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Christmas is a time of giving, which also makes it a time when parcels zip up and down the country. To meet high demand at its busiest time of year, Royal Mail is looking to recruit new staff over the Christmas period. The company is looking to recruit mail sorters …

We live in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK. So getting out and about in our countryside, whilst also enjoying plenty of exercise, working for the Royal Mail is a relatively attractive proposition. The popularity and convenience of online shopping isn’t fading – our posties are being …

The creditors of Hotter Shoes face a shortfall of more than £11m after its collapse into administration despite a rescue deal being completed. The Skelmersdale-headquartered company was the main subsidiary of AIM-listed Unbound Group and was the trading name of Beaconsfield Footwear. Over 400 jobs were saved when Hotter Shoes …

This August will see many changes to people’s lives through a variety of new rules, regulations and other alterations. There is a Bank Holiday which will mean changes to the date people will receive benefits payments and people will also see the continued support from the government’s energy price guarantee, …

A move to close all county council offices in Chesterfield and transfer 500 staff has been criticised as “idiotic, shoddy and disrespectful”. This week the Local Democracy Reporting Service exclusively detailed Derbyshire County Council ’s plans to close all 10 of its Chesterfield area offices, including one apiece in Clay …

People are being urged to avoid Hull Royal Infirmary’s emergency department over the next few days as junior doctors go out on strike. Some routine operations and non-urgent appointments are also having to be rearranged as the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust takes action to mitigate against the loss …

A new report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) the average weekly expenditure for households aged between 65 and 74 was £455.30 in 2021/22. In total, that’s approximately £23,000 each year. Meanwhile, households, where the head is aged over 75, had an average weekly spend of £356.30 per week. …

South London residents have expressed their frustration at postal services after being left for as much as two weeks without receiving their mail at home. Residents of Bromley and surrounding areas have resorted to travelling miles into town to collect their letters over the last few months, as postal staff …

According to the Royal Mail's latest update this month, the situation is improving though there is still some impact on the quality of service for … Source link

More than 110,000 postal workers at Royal Mail held several nation-wide strikes in 2022, joining a chorus of sectors in Britain — from teachers to nurses and rail workers — demanding higher pay to cope with elevated inflation. “Talks continued this weekend. Progress has been made in some areas and …