Labour has already blown apart its own spending rules with a £58bn pledge to compensate women hit by a rising pension age, a leading think tank warns today. The Conservatives also have the “thinnest of margins” as they seek to meet their own fiscal pledges unveiled less than a month ago, …
Read More »Game Theory: the e-mail trail
Published Oct 8, 2019 at 8:00 am (Updated Oct 8, 2019 at 9:14 am) Kevin Richards, business development manager at the Bermuda Development Agency (Photograph by Blaire Simmons) The BDA released more than 600 hard-copy documents it held about Game Theory, or …
Read More »Post Office recognised for customer service
Published Oct 1, 2019 at 1:09 pm (Updated Oct 1, 2019 at 1:09 pm) Wayne Furbert, Minister for the Cabinet Office Later this month, the Bermuda Post Office (BPO) will be formally recognised by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) during a special …
Read More »Retford parcel firm fined £40,000 over illegal relationship with Royal Mail Group
A parcel company based in Retford has been hit with a £40,000 fine after it admitted having an illegal anti-competitive agreement with Royal Mail Group. The SaleGroup, of Rectory Road, which trades as Despatch Bay, and Royal Mail’s ParcelForce division had a deal to share customers from August 2013 and …
Read More »What will an election mean for the UK stock market?
The UK stock market and the pound are already pricing in a mountain of political risk. Equities listed in London are under-owned by global investors and sterling is flirting with multi-decade lows. But, if Boris Johnson manages to get the election he wants, could a fractious campaign actually make things …
Read More »Sailor returns after nearly 60 years
Published Jul 1, 2019 at 8:00 am (Updated Jul 1, 2019 at 7:13 am) Fond memories: Terry Blake stands on the dock at Glencoe in Paget in Hamilton Harbour (Photograph supplied) A former junior officer on a cargo ship that endured the …
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