Two planning horizons: Royal Mail's Christmas hiring and Bath's climate briefing

Royal Mail has said it will hire 22,000 seasonal workers to cover Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas demand [1]. In Bath, business leaders are being invited to a screening of the People's Emergency Briefing, which distils evidence presented to around 1,250 politicians and leaders on the climate and nature crisis [2]. The event's host and sponsor, Satori OD co-founder Juliet Daye, said the climate crisis is a "here-and-now challenge" and that businesses that are "awake" will be best placed to respond for their customers, employees and communities [2]. Read together, the Royal Mail recruitment announcement and the Bath screening suggest two planning horizons for businesses: the near-term Christmas peak and longer-term climate resilience [1][2]. The Bath event, on 12 October, is open to organisations of all sizes across Bath and the surrounding area [2], while the Royal Mail roles cover transport, sorting and delivery across the UK [1].