(Undated)–Today (Monday) is a Federal and State holiday with government offices closed. Officials remind that when a holiday occurs on a Sunday, most banks and credit unions will be closed the following Monday. Since Christmas Day fell on a Sunday this year, most banks and credit unions are also closed …
Read More »Contraction across Scotland’s private sector gathers pace in November
The Scottish private sector has reported a deepening contraction in private sector output during November. The latest Royal Bank of Scotland Business Activity Index ticked down from 45.8 in October to 43.9 in November, signalling that fastest decrease in the current series of reduction that began in August. The index …
Read More »Saudi Arabia ranks first in annual labor force growth rate
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has ranked first in the labor force growth rate, outperforming other G20 countries, during the period 2012 – 2021, according to the labor market benchmarking report issued by the National Labor Observatory (NLO). This report keeps track of the international indicators issued by the International Labor …
Read More »UK must focus on growth as well as inflation: Business lobby
London, United Kingdom: The UK’s recent austerity budget may avert a deeper recession, but the government must focus more on growth to improve the country’s long-term prospects, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) will say Monday. The business lobby group’s director general, Tony Danker, will tell its annual conference that the government …
Read More »UK faces fresh wave of strikes over pay
LONDON The Communication Workers Union in the U.K that said postal workers had voted overwhelmingly for more strikes this year and next, affecting deliveries in the run-up to Christmas and opening hours at post offices. class=’cf’> The CWU said those in charge of Royal Mail, which employs delivery workers, …
Read More »ProCook reports trading momentum after ‘challenging’ summer
Bosses at kitchenware brand ProCook have reported renewed trading momentum after a “challenging” summer. The Gloucestershire firm, which listed on the London Stock Exchange last year, said it generated £15.9m in revenue in the second quarter – a 9% dip on the same period last year, but up more than …
Read More »Brits are being hit by a wave of bad news
Pensioners protest over rising fuel prices at a demonstration outside Downing street called by The National Pensioners Convention and Fuel Poverty Action on February 7, 2022 in London, England. Guy Smallman | Getty Images LONDON — “The brains of humans and other animals contain a mechanism designed to give priority …
Read More »Friday newspaper round-up: UK economy, Royal Mail, Twitter – Sharecast.com
Royal Mail rushed forward the monthly payment into its pension scheme to help prevent a cash crunch, The Telegraph can reveal, … Source link
Read More »Thousands of UK’s Royal Mail workers launch 48-hour strike | Business and Economy News
The walkout over a pay dispute comes after failed negotiations, hitting postal deliveries across the UK. Picket lines have been mounted outside Royal Mail delivery and sorting offices in the United Kingdom after workers launched a 48-hour strike in a worsening dispute over pay. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) walked …
Read More »Questions fit for a new King
The Red Ensign at the stern of Scillonian III hangs limply at half-mast as she chugs out past Land’s End into the Atlantic. It is a hot, windless, sun-kissed September morning. We are heading for the Scillies. The United Kingdom is burying its Queen today. At Westminster Abbey, 290 miles …
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