Tag Archives: Royal Mail

Top City firm Alliance Bernstein has called for Royal Mail to be split up. At the moment Royal Mail has two arms, the UK Parcels, International and Letters division and General Logistics Systems (GLS) – a parcel delivery company based in Europe. Bernstein wants to see GLS sold, now that …

Postman sacked by Royal Mail for urinating on his round was unfairly dismissed, tribunal rules after hearing ‘there is not a post person alive who has not had to’ Postman Roo Rawal was caught on film urinating in lay-by on his delivery round Veteran Royal Mail employee was dismissed for …

Extended opening hours are about to come into effect and changes to the handling of deliveries, Royal Mail has confirmed. Customer Service Points in local Royal Mail delivery offices will be increasing their opening hours on Saturdays, starting on Saturday (June 27). These Points will continue to be open on …

  Walkout by sorting office workers at Barnsley Royal Mail after coronavirus outbreak By Thomas Scripps 23 June 2020 Royal Mail workers at the central post sorting office in Barnsley, South Yorkshire walked out yesterday after colleagues tested positive for coronavirus. Dozens of workers remained outside the building on Pitt …

Postal staff at Barnsley’s central Royal Mail sorting office have walked out amid suggestions colleagues have contracted coronavirus. Dozens of workers gathered around the entrance to the Pitt Street office and were there for several hours as union officials and staff negotiated with managers. Some said they had left the …

An outbreak of coronavirus has been confirmed at Barnsley’s Royal Mail sorting office with the company working to keep the effect on postal deliveries “to a minimum”. Staff walked out of the Pitt Street office this morning and discussions with managers took place in the street, with many workers arranging …

Royal Mail have announced new changes to the way they are handling deliveries, with extended opening hours about to come into effect. From Saturday, June 27, Customer Service Points in local Royal Mail delivery offices, will be increasing the hours they are open on Saturdays.  Customer Service Points will continue …

Stockbrokers believe the overseas arm GLS, seen as the “jewel in the crown” of Royal Mail’s business, is likely to most interest Mr Kretinsky. He said: “Similar to all other investments undertaken via Vesa Equity Investment, it also applies for Royal Mail that we join companies of whose fundamental value …

Public cash is being “thrown down a hole” to keep County Hall running during the coronavirus crisis, says a finance councillor. Around £2million is being spent each year on the safety and basic maintenance costs of Kent County Council’s (KCC) historic headquarters in Maidstone which was built in 1888. KCC’s …

Road safety concerns are being raised about plans for a pair of giant LED advertising screens facing the traffic in both directions on Chester’s Hoole bridge. Alight Media has applied for consent to display an advertisement in the form of two screens each measuring six metres in width and three …