‘A truly despicable front page’ The Daily Mail’s front page was a shocker yesterday, even by its own standards. ‘Shocking rise of ‘something for nothing’ Britain’ splashed the headline. The article refers to a ‘bombshell report’ by Civitas that reveals more than half of households – 36 million people – get …
Read More »UK resumes post to France after cyberattack halts deliveries
A backlog of undelivered letters and parcels will now be delivered as soon as possible as the UK’s Royal Mail postal service resumes international export despatches around the world. The backlog resulted from a cyberattack on the company last week that left the service unable to dispatch items to overseas …
Read More »Slow service? UK fast-food chains hit by cyberattack
Australians are up in arms about local KFC outlets’ decision to use a cabbage mix on some menu items due to a lettuce shortage – Copyright AFP William WEST Three weeks into 2023, and two already seen two high-profile ransomware attacks have impacted upon leading U.K. businesses. The latest is …
Read More »Crown Estate sues Twitter over alleged rent arrears for UK HQ
The Crown Estate, which owns some of the most expensive land in central London, says the case is related to ‘rental arrears’ on the social media platform’s office space in London LONDON, United Kingdom – Britain’s Crown Estate, an independent commercial business that manages the property portfolio belonging to the …
Read More »New York’s financial regulator takes aim at firms co-mingling crypto funds
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Technology PMN Business Article content New York’s chief financial regulator is set to release new guidance on Monday dictating that companies separate customers’ crypto assets from their own, after alleged co-mingling of funds at collapsed crypto exchange FTX and its affiliated trading firm Alameda Research led …
Read More »Liz Truss turns to the US in a bid to rehabilitate her political career
Truss is expected to be making more trips to the US in the near future. The shortest-serving Prime Minister in UK history, Liz Truss, whose ideas tanked the British economy, is now turning to the US in a bid to rehabilitate her political career. Truss recently visited the Heritage Foundation’s …
Read More »Royal Mail reaches milestone of 4000th EV
Royal Mail has deployed the 4,000th EV on its delivery and collection fleet, supporting plans for a 5,000-strong electric fleet by the end of spring 2023. MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys, Paul Maynard went to see the new EVs in use The milestone electric vehicle has gone live at …
Read More »Royal Mail overseas parcels ban 'costing me hundreds of pounds' – BBC News
Small businesses are still unable to send new parcels overseas two weeks after the Royal Mail cyber-attack. Source link
Read More »Whistl launch fast tracked UK to USA delivery service for SMEs
RETAIL SOLUTIONS 24 January, 2023 | by Patrick Overall Whistl, the UKs leading logistics specialists in fulfilment, mail and parcels, has launched a fast tracked service for SMEs that send over 40 items a day to the USA. The service, typically taking an average of 6.5 days from despatch to …
Read More »Hitachi completes major fleet charging trial Optimise Prime
In the UK, the fleet charging project Optimise Prime has come to an end. The trials began in July 2021, led by Hitachi Europe and UK Power Networks, with over 8,000 electric vehicles from Centrica, Uber and Royal Mail. The findings will help all parties to understand better what large-scale …
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