Up to a third of firms on London’s junior stock market are vulnerable to a takeover next year as the City is set for a “major and sustained” deluge of swoops on UK stocks, an investment bank has warned. A report by Peel Hunt on the UK takeover outlook, titled …
Read More »Royal Mail Could End Saturday Second Class Letter Deliveries As Part Of Cost-Cutting Reforms
Royal Mail may soon cease Saturday deliveries for second class letters, with regulator Ofcom considering significant reforms to the postal service. As part of a review into the Universal Service Obligation (USO), which currently mandates Royal Mail to deliver letters six days a week and parcels five days a week, …
Read More »As Prices Rise, The Post Office Says Britons Are Turning Back To Cash
More Britons are turning to cash to manage their budgets as prices soar, the Post Office said on Monday after it saw a record level of withdrawals over its counters in July. Personal cash withdrawals rose almost 8% month-on-month to 801 million pounds ($967 million), it said, noting it was …
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