James Bond is about as likely to be caught using snail mail as he is drinking a gin and tonic, but that hasn’t stopped the Royal Mail creating their very own tribute to 007. To celebrate the release of the 25th Bond film, No Time To Die, in April the …
Read More »Mobile speed camera locations in Gloucestershire this half-term week
School may be out, but mobile speed camera enforcers don’t take the half-term off. So if you want to avoid a fine, or ‘detention’ at a speed awareness course, keep an eye on that speedometer. Speed limits are there to keep road users as safe as possible and in the …
Read More »Thieving postmen and dishonest delivery drivers who abused their jobs for greed
A Royal Mail worker this week admitted to stealing people’s post – but he’s not the only one to commit the cruel crime in our region. Mark Foster, of Park Street, St Helens, is the latest person to be convicted of rifling through private post and taking items. The 39-year-old …
Read More »Olympian Helen Glover names twins and one has a Cornish twist
Cornwall’s Olympic gold medallist has finally announced the names of her newborn children and one of them has a distinctly Cornish twist. Last week Cornwall Live reported that Helen Glover still hadn’t named her children despite the 33-year-old announcing the safe arrival of the twins on Twitter last month with …
Read More »Insider Buying: Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) Insider Purchases £26,550 in Stock
Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) insider Maria da Cunha bought 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 12th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 177 ($2.33) per share, with a total value of £26,550 ($34,925.02). LON:RMG opened at GBX 181.25 …
Read More »Derbyshire immigrant says being kicked out of UK is a death sentence
A Derbyshire asylum seeker says he has been “condemned to die” because the Home Office has rejected his application to stay in the UK. George Warkus has spent a decade working in the country as a cleaner but now suffers from such serious health conditions that he believes a return …
Read More »Royal Bank of Scotland needs to overhaul its behaviour – not just its name
“What’s in a name? A rose by another name would smell as sweet,” argued Shakespeare. But is it true of company names? Do monikers matter in the world of business? One corporate Rose – Alison, the new boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland – thinks so. She’s hoping that …
Read More »UK postal union calls national strike ballot after collapse of phoney contract talks
UK postal union calls national strike ballot after collapse of phoney contract talks By Laura Tiernan 13 February 2020 Less than 12 weeks after the Communication Workers Union (CWU) refused to proceed with a 97 percent strike vote by Royal Mail workers, the union has announced a fresh national …
Read More »Is the “unsustainable” US Postal Service doomed to be Amazon’s next victim in the e-commerce economy?
As far back as 2016, diginomica was deeply skeptical about the ‘King Canute’ like comments of Fedex founder and CEO Fred Smith about the disruptive impact of e-commerce – and particularly Amazon – on his business: The concerns about industry disruption continue to be fuelled by fantastical – and let …
Read More »Royal Mail (LON:RMG) Rating Reiterated by Deutsche Bank
Royal Mail (LON:RMG)‘s stock had its “sell” rating restated by equities research analysts at Deutsche Bank in a report issued on Friday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. They currently have a GBX 150 ($1.97) price target on the stock. Deutsche Bank’s price objective would suggest a potential downside of 16.11% from the …
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