Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1057/29617 From The Socialist newspaper, 25 September 2019 photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge) Steve Wootton, CWU and Bristol South Socialist Party Over 70 Communication Workers Union (CWU) members – workplace and divisional reps from South Wales and south west England – recently met to discuss …
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The people of Totterdown came to see the University of Bristol’s plans for a new campus on their doorstep – and called on the planners to make sure they can cross the threshold. The university’s public consultation on its plans for the main campus buildings next to Temple Meads station …
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People tired of trekking to the Post Office to send parcels have new options. More than one thousand new ‘parcelboxes’ are being installed across the UK, including more than two dozen in the Kirklees and Calderdale areas. A total of 128 parcel postboxes have been unveiled in Yorkshire to allow …
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Royal Mail (LON:RMG) was downgraded by research analysts at Liberum Capital to a “sell” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, ThisIsMoney.Co.Uk reports. RMG has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Jefferies Financial Group reissued an “underperform” rating on shares of …
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An artwork by internationally renowned graffiti artist Banksy which appeared during the Extinction Rebellion protest has been covered with a protective layer to protect it. The artwork at one of the capital’s busiest roundabouts at Marble Arch features a kneeling child planting a tree and the words “From this moment …
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Mourners packed Truro Cathedral this morning to say a final farewell to a much-loved father and husband. Ryan Saltern, 31, from Truro, died following a road accident at St Teath on July 28. Mr Saltern had sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. His injuries were consistent …
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Royal Mail has introduced 36 parcel postboxes in Chester and North Wales. Across the UK about 1,400 existing boxes have been converted to accept parcels posted in the same way letters are today. The postboxes include a wider aperture and secure design. A successful trial in 2018 has led to …
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A parcel company based in Retford has been hit with a £40,000 fine after it admitted having an illegal anti-competitive agreement with Royal Mail Group. The SaleGroup, of Rectory Road, which trades as Despatch Bay, and Royal Mail’s ParcelForce division had a deal to share customers from August 2013 and …
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There’s a lot very important letters that have to get to the North Pole in time for Christmas: and you could be the one to help. Royal Mail have announced that they are looking for postmen and women to work in Gloucestershire this Christmas. In the run-up to the big …
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Postman gets the sack for gross misconduct for delivering mail ONE MINUTE late after 28 years in the job Robert Lockyer was dismissed in October after accused of ‘gross misconduct’ Worked for Royal Mail for 28 years and based at delivery office in Ashford, Kent He delivered post one-minute late …
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