ROYAL Mail has said long-term staffing vacancies are making postal deliveries in Shetland “challenging”. Shetland News has been contacted by two individuals who have said they have been waiting days for parcels to be delivered, with these marked as being in “Glasgow” for four days at a time. It is …
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A NEW research project will be launched to explore people’s experiences of the postal service in Scotland’s islands. The project is being led by Consumer Scotland, an organisation established by the Scottish Parliament to advocate on behalf of consumers. Figures released by Consumer Scotland earlier this year showed that 29 …
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POSTAL workers in Shetland are set to see their distant islands allowance more than double as part of a “significant victory”. The Communications Workers Union (CWU) said posties in Shetland would receive £2,500 per annum, up from £1,167, after negotiations with Royal Mail. It comes a week after Northern Isles …
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NORTHERN Isles MP Alistair Carmichael says it is time to “turn up the heat” on Royal Mail to end staffing issues at the Lerwick sorting office. He claimed the company had shown a lack of effort in tackling concerns over staffing in Shetland and said a “public campaign” was now …
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Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is to become chairman of the Royal Mail, it was confirmed on Friday, a month after taking parent International Distribution Services private in a £3.6bn deal. The tycoon is joining the IDS board as a non-executive, along with three other directors, becoming chair of both. He …
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LESS THAN a third of first-class mail is delivered on time in Shetland, figures released by Consumer Scotland show. Current Ofcom guidelines require Royal Mail to make 93 per cent of first-class deliveries to all postcodes in Scotland within one working day. But in Shetland the success rate sits at …
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ROYAL Mail has been accused of ignoring a growing crisis in Shetland, with postal staff leaving “in droves” due to low pay and extremely pressured working conditions. A quarter of postie jobs in Shetland are vacant, with four workers quitting in April alone. That has meant some remaining staff are …
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On Saturday, April 5, local and area masons celebrated the centennial of Eheyeh Chapter Royal Arch Masons.The celebrations took place at the Badland Community Facility and saw more than 60 come out for the afternoon. They reconsecrated the chapter at the lodge and then followed it with a banquet.While …
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The King was described as being “jolly” and “in great spirits” by guests as he played a recorder made out of a carrot at a music reception at Windsor Castle. Charles returned to official public duties after temporary side effects from cancer treatment forced him to cancel a string of …
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Royal divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton has ‘never had’ a laptop or desktop PC from her firm, it was claimed today in a court case involving a Russian oligarch’s former wife. Lawyers for her ex-client Tatiana Soroka hoping to search Baroness Shackleton’s devices for messages described the situation as ‘distinctly odd’. …
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