Capita has warned investors that it might face a financial setback of up to £20 million due to last month’s cyberattack that resulted in disturbances for the firm’s customers. Capita informed the London Stock Exchange in a statement on Wednesday that despite successfully minimising the effects of the cyberattack, it …

Royal Mail is turning neighbourhoods into ‘postal deserts’ as they are only delivering as little as once a fortnight.  Chronic staff shortages, industrial relations and a shake-up of working practices have left households in despair wondering where their post is as post bosses struggle to contain the chaos.  The lack …

Nick Freeman, the motoring lawyer known as Mr Loophole, said that disruption to the postal deliveries could allow speeding motorists to escape a fine or points on their driving licence.   Laws state that anyone caught speeding must receive a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) within 14 days of the …

It’s widely accepted that the risk of falling victim to a cyber attack has become just another part of doing business. But, especially in sectors where good customer service can give firms a competitive edge, the key to preventing a breach from causing excessive reputational harm is to communicate effectively …

On March 4, a ransomware crew that calls itself Royal attacked the city of Dallas, hobbling services and triggering issues that have persisted for the past week. In February, the PLAY ransomware group took credit for attacking the city of Oakland, eventually dumping as many as 600 gigabytes of internal …

THE boss of John Lewis survived a confidence vote yesterday — but suffered a stinging rebuke over her leadership during the past 12 months. Dame Sharon White had been braced for a stormy meeting of the retail group’s partners following its £234million loss, scrapping of staff bonuses and talk of …

UK airports face another six months of strikes after public sector workers including Border Force officials voted to extend a campaign of industrial action. Heathrow and other airports have deployed extra staff to passport control desks during strikes in recent months. The Public and Commercial Services Union said on Wednesday …

Royal Mail is turning neighbourhoods into ‘postal deserts’ as households claim they only get deliveries once a fortnight By Chloe Louise Published: 20:57 EDT, 10 May 2023 | Updated: 21:03 EDT, 10 May 2023 Royal Mail is turning neighbourhoods into ‘postal deserts’ as they are only delivering as little as …

U.S. President Joe Biden is considering foregoing upcoming foreign trips, including potentially the upcoming G7 summit in Japan, if there is no solution to raising the national debt limit. Asked by a reporter if he would stay in Washington during the G7 meeting because of the debt limit dispute at …

National Express rebrands as ‘Mobico’ as transport group becomes the latest firm to ditch its well-known name National Express to rename to Mobico from next month; ticker will be ‘MCG’ The new name ‘better reflects the group’s international nature’, it said It follows similar moves by Royal Mail and Standard …