Postal workers have condemned the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and its endorsement of the Labour government’s rubber stamping of the £3.5 billion takeover of Royal Mail by billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. The WSWS article “The CWU’s ‘framework agreement’ backs Kretinsky’s Royal Mail takeover” subjected to close scrutiny the 12-page document drawn …
Read More »Father and son politicians praise busy Annan posties
Annan’s Royal Mail delivery office in Station Road has had a festive buzz as the 24 staff have stepped up a gear for the Christmas rush across Dumfries and Galloway. The team not only deliver letters, cards and parcels to households and businesses in Annan but also to Eastriggs and …
Read More »Lloyds and Halifax customers issued warning over their banking ‘from January’
Lloyds Bank has issued a full list of 86 bank branches closing in 2025. Lloyds Banking Group is currently set to close at least 86 more locations in 2025, as the trend of major high street banks and financial providers shutting branches continues. 6,214 bank branches have shut since January …
Read More »Royal Mail takeover and Carlsberg's swoop on Britvic in year of mega deals | The Standard
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Read More »Amazon and Royal Mail customers warned of four scams that could hit Boxing Day sale shoppers
An urgent alert has been sounded for Amazon and Royal Mail customers as the festive season draws near, with warnings of up to FOUR scams circulating. As we edge closer to December 25, there’s a spike in fraudulent activity targeting eager shoppers. Which? consumer expert Rob Lilley-Jones cautions: “With so …
Read More »A Place in the Sun presenter speaks about divorce and added ‘it’s better for everyone’
Laura Hamilton – best known for showing house-hunters around dream properties in sunny locations on Channel 4’s A Place In The Sun – says “divorce shouldn’t be seen as a negative thing”. The TV presenter and property expert from Kent, announced her split from her ex-husband and father of their …
Read More »Britain’s longest-serving Royal Mail postman from East London’s 60 years of service come to end
Britain’s longest-serving Royal Mail postman has recalled hand-delivering turkeys, kippers and last-minute gifts for Christmas as his record 60 years comes to an end this festive season. Robert Hudson, 76, known as Rocky, from Leyton, east London, started his Royal Mail career in December 1964 when he was 16 – …
Read More »A Place in the Sun presenter speaks about divorce and added ‘it’s better for everyone’
Laura Hamilton – best known for showing house-hunters around dream properties in sunny locations on Channel 4’s A Place In The Sun – says “divorce shouldn’t be seen as a negative thing”. The TV presenter and property expert from Kent, announced her split from her ex-husband and father of their …
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Read More »Government must step in to investigate Royal Mail ‘fake deliveries’ scandal, say postal workers
Postal workers have called on the Government to investigate Royal Mail senior leadership over the “fake deliveries” scandal. The Telegraph reported earlier this week that postmen and women claimed Royal Mail managers were telling them to record some parcel deliveries as “inaccessible”, even if they never attempted to deliver the …
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