Tag Archives: Nottinghamshire

The week before Christmas is bringing in a round of strikes from multiple different sectors. Staff across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire will take to the picket lines to fight for pay rises and changes in working conditions. It comes at a key time of year, when many public services become stretched …

Royal Mail officials say they treat all items of mail with equal importance after concerns were raised by Nottinghamshire residents that parcels were being prioritised by the business. Residents in West Bridgford and Lady Bay alleged that a postal worker told them they had been told to only handle parcels …

Royal Mail customers could be hit with extra postage fees as thousands of stamps are set to become unusable. Barcoded stamps are planned to replace the traditional ones. When the postal company makes this switch, the old style stamps will no longer be valid. Any customers with traditional stamps are …

We’ve had the rush to cash in our £20 and, if you were lucky, £50 notes as the old paper versions became redundant, now the race is on to either use up or swap your stamps. That’s right, the old book of stamps that you have squirrelled away in a …

A trio of friends have taken over a Nottinghamshire pub with the aim of making it a family-friendly local with good home-cooked food at affordable prices. Julie Abbott, Stephen Walker and Kevin Lunt are at the helm of the Green Dragon in Hucknall. The three, who took over in June, …

People living in an ‘underrated’ part of Nottingham have outlined why they love living in a suburb where they would have to ‘nitpick’ to find problems. Aspley is home to a variety of shops, a David Lloyd gym and the highly-rated Bluecoat Academy campus. Many residents do say, however, that …

More than 100,000 Royal Mail workers are on course to be balloted for industrial action over a row regarding pay. Postal services and parcel deliveries could be severely impacted over the coming months if staff at the privatised postal giant go on strike, the Mirror reports. If workers vote for …

A Nottingham suburb will once again benefit from a post office – three years after its previous branch closed. The opening date has been announced for Rise Park Post Office which will be located at Crest Mini Mart in Tithe Gardens, Nottingham. The previous branch at Bestwood Park Drive West …

Money saving expert Martin Lewis has warned people in the UK over first and second class stamps they might have in the house. In a big shake-up to the country’s postal system, the traditional paper stamp we all know and love is being replaced by a more secure, digital version …

Concerns have been raised over plans to close a Royal Mail sorting office in a Nottinghamshire town and its “potential knock-on effect” on the community. Councillors on Mansfield District Council have raised their fears after Royal Mail revealed plans to close the sorting office in Warsop. The sorting office, which …