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The bookmaker says it will return to year-on-year growth in second quarter Investors are concerned about regulatory issues and the firm’s debt pile  By Mike Sheen Updated: 04:43 EDT, 19 April 2024 Bookmaker 888 beat revenue forecasts in the first three months of the year thanks to a bounce in …

One whistleblower said they dealt with surcharges “on a case by case basis” and said colleagues would often not charge customers and let them have the post without paying the “silly” £5 fine. They added they had sympathy for revenue protection staff who they claim are “misidentifying” stamps because Royal …

By Alex Brummer In Washington and Jessica Clark Updated: 17:00 EDT, 18 April 2024 The Chancellor has voiced concerns over the proposed takeover of Royal Mail by a billionaire dubbed the ‘Czech Sphinx’ in a sign that a deal could be blocked. As analysts suggested that tycoon Daniel Kretinsky would …

By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 17:00 EDT, 18 April 2024 The main focus for the Western democracies at this finance gathering has been Ukraine in spite of the conflagration in the Middle East. The worry for the UK and Europe is that, unless new resources are released, …

More recently Royal Mail has become embroiled in a row after a Telegraph investigation revealed that China had flooded Britain with counterfeit stamps, landing victims with £5 penalties. Senior MPs have since called on the postal service to stop the “unfair fines” while it investigates issues with new barcoded stamps, …

By Jessica Clark Updated: 17:00 EDT, 17 April 2024 A billionaire dubbed the ‘Czech Sphinx’ has launched an audacious swoop on Royal Mail that could see the 508-year-old postal service fall into foreign hands. Daniel Kretinsky, who co-owns West Ham United and has a stake in Sainsbury’s, has already seen …

Britain being flooded with as many as one million fake stamps a week from China By Toby Walne Updated: 17:28 EDT, 16 April 2024 Money Mail today demands that Royal Mail stops fining thousands of innocent people with a £5 penalty for receiving mail with a counterfeit stamp. We insist …

Yesterday senior MPs called on Royal Mail to stop the fines, which increased last October from £2.50 to £5, as it investigates issues with new barcoded stamps. A spate of customers claim they have been wrongly surcharged. The Liberal Democrats said it was “ridiculous” customers were being caught up in …

It quickly became the must-have membership of the Covid era. When the Pret coffee subscription was launched in September 2020, it cost £20 a month, with the first month free. Customers loved it. Five drinks a day, ranging from coffee and tea to smoothies, and a sign-up process which saw subscribers sent …

Meanwhile Baroness Altmann, vice chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Consumer Protection, said the law should be changed so that only the Post Office can sell stamps. The former pensions minister said: “We actually got caught out by that last year. My uncle had his birthday last summer and …