[ad_1] R etailer Card Factory has upgraded its full-year earnings outlook, despite revealing a hit to its online sales from recent postal strikes. The greetings card and gifts group said store sales rose 7.1% on a like-for-like basis in the 11 months to the end of December as shoppers returned to the high street over…
[ad_1] Letters offering council tenants the chance to withdraw from controversial solar energy contracts have been delayed due to postal strikes. But the Community Energy Scheme says that its customers will still have time to decide whether to take up the offer when they receive the letter. More than 5,000 council houses in Stoke-on-Trent have…
[ad_1] Royal Mail has warned customers of a huge upcoming change to its stamps. New barcodes will be added to standard “definitive” first and second-class stamps which feature the profile of the late Queen on a plain coloured background. From January 31, regular stamps without a barcode will no longer be valid but mail posted…
[ad_1] A Royal Mail customer who enjoys collecting rare toys has criticised the care taken when delivering fragile goods after a parcel arrived ‘squashed like a pancake’. Shaun Knight, of Newton Abbot, says he was shocked this week when a postman knocked on his door with a parcel that he claims was soggy, ripped and…
[ad_1] Christmas returns have hit an all-time high after Royal Mail strikes meant many gifts arrived too late to give on the big day. Almost 40pc more packages were returned between Christmas and New Year this year compared to last year, according to figures from ReBound, which processes millions of returns every year from retailers…
[ad_1] SPAIN – NOVEMBER 02: PALACIO VISTALEGRE Photo of Janick GERS and IRON MAIDEN and Steve HARRIS and … [+] Dave MURRAY and Bruce DICKINSON and Adrian SMITH and Nicko McBRAIN, L-R: Dave Murray, Janick Gers, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson, Nicko McBrain, Adrian Smith – posed, group shot at end of concert, front of stage…
[ad_1] The band members and Phantom Music Management worked closely with Royal Mail to produce the collection, which features images of the band dating back to 1980. Moments featured on the stamps include Bruce Dickinson in London in May 1983 and with Dave Murray and Janick Gers in Rio de Janeiro in January 2001. Iron…
[ad_1] A row in France is brewing over retirement but it’s not what you think. On 1 January 2023 the iconic ‘timbre rouge’ – or red stamp – clocked off for good and the policy to abolish it has stirred up controversy in the republic. The timbre rouge has long guaranteed next day delivery with…
[ad_1] Royal Mail customers have until July 2023 to use old first and second-class stamps before they will no longer be valid for post. The traditional stamp, which features Queen Elizabeth II’s profile on a coloured background, will expire in on July 31 2023. The stamps will be replaced by a new barcode system, aimed…
[ad_1] The end of 2022 was characterized by widespread industrial unrest as personnel from the transportation network, the NHS, Royal Mail, schools, and the civil service went on strike. Now beginning 2023, rail employees, bus drivers, teachers in Scotland, nurses, ambulance personnel, and public servants will all be on strike. Worker’s Unions have warned of…