Perfume Shop hails record Christmas week as designer fragrances and gift sets boost sales By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EST, 29 December 2022 | Updated: 16:50 EST, 29 December 2022 The Perfume Shop hailed a record Christmas week after sales of its products soared despite Royal …
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Friends arriving on the red eye from snow-bound New York couldn’t believe their luck at Heathrow. Instead of the winding immigration queues typical at US gateways, Britain’s temporarily fortified army border force proved miraculously efficient and even managed to welcome them to London with smiles. Former US president Ronald Reagan …
Read More »Girl devastated after £80 taken from Christmas cards then ‘taped up’ again
A girl broke down in tears after receiving Christmas cards in the post that had already opened and with money missing. Her mum Wendy, 53, claims that a total of £80, included inside the posted cards, had been stolen before they reached their home in Huddersfield. Royal Mail has since …
Read More »Royal Mail issues stark warning as workers prepare to strike again
Stricken Royal Mail ‘fighting for its life’: Bosses issue stark warning as postal workers prepare to stage yet more strikes By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 16:50 EST, 22 December 2022 | Updated: 17:01 EST, 22 December 2022 Royal Mail bosses have warned that it is in a …
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Secretive investor known as the ‘Czech Sphinx’ raises his stake in Royal Mail parent company to 23.2% By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 16:50 EST, 21 December 2022 | Updated: 16:50 EST, 21 December 2022 An investor known as the Czech Sphinx has upped his stake in the …
Read More »Royal Mail workers’ strike confirmed for December 23 and Christmas Eve
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has confirmed that their planned strike on December 23 and 24 will go ahead as planned after Royal Mail rejected an offer to sort out the ongoing dispute. A statement released on Twitter by the CWU read: “Further to the update this afternoon, we can …
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Christmas is peak business time for many small, independent retailers, but a mountain of challenges means it is becoming nigh-on impossible for them to take full advantage. Postal and rail strikes, rising energy costs, a squeeze on consumer spending, supply chain issues and the war on Ukraine have created a …
Read More »MARKET REPORT: New blow to Royal Mail as strikes take their toll
MARKET REPORT: New blow to Royal Mail as postal workers prepare for another wave of strikes sending shares crashing 3.9% By John Abiona For The Daily Mail Published: 16:57 EST, 12 December 2022 | Updated: 16:57 EST, 12 December 2022 Shares in the owner of Royal Mail fell again as …
Read More »Royal Mail customers could be hit with extra postage fees in stamps shake up
Royal Mail customers could be hit with extra fees soon and comes as thousands of stamps are soon set to become unusable. The postal company, who are currently taking part in strike action across a number of days this month, are set to add barcoded stamps to replace the traditional …
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Royal Mail’s failure to contain strikes has also hit the court system. A paralegal based in the North West, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said cases were falling through because documents regularly arrived three weeks late. “It’s been extremely stressful because of the amount of additional work we’ve been …
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