Parcelforce Worldwide has launched a new FrankPay shipping system to provide businesses with instant access to all domestic and international services, with payment via a franking machine. FrankPay helps customers to save time through in-house postage, enabling quicker processing of larger parcel volumes. It also keeps all payments in one …
Read More »Royal Mail : largest union to ballot members for strike
The notice follows Royal Mail’s proposed 6% pay increase, part of a three-year deal with the CWU last week, in a bid to appease the union following threats of another strike ballot. However, hopes for a settlement faded when CWU said last week that it could call for a strike …
Read More »UK stocks slip as virus fears quell risk appetite
The FTSE 100 slipped 0.4% and marked its second consecutive week in the red after an uptick in new cases of the virus in China and South Korea hit stocks more exposed to commodity prices, including oil majors and miners <.FTNMX1770>. “Perhaps the reality of the situation is starting to …
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