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Press play to listen to this article LONDON — As Liz Truss gets down to work as Britain’s new prime minister, she faces an immediate problem. Half the British workforce appears to be going on strike. Across the country, rail workers, barristers, dockhands, bus drivers, garbage collectors, Amazon employees, and …

A Post Office in a Derbyshire village looks set to move to a new premises after the current postmaster resigned. The Codnor branch has been based at Holmfield Chemist, on High Street, for the past four years. But Post Office services will no longer be available within the pharmacy from …

(MENAFN- ValueWalk) talhakhalil007 / Pixabay Weaker retail trends, fewer test kit deliveries and a structural decline in letters meant revenue fell 5.1% to £3.0bn in the first quarter. This reflected an 11.5% decline in Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) revenue which more than offset a 7.8% increase at GLS. With …

U.K. stocks fell Wednesday, as the FTSE 100 Index UKX, -0.08% closed at 7,593.00. Of the FTSE 100 constituents, air freight company Royal Mail PLC RMG, -5.17% saw the largest decrease Wednesday, as shares shed 5.17% Shares of investment advisors firms Schroders PLC SDR, -3.23% abrdn PLC ABDN, -2.48% dropped …

U.K. stocks climbed Friday, as the FTSE 100 Index UKX, +0.27% closed up 0.27% at 7,585.46. Of the FTSE 100 constituents, closed-end funds company Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC SMT, +6.57% saw the largest increase Friday, as shares increased 6.57%. Shares of food retail firm Ocado Group PLC OCDO, +5.01% …

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif., April 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Melissa, a leading provider of global data quality and address management solutions, today announced expansion of its postal partnerships which include the United States Postal Service (USPS), Canada Post, Royal Mail, and now Austria Post. As licensees to these and …

Britain’s aviation minister has heard how East Midlands Airport is forecasting another record-breaking year for air cargo thanks to online shopping and the current challenges of moving goods by sea. Robert Courts MP visited the Castle Donington cargo operation at the busiest time of year in the run-up to Christmas. …

Birds bakery is now selling its products including pork pies and ginger bread men across the country for the first time with the launch of an online home delivery service. Birds, which has 62 stores across the East Midlands including in Burton and Swadlincote, will be selling products including Christmas …

Walmart Inc.  (WMT) – Get Report posted weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings Thursday, thanks in part to a charge linked to taxes in the United Kingdom, but still managed record sales of more than $150 billion as U.S. shoppers continued to favor big-box retailers over smaller rivals. A planned surge in investment costs, …

A legacy building of a business that has evolved through Grimsby generations is to be repurposed to aid start-ups in a digital-driven world – after more than a decade on the market. Bird seed specialist Haith’s derelict Park Street premises has been taken on by the man behind the conversion …