Stoke-on-Trent City Council has ended its 31-year joint venture with St Modwen which delivered a series of major regeneration projects across the Potteries. The council sold its 19 per cent stake in Stoke-on-Trent Regeneration Limited to St Modwen for £5 million last month, finally bringing to an end a partnership …
Read More »
They concocted a huge web of lies, hoping their tales of deception would set them free. But jurors rejected their claims of innocence, convicting them of their crime after listening to hours of evidence. Now four murderers face life behind bars after being found guilty of killing DPD worker Aurman …
Read More »
Tesco‘s pension fund lost £9bn in value and fell into a deficit after multiple safe investments went sour. In particular, the fund is heavily exposed to so-called Liability Driven Investments. Those LDIs came unstuck in 2022 following a sharp rise in interest rates that left pension funds nursing heavy losses. …
Read More »
Most people wake up on New Year’s Day nursing a hangover, but with the festivities now over and the fridge is full over leftovers – you might find you need to rush out on a quick top up shop, or even just grab some asperin for your aching head. And …
Read More »
Christmas will be soon be over and all the treats will have been eaten – meaning another trip to the supermarket is needed. Even though the cupboards are bare – don’t fret – as some your favourite supermarkets have opted to stay open this Boxing Day. December 26 is filled …
Read More »
A hunt for a new postmaster or mistress has been launched in Portishead – with a package on offer of £80,000. Post Office Limited is advertising for a new franchise to run a main post office in the town following news McColls is to close. Retail giant Morrisons announced earlier …
Read More »
The Chancellor will most likely not include business rates relief in his autumn statement this week. Insiders in the government have signalled that Jeremy Hunt will not give into calls to delay the uprating of business rates nor to extend relief from the tax. They are set to rise in …
Read More »
An Essex supermarket has displayed a beautiful poppy dress as one of many ways it is marking Remembrance Day. The dress, which is at Morrisons on Canvey Island, has been made by students from Cornelius Vermuyden school. It has been created from green foliage, scattered with red poppies, and the …
Read More »
A Stoke-on-Trent community is to be left without a post office. Abbey Hulton Post Office is closing in the New Year after Morrisons decided to shut its McColl’s branch on Abbots Road. The supermarket giant has agreed to keep the post office open until after Christmas. But customers will then …
Read More »
Portishead could be left without a post office after news that McColls is to close its store in the town. Retail giant Morrisons has announced it is to close 132 of its McColls stores across the UK which it bought earlier this year in a rescue deal. The McColls store …
Read More »