[ad_1] A billionaire Czech investor is expected to push for the end of Saturday letter deliveries and a renewed focus on parcels after ministers gave him licence to tighten his grip on Royal Mail. Daniel Kretinsky, dubbed the “Czech sphinx” for his inscrutable approach to investing, will be free to increase his Royal Mail stake to…
[ad_1] R oyal Mail’s parent firm has said it faces no further action months after ministers said they would launch a national security probe into the company. International Distributions Services (IDS), which was renamed from Royal Mail Group earlier this year, had faced the potential intervention after the firm’s largest shareholder, Vesa, increased its stake…
[ad_1] Planned strikes by Royal Mail workers in the next two weeks have been called off following a challenge by the company. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are involved in a long running dispute over pay and conditions. A series of strikes have taken place in recent weeks and more action had been…
[ad_1] The Royal Mail’s largest labour union, the Communications Workers Union (CWU), has withdrawn its planned strike action in Britain in the next two weeks, the company said on Sunday. The company and the union have talks planned through the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) on Monday. The union last month called for 19…
[ad_1] Unions have been forced to call off a wave of planned strike action at Royal Mail after being challenged by the company on a legal technicality. The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents 115,000 Royal Mail employees, said that following a letter from Royal Mail’s legal team, it had decided to cancel industrial action…
[ad_1] A postie warned Royal Mail will “wither on the vine” if the company goes ahead with a proposed 10,000 job cuts and changes to workers’ conditions. The West Derby postal worker, who asked not to be named for fear of his employer “taking action” against him, said it was a job for life when…
[ad_1] Strike action by workers across sectors in Perth in Kinross are set to hit the county in the coming days. No trains will run in the region once more on Saturday (October 29) due to another round of 24-hour walkouts over an ongoing pay and working conditions dispute. It means the only services available…
[ad_1] Stewartry posties were back on the picket line this week. Staff based at the Royal Mail office in Castle Douglas went on strike on Tuesday. But there may be an end in sight to a dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail. The two parties entered into talks this week through…
[ad_1] A woman in the UK said she is “heartbroken” after some of her mother’s ashes got lost in the post. Kayleigh Evans’ mother Christine Evans died in December 2021, aged 62, after catching coronavirus. As a way to honour her late mother, Kayleigh purchased a silver memorial pendant to encase some of Christine’s ashes….
[ad_1] A woman said she is “heartbroken” after Royal Mail lost some of her mother’s ashes in the post. Christine Evans died in December 2021 after catching Covid-19. She was 62 years old. Honouring her mother, Kayleigh purchased a silver memorial pendant to encase some of Christine’s ashes. The necklace was supposed to be a…