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From parcel delivery drivers to supermarket supervisors – there are several key worker roles to be recruited for in the run up to Christmas. With furlough, redundancies and self-employed businesses forced to close for a second time this year, there are a number of people out of work and looking …

Under-pressure posties are running the risk of being exposed to coronavirus – because people are putting their Covid swabs in the wrong postboxes. The postal staff – who work out of Biddulph sorting office – are not expected to collect the Covid home test kits which should be left in …

This year it’s even more vital that gifts reach our loved ones in time. Facing the prospect of not being able to hand out Christmas presents in person, no doubt many of us will be relying on the world of online shopping and special delivery, even if we don’t live …

With COVID-19 putting thousands on furlough this summer and a vast number of businesses forced to close their doors for good, there are a frightening number of people in Britain without a job this winter. Fortunately, it is around this time of year when many businesses hire temporary seasonal staff …

Hundreds of thousands of jobs hang in the balance as coronavirus cases surge in Britain and the government scales back its support for workers. Through the pandemic, a generous government salary support scheme kept unemployment in check, but it ends Saturday. It will be replaced by …

Postal workers staged a mass walk-out this morning after two of their colleagues tested positive for coronavirus. Dozens of Royal Mail workers at the Stoke Delivery Office downed tools and left the building over concerns that the risk of infection was not being taken seriously enough by management. But the …

The festive season is just around the corner. And though it might be a bit different this year, families across Greater Manchester are still looking forward to decorating the tree, cosying up by the fire, and tucking into some proper seasonal grub. But for our little ones, one of the …

Two Royal Mail workers at the Cheltenham delivery office have tested positive for Covid-19. Royal Mail confirmed today (October 28) that both workers were recuperating at home. They also explained that an intensive deep clean of the site had been done as well as additional cleaning of key touch points. …

A Royal Mail sorting office has “suspended letter deliveries” until “at least Friday” because half of all staff are absent due to Covid-19, according to a union rep. The sorting office in Derry, based on Great James Street, is currently without 60 of its 120 workforce due to the virus. …

A young Devon man was seen jogging along the A30 towards towards Honiton moments before he was killed in a collision with a Royal Mail lorry, an inquest has been told. Hamish Culling, 23, became separated from his friends after going to watch a darts event at the Westpoint arena. …