[ad_1] From a standing start roughly three years ago, Openreach’s full fibre network now reaches 9m homes and businesses across the UK, while the pace of engineering is expected to ramp up from 2.6m premises last year to more than 3m this year, and again in 2023. But here’s the bit that the CWU won’t…
[ad_1] In this dawn of the reign of King Charles III, while the country waits excitedly for new postage stamps with the King’s head on them, the Royal Mail appears to have other priorities. In its obsession with tracking and de-romanticising everything, it is imposing new stamps on us which manage to be both antiquated…
[ad_1] At times, the impression is that the recent wave of damaging strikes, not just at the Royal Mail, but also BT, the railways, the country’s ports, and other vital parts of the economy has been driven more by a desire among hard-left union barons to score points against a Tory Government than a duty…
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[ad_1] This is a significant escalation in the company’s efforts to push through reform. It is the equivalent of holding the feet of workers to the flames, a message of defiance that says: “If you insist on standing in the way of change then we will set the best part of the business free and…
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[ad_1] The Communication Workers Union’s Dave Ward says “the objective of any dispute” is “never to have a strike”. The union, which represents 115,000 postal workers at Royal Mail, will vote on whether or not workers should strike over pay. “When you ballot your members for industrial action, it’s always because there’s been events that…
[ad_1] One hundred and ten years ago on this date, objects were still bobbing to the surface of the North Atlantic from over two miles below, where the splintered wreck of the Royal Mail Ship Titanic, the most splendid—and since celebrated—ocean liner of its day rested on a gentle slope on the seabed. There was…
[ad_1] Royal Mail is adding special barcodes to stamps, making it possible for people to watch videos, messages and other information, The Guardian reported. The move from Tuesday follows a successful trial, with the aim of connecting a letter with the digital world. Customers can scan the barcodes in the Royal Mail app and will…
[ad_1] Vesa, for its part, has made some platitudes about how Sainsbury’s “strong brand” and well-located stores in the more prosperous south-east make it “an attractive long-term investment opportunity”. But it seems unlikely that the tycoon is happy to remain a passive shareholder, and he continues to play his cards close to his chest. Reports…