundreds of thousands of coronavirus home testing kits. The company’s shares have been increasingly in investors’ sights as analysts bet record …
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