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Newcastle software group Sage has announced that chairman Sir Donald Brydon will step down next year. Sir Donald has indicated that he will retire next September, by which time he will have been in post for nine years. The company has set up a process to identity his successor, which …

Manifest-Minerva’s Thomas Bolger takes a look at key issues at upcoming AGMs, focusing this month on issues at Royal Mail. Royal Mail’s 2020 annual general meeting (AGM) on 8 September takes place against a backdrop of management changes and ongoing business challenges that have been heighted by the coronavirus pandemic. …

The Royal Mail says it has binned leaflets left at its Portobello delivery office after complaints from a local resident who said that the material in the flyers was ‘hateful’ and ‘transphobic’. The flyers opposed the Scottish Government’s draft Gender Recognition Reform Bill. The bill, which would simplify the process …

A main road at Littledean in the Forest of Dean has been closed after a Royal Mail lorry crashed. The emergency services have been with the incident, which has closed the A4151 Elton Road from Littledean Jail to Elton Corner whilst the recovery of the vehicle takes place. Police are …

GCSE results day has arrived and millions of students across the country will be finding out the results of their exams. Families and friends may not be able to celebrate with their loved ones as easily as previous years due to lockdown restrictions but there are ways to show how …

Families in a Stoke-on-Trent neighbourhood have been left waiting for important letters due to a lack of postal deliveries. Residents in Chell Heath say they have only had one delivery of letters and parcels since the end of July. They say they have also been told they cannot collect their …

We don’t want to say the dreaded ‘C’ word but… Royal Mail is recruiting staff to help sort the Christmas post. Britain’s biggest delivery company is expecting the usual seasonal flurry of greeting cards and parcels containing presents this year – even more so in the current climate when people …

A hunt is on for a stolen post box that was sawn off from its mount in the Cotswolds. The theft of the Royal Mail post box took place between 4.45pm on Thursday August 6, and 1pm on Friday August 7, on the B4068 near to Naunton. Sharing a photo …

Royal Mail has today insisted it is doing everything it can to protect its staff and customers after a postman who felt ‘unprotected’ from Covid-19 killed himself. Darren Beech was found dead by his two brothers at his Kidsgrove home on May 17 after struggling during coronavirus lockdown. An inquest …

The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Royal Mail staff at a Manchester depot hit by a major coronavirus outbreak could not get tested for four days after England’s mobile testing programme – previously run by the army …