LONDON (AP) — The owner of Britain’s Royal Mail said Wednesday it has accepted a 3.6 billion pound ($4.6 billion) takeover offer from Czech investor Daniel Křetínský. Under the deal, Křetínský’s EP Group would buy International Distribution Services, which owns Royal Mail, for 370 pence ($4.72) per share. Including debt, …
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Royal Mail has been playing the blame game for quite some time now. When the beleaguered company’s former chief executive Simon Thompson appeared in front of the business, energy and industrial strategy committee in March 2023, he pointed the finger at rogue workers carrying tracking devices, which he later admitted …
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The Type 23 does have the Magazine Torpedo Launch System, which enabled me to lob a torpedo straight into the water next to the ship. That’s a lot, lot better than nothing (as many warships have) and I found it a comfort. But I’m a big fan of ASROC and …
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New Zealand has removed the last of its remaining Covid restrictions after more than three years of heavy-handed pandemic protocols. Chris Hipkins, the country’s prime minister, said the requirement to wear masks in hospitals and other healthcare facilities would end at midnight, as would a requirement for people who caught …
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U.S. President Joe Biden will look to deepen his relationships with Britain’s King Charles and Prime Minster Rishi Sunak at separate meetings on Monday where climate change and Ukraine are expected to dominate the agenda. Biden landed in London late on Sunday to kick off a three-nation trip including a …
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Accusations were levelled against The Royal Mail of “destroying” the life of an employee named Kam Jhuti, who suffered lengthy bullying when she highlighted potential fraud done by her boss Mike Widmer, who even harassed the media specialist. An official remedy decision added to the long-running case this week read: …
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Kam Jhuti, a media specialist, was harassed by her boss Mike Widmer after she raised concerns that a colleague had secured their bonus illegitimately A UK Royal Mail van stands outside it’s London office. Pic/PTI Listen to this article British-Indian mail employee gets 2.3 …
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By Press Trust of India: In what is believed to be one of the largest compensation settlements for the UK’s Royal Mail, an Indian-origin employee has been awarded more than 2.3 million pounds (Rs 24 crore) after her bullying claim was upheld. Kam Jhuti had claimed before an employment tribunal …
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In what is believed to be one of the largest compensation settlements for the UK’s Royal Mail, an Indian-origin employee has been awarded more than 2.3 million pounds after her bullying claim was upheld. Kam Jhuti had claimed before an employment tribunal dating back nearly eight years that she had …
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LONDON — Seventy-five years ago, a ship landed at Tilbury Dock near London, carrying more than 800 passengers from the Caribbean to new lives in Britain. The arrival of the Empire Windrush on June 22, 1948, became a symbol of the post-war migration that transformed the U.K. and its culture. …
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