6 d. ago Post Office reveals plans to offload 108 branches across UK affecting 1,000 workers

It comes after the organisation announced a review of the branches last year

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6 d. ago Post Office issues update on future of 108 branches as 1,000 jobs at risk of being axed

Last November, the group announced that the future of its directly managed branches would be reviewed, as these branches were losing the Post Office over £40million each year

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6 d. ago About 1,000 workers at risk as Post Office plans to offload 108 branches

The Post Office has said it plans to hand its 108 remaining crown branches to franchisees by the autumn.

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6 d. ago Post Office to 'offload' 108 branches, with 1,000 workers at risk

It could see some branches close

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1 week ago Famous names sign letter urging Culture Secretary to save River City jobs

The letter warned of a risk that Scottish entertainment workers will have to leave the country to find work.

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2 w. ago Afghan women workers at risk as Taliban tightens restrictions

Restrictions on female employment mean that many women are forced to work in dangerous conditions

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2 w. ago Trump’s shuttering of global media agency endangers reporters, staff say

Employees who may have to return home risk death or imprisonment at hands of authoritarian governmentsForeign workers at US government-backed media outlets being cut by the Trump administration say they face deportation to their home countries, where some risk imprisonment or death at the hands of authoritarian governments.Earlier this month the Trump administration moved to defund the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), an independent federal agency that oversees the Voice of America (VoA), the US’s largest and oldest international broadcaster, and provides grants to Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other news agencies. Staff have been placed on administrative leave and contractors have been fired. The agency had around 3,500 employees with an annual budget of $886m in 2024. Continue reading...

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