Royal Mail would save up to £225 million a year cutting letter deliveries from six to five days a week, and still meet the needs of most residential and smaller business customers, an Ofcom report has found. The study by the communications regulator indicated that delivering letters on Monday to Friday would reflect postal users’ ‘reasonable … Read more
No love lost here! People share their VERY cutting responses to unwanted texts from their exes – including one woman who said she’s ‘busy for the rest of her life’ People from around the world have shared hilarious replies to unwanted texts Posts received thousands of likes on Instagram account Texts From Your Ex One mocked … Read more
Mel Giedroyc was forced to apologise on Friday’s Children In Need after cutting off fundraiser winner Brian Pitt over technical issues following backlash from fans. The presenter, 52, and Stephen Mangan had announced Brian as the winner of the Sir Terry Wogan Fundraiser of the Year award, after raising over £30,000 for the charity for 30 … Read more
Investors piled into Capita after a cost-cutting plan offset some of the losses it racked up from the pandemic. Around £100million was wiped off the government contractor’s turnover in the three months up to the end of September. It brought in revenues of £803million, down from £902million in the same period last year. Around £100million … Read more
Scots could spend longer in coronavirus self-isolation than the English after Nicola Sturgeon said she would not follow any time reduction introduced in England. The First Minister said she had no plans to cut the quarantine period from 14 days amid claims that it could be slashed to 10 days following a row between Mr … Read more
President Donald Trump‘s supporters have criticized major television news networks for cutting away from his evening address claiming election fraud, asserting that the public had a right to hear what he had to say as vote counting continues. Trump spoke from the White House on Thursday evening, timed to preempt national evening news broadcasts. But … Read more
The John Lewis Partnership is axing up to 1,500 head office jobs by April next year as part of its plans to transform the ailing department store business. In a shock move earlier this year, the group shut eight of its John Lewis stores for good, putting 1,300 people at risk of losing their jobs. … Read more
More misery for savers: Marcus Bank slashes its easy-access account rate to 0.7% – blaming ‘market conditions’ Marcus has continually cut its rate for its easy-access customers The new rate of 0.7% – down from 1.05% – will come into effect on 12 October NS&I also slashed its rates earlier this week By Grace Gausden … Read more
Italians overwhelmingly vote to cut the number of MPs by a third as a cost cutting measure in referendum Number of MPs will be cut from 630 to 400 and senators will also be reduced Almost 63 per cent voted for reduction, also supported by Government Coalition Vote confirmed a constitutional amendment already pushed through Parliament … Read more
Jo Malone has said she feels ‘humiliated,’ after the perfume brand she founded made the ‘despicable and disgusting,’ move to cut John Boyega from a Chinese advert. The Star Wars actor has stepped down from his role as a global ambassador for Jo Malone London after the company cut the black actor from the Chinese version … Read more