Which shops are open on the day? (Picture: Akira Suemori/Shutterstock) A small number of shops will be open on Christmas Day this year for incredibly last minute shoppers. But don’t get your hopes up for big purchases, as almost all stores will be closed on December 25. Major supermarkets will …
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Make sure to check the opening times before you dash out to the Post Office over Christmas (Picture: Shutterstock) If you need to send off any last minute Christmas cards or presents time is running out to get to the Post Office. You might need to go out to the …
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The sale of Royal Mail to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has been approved by the government. Mr Kretinsky‘s company EP Group will buy the postal service’s parent company International Distribution Services (IDS). The £5.3bn deal had been agreed in May but was subject to a government review under national security …
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Thousands of parcels will be flying across the UK in the coming weeks and these are the final delivery dates for the big retailers (Picture: Steve Taylor/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Christmas is less than a month away and time is running out to order presents online and have them …
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The BBC has confirmed its schedule for Christmas will include Gavin And Stacey, Mrs Brown’s Boys, a Wallace And Gromit film and a celebrity version of Gladiators. Not much is known about the Christmas finale of Gavin And Stacey, which is returning five years on from Vanessa “Nessa” Jenkins (Ruth …
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Royal Mail’s parent firm has blamed the budget for a failure to return to profitability, warning it cannot rule out price hikes and job cuts in response. International Distribution Services (IDS) said it had set aside £134m in the first half of its financial year, with £120m directly linked to …
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Whitbread, the FTSE-100 owner of the Premier Inn hotel chain, has kicked off the search for a successor to Adam Crozier, its chairman. Sky News has learnt that headhunters acting for Whitbread have begun sounding out possible candidates for the post. Mr Crozier, who has chaired the company since 2018, …
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Mentholatum, the global health and wellness company, has joined forces with HYROX, the globally renowned fitness events company as it looks to take its Deep Heat and Deep Freeze products into the world of sport and athletics. The partnership kicks off today at HYROX Birmingham, with additional events in Manchester …
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Sorrel Higgins is a producer for global creative studio Coffee & TV. Since joining in mid 2021 Sorrel has worked on a number of projects such as ‘Tár’, directed by Todd Field, as a post production assistant. Most recently she has been nominated for Best New Producer (Post) at the …
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A heart-warming TV spot from People’s Postcode Lottery launches tonight, starring Ellie Goulding performing a stunning new version of the classic 1960s hit What the World Needs Now. It debuts tonight at 9.15pm during Channel 4’s hit comedy game show, Taskmaster. Created by People’s Postcode Lottery’s in-house creative team and …
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