The Royal Mail is under pressure to offer free postage to and from care homes in the UK this Christmas. The calls from the Lib Dems come in a bid to ensure that no vulnerable person goes without love this Christmas. The move comes after An Post—Ireland’s postal service—announced it will …
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Italy provides a more recent example. Despite being privatised after Royal Mail, in 2014, the business has flourished. Parcels are now delivered seven days a week. Since being floated it has overtaken, rather than fallen behind, its rivals. Royal Mail, meanwhile, is looking to shorten its current six-day delivery schedule when …
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The Government’s testing regime has come under pressure in recent weeks amid reports testing centres have been overwhelmed by demand. Mr Williams said: “[Moonshot] is an opportunity for Royal Mail to show what we can do after the rapid change of the postal market in 2020. “We have challenges, but …
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The University of Bristol’s new Temple Quarter campus could be delayed by up to five years without £150million of government help, an MP told Parliament. The warning came as four cross-party local MPs put their case directly to the housing minister for huge amounts of Whitehall cash for the city’s …
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Royal Mail has announced its latest recommended international posting dates for overseas destinations to ensure mail and parcels arrive in time for Christmas. With global coronavirus restrictions expected to be in place over the festive season, Royal Mail has provided a number of tips to ensure Christmas does go smoothly. …
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A supermarket customer was told her weekly shopping slot would be removed due to an influx of new shoppers. Susan Morris has relied on her Asda delivery every Friday afternoon for more than six years – and it was paramount during the coronavirus lockdown. But the 55-year-old said the supermarket …
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The coronavirus is continuing to disrupt postal services across the city with some residents claiming they’ve been left with long waits for their deliveries. People living in different parts of Liverpool, including Wavertree,Childwall and Bootle, claimed they’ve had long delays to their post with parcels, letters and important documents among …
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More than 20 cases of coronavirus have been discovered at the Royal Mail’s sorting office in Cardiff. A letter from the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU), sent to its members working at the Royal Mail’s Penarth Road site, states there were 21 confirmed coronavirus cases in the last fortnight. The union …
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Ten staff at a Royal Mail Delivery Office in West Lothian have tested positive for coronavirus, bosses have confirmed. The postal workers at the Bathgate sorting hub are now self-isolating at home after receiving their positive test results. The building on Inchmuir Road has been deep cleaned and remains open …
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Families are demanding to know when their popular postbox will be brought back into use. The postbox – on Newcastle Lane, in Penkhull – has been out of action for nine months and is currently wrapped in plastic and black and yellow tape. It means elderly residents are having to …
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