Tag Archives: Royal Mail

With Christmas fast approaching and the cost of living crisis biting now could be the time to get a seasonal job to help pay the bills. And a Royal Mail depot near Birmingham is advertising a number of roles to help get festive deliveries to its customers. The nation’s postal …

The mist from Bonfire Night has settled and companies are busy releasing their Christmas adverts – the festive period is hurtling full-speed towards us. You might not be quite as eager to put up the decorations as TV star Stacey Solomon, but Christmas is quickly approaching and before we know …

With Christmas just around the corner, many of us are asking: how is it that time of year already? It seems to sneak up on us every year, with last-minute posting and shopping panic in full swing. If you are not seeing family or friends this year and will be, …

November is already rattling on, which means that people will be preparing for Christmas – with lots of people getting sorted early. As we hurtle towards Christmas shopping season is now underway. But if you want to get your presents to friends and family in time, it pays to beat …

The World Socialist Web Site has received information in recent days from Royal Mail workers about the current dispute that is pitting 115,000 postal workers against a company intent on slashing thousands of jobs and re-writing employment contracts to establish a gig-economy style conditions along the lines of Evri, DPD …

Christmas is just around the corner, and to help children get into the festive spirit, Royal Mail has launched something very special. Youngsters can write their letters to Santa Claus and have them sent to the North Pole – and he’ll even send a response in the post. There’s only …

Royal Mail workers are set to take four days of industrial action over the next two months. Among those affected by the planned strikes is Tom Yendell, a disabled artist. Tom was born without any arms due to a disease called Thalidomide, he now represents 30 disabled artists who create …

Posties are set to stage a walkout on some of the busiest shopping days of the year as their dispute with Royal Mail continues. The Communication Workers Union will consult with members, including those based at Castle Douglas, on the possibility of more strikes in the run up to Christmas. …

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 …

A dilapidated house that served as the only surviving relic of a forgotten Chesterfield colliery is to be knocked down and replaced with a modern family home. The late 19th century building is a prominent landmark on Newbold Back Lane, Chesterfield, and is thought to have once served as a …