Open this photo in gallery: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 19. The Competition Bureau greenlit RBC’s takeover of HSBC Canada in September.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for the federal government …
Read More »No plans to reduce six-day Royal Mail service, says Business Secretary
T he Business Secretary said she does not have plans to approve the Royal Mail switching to a five-days-a-week operation. Kemi Badenoch suggested to MPs that allowing the Royal Mail to shed its Saturday delivery and pick-up duties would mean it “stops being the service which you want”. The Royal …
Read More »Royal Mail owner chooses new boss from Dutch subsidiary
T he company behind Royal Mail has appointed its next boss from its rapidly growing Dutch subsidiary following a bruising time for the logistics giant. International Distributions Services (IDS) said that Martin Seidenberg will become chief executive of the group. Since 2020 he has run GLS – an Amsterdam-based parcel …
Read More »Royal Mail wins contract for collection and delivery of passports
R oyal Mail has won a five-year contract for the collection and delivery of passports and supporting documents including UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) travel documents. The contract also includes the delivery of internal mail between HM Passport Office offices and other Government offices. Royal Mail will also be working …
Read More »Cold calls on financial deals to be banned under Government plans
C old calls which cheat people out of their money by tricking them into buying fake investments are to be banned under government plans to be announced next week. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the move is needed to “prevent fraudsters from infiltrating their way into people’s lives in the …
Read More »One in three businesses faced cyber attacks last year, report says
N early a third of businesses and a quarter of charities have said they were the subject of cyber attacks or breaches last year, new data has shown. Figures collected for the Government by polling company Ipsos show a similar proportion of larger and medium-sized companies and high-income charities faced …
Read More »Postal and education workers take part in fresh wave of strikes
A fresh wave of strikes will be held on Wednesday as the year of industrial unrest continues across the country. Royal Mail workers, university lecturers and sixth-form college staff will take action on one of the biggest walkouts on the same day. Picket lines will be mounted outside universities, colleges …
Read More »Government clears way for Czech investor to build stake in Royal Mail
T he government has cleared Royal Mail’s biggest shareholder, an investment vehicle part-owned by a Czech billionaire with links to Russia, to increase its stake in the company. Daniel Křetínský’s Vesa Equity already owns 22% of Royal Mail’s parent, International Distributions Services. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy …
Read More »Royal Mail group faces ‘no further action’ over potential security probe
R oyal Mail’s parent firm has said it faces no further action months after ministers said they would launch a national security probe into the company. International Distributions Services (IDS), which was renamed from Royal Mail Group earlier this year, had faced the potential intervention after the firm’s largest shareholder, …
Read More »Delivering on objectives: Insights at Marketreach | Feature
Marketreach is the direct mail research arm of Royal Mail. Liam Kay investigates how it is using insight for the benefit of the mail industry. How do you feel when an envelope drops through your letterbox? Joy? Fear? Frustration? Annoyance? Excitement? Is it a case of reaching for the bin …
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