Royal Mail customers have been warned as stamp prices could be hiked even further under a new boss. Royal Mail’s incoming boss suggested that costs could continue to spiral in coming years afte the postal company was bought. This meant he was unable to rule out price rises for Royal …
Read More »Parked up Royal Mail van raided by North Wales thieves on crime spree
A 32-year-old man from Wrexham has been jailed for his part in thefts in Chester and North Wales – including raiding a Royal Mail van. Jonathan Higgins from Langdale Avenue, Rhostyllen appeared at Chester Magistrates on May 24 to be sentenced after pleading guilty to theft by finding, two counts …
Read More »There’s a devastating debt bomb lurking inside the Royal Mail takeover
The potential for asset sales should be a genuine concern too. Both Royal Mail shareholders and experts believe Kretinsky could be getting his hands on one of the biggest corporate property portfolios in Europe – an estate of prime sites situated in towns up and down the country – on …
Read More »Foreign takeovers of UK firms hit four-year low in early 2024 | Evening Standard
The figures preceded a flurry of interest in UK-listed companies in recent months, including Royal Mail and Anglo American. Source link
Read More »Royal Mail warns Czech takeover risks sparking debt crunch
Royal Mail has said its sale to the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky risks triggering a financial squeeze, raising fresh fears about the potential threat to the postal service from his debt-fuelled takeover. Parent company International Distribution Services (IDS) has said that nearly £2.4bn of loans could be called in as …
Read More »Royal Mail breaks silence over ‘stopping deliveries’ on streets where ‘dogs bark’
The Royal Mail has broken its silence after being accused of stopping deliveries and post on streets and roads where dogs bark. The Royal Mail is stopping delivering to a street in Shropshire “because of barking dogs” say furious locals. Royal Mail has stopped delivering mail to a street of …
Read More »Army veteran Richard Lee protests at Downing Street seeking justice for daughter missing since 1981
An army veteran whose daughter went missing more than 40 years ago has attempted to hand back his military medals at Downing Street in a protest against failings in the police investigation. Richard Lee’s daughter Katrice disappeared near a British Army base in Paderborn, Germany, on November 28 1981 – …
Read More »Meet the Liberal Democrat candidate battling for the Devon South West seat
The historically safe Conservative seat of Devon South West will, for the first time since being won by Gary Streeter in 1997, be up for grabs – and Julian Brazil intends to secure it for the Lib Dems. He resides in the village of East Prawle in the constituency South …
Read More »Anonymous creator of Beeston postbox topper accused of intimidating trans people
A postbox topper in a Nottinghamshire town has been deemed an “unacceptable act of intimidation” by local councillors. The knitted topper, which was placed on a Royal Mail box in Beeston on Saturday, June 1, was swiftly removed by locals who saw its “woman adult female” stitching as a pointed …
Read More »The beautiful corner of Gloucestershire where poets who found fame gathered
If you see the words “daffodil” and “poetry” in the same sentence you might well think of William Wordsworth wandering about the Like District with his sister Dorothy and being confronted by a trumpeting host of golden blossoms. But if you’ve been to a daffodil weekend in Dymock, or its …
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