A family that defrauded Royal Mail of £70 million bought properties “like Donald Trump”, a court has heard. Parmjeet Sandhu, 56, and his nephew Balginder Sandhu, 46, were part of a scheme to under-declare mail posted through a network of logistics companies in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, pocketing millions of pounds, …
Read More »Family boasted they were buying properties ‘like Donald Trump’ as they fleeced Royal Mail out of more than £70million, court hears
A family of fraudsters joked they were buying properties ‘like Donald Trump’ as they fleeced the Royal Mail out of more than £70 million, a court heard. Parmjeet Sandhu, 56, director of Tiger International Logistics Ltd and Worldwide Transport Express Ltd, and his nephew Balginder Sandhu, 46, director of Worldwide …
Read More »Family helped run fraud operation which deprived Royal Mail of around £70million, court hears
Family helped run fraud operation which deprived Royal Mail of around £70million, court hears Parmjeet Sandhu, 56, and nephew Balginder Sandhu, 46, accused of £70m fraud Alleged to have under-declared mail through logistics companies, court heard By Oliver Price Published: 14:25 EDT, 15 August 2023 | Updated: 14:25 EDT, 15 August …
Read More »Latest on Royal Mail pub row that saw six posties fired
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has accused Royal Mail of “a significant breach of policy” as a row over the treatment of sacked and suspended postal workers on the Wirral continues. The row is over the controversial suspension of 11 postal workers at the Prenton Delivery Office in June later …
Read More »Royal Mail pub row leaves couple hoping to start family ‘in limbo’
A couple hoping to have their first child have been left waiting for a vital letter as the Wirral experiences post delays following the controversial suspension of 11 staff. Jennifer Tomlinson is hoping to have a baby with her husband Liam starting in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment at Arrowe Park …
Read More »‘Elon Musk of Essex’ moves Royal Mail electric lorry maker to US
Tevva has started manufacturing 7.5-tonne trucks which have a 140-mile range in the UK, with customers including logistics companies Kinaxia and TG Lyons. It expects to deliver its first vehicle to Royal Mail in the coming weeks, and later develop an electric lorry with a “range extender” hydrogen fuel cell …
Read More »Reduced opening hours at Royal Mail delivery point will ‘alienate’ customers
Woking’s Royal Mail Customer Service Point has seen a sharp reduction in operating hours and now opens its doors to the public on Monday to Friday from 8am to 10am, and Saturday from 8am to 12pm. This reduction in hours “doesn’t help people who work at all” and could “alienate” …
Read More »Lime bikes just got their own clothing range
The clickety-clack of a locked Lime bike in use has become an established part of the soundscape of most London boroughs, alongside the usual cacophony of sirens, shouting and the screeching of tires. The noise indicates that a bike is technically being joy-ridden without payment – often by cheeky school …
Read More »Opening date announced for Nuneaton’s new Royal Mail delivery office
Nuneaton’s new Royal Mail delivery office should be ready to open by the start of next year. It is being built on a two-acre brownfield site which was formerly part of the Stanley Brick Works in Bermuda. Once complete, at the start of 2024, it will see the town’s main …
Read More »How the “friends” of Royal Mail workers helped the CWU inflict defeat – Part 2
Part one of this article was published August 11 The Socialist Workers Party are expert at providing tame “left-wing” criticisms of the labour and trade union bureaucracy, while serving to politically block any independent movement of the working class. The SWP’s long-established theory of the trade unions is one that …
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