ShipStation, one of the world’s most popular and leading cloud-based ecommerce shipping platforms, has added UPS to its carrier services platform in the UK. Through this new partnership, UK-based merchants and marketplace sellers on the ShipStation platform will now have access to UPS’s domestic and international shipping services at discounted …
Read More »Royal Ontario Museum to return pipe, saddle bag to Chief Poundmaker’s family
A saddlebag that belonged to Chief Poundmaker.HO/The Canadian Press Century-old artifacts belonging to a 19th century Plains Cree chief who was known as a peacekeeper were returned to his descendants in a repatriation ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum. The Toronto-based museum transferred a ceremonial pipe and a saddle bag …
Read More »How King Charles and Queen Camilla Will Make History at the Coronation
The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be the first of the 21st century — but that’s not the only reason it will hit the history books. At the May 6 coronation, Charles, 74, and Camilla, 75, will be the oldest King and Queen Consort crowned in …
Read More »We track how fast workers deliver post, concedes Royal Mail boss
Committee chairman Darren Jones, another Labour MP, added: “I think it’s quite clear that you are using technology to encourage people to be more quick and are marking them against their colleagues. We’ve had testimony from all over the country.” On a leaked Royal Mail diagram shown to MPs, each …
Read More »Royal Mail accused of keeping tabs on posties – flagging when they stand still
A Commons hearing was told about digital devices that workers carry that can monitor their movements, with company boss Simon Thompson saying technology called Outdoor Actuals had been agreed with unions Royal Mail acknowledges that it uses tracking technology (file image) ( Image: Daily Record) Royal Mail has been accused …
Read More »Royal Mail makes its political headache worse | Nils Pratley
Simon Thompson’s second outing before the business select committee wasn’t much of an improvement on the first. Royal Mail’s chief executive was less abrasive than in January, which at least suggested he’d taken advice on how not to instantly annoy a crew of MPs. But the problem was still his …
Read More »Royal Mail chief Simon Thompson admits to failures | Business
The embattled boss of Royal Mail has been accused by MPs of overseeing a “systemic” and “knowing” policy to avoid the company’s obligation to deliver letters to every address in Britain six days a week. Simon Thompson said he did not recognise reports of alleged verbal briefings given by Royal …
Read More »Royal Mail boss blames rogue managers for tracking devices on workers | Royal Mail
The chief executive of Royal Mail has admitted digital tracking devices carried by postal workers were used to pressure them to work faster, blaming rogue managers for using the information in breach of the delivery company’s policy. Simon Thompson, who was hauled back in front of the business select committee …
Read More »Royal Mail workers were tracked, CEO says in U-turn after swearing oath By Proactive Investors
Royal Mail workers were tracked, CEO says in U-turn after swearing oath Proactive Investors – boss Simon Thompson owned up to a parliamentary committee that postal workers were tracked and had speeds recorded, backtracking on previous answers he had given. Tracking devices have been used, the chief executive of parent …
Read More »Royal Mail bosses employing ‘unusual uses of the English language to give inaccurate statements’
UNDER-PRESSURE Royal Mail bosses are employing “unusual uses of the English language to give inaccurate statements,” MPs said today in a feisty committee hearing. The privatised firm’s top brass were hauled back in front of the cross-party business, energy and industrial strategy committee after accusations that they had given “misleading” evidence during …
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