Council welcomes funding lift off for Oban drones project

Plans for a drone hub to service Scotland’s islands with unmanned flights have taken a major step forward with UK Government funding. Argyll and Bute Council has welcomed confirmation of the award of more than £170,000 UK Government Community Renewal funding to create an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Innovation logistics …

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Will more firms follow suit?

Unilever (ULVR) has proposed a new organisation model and confirmed it will result in around 1,500 job losses globally – with Royal Mail also announcing plans to cut 700 jobs in the UK, leading to concerns that more layoffs will follow in the face of higher inflation.  In a press …

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Royal Mail axes jobs as COVID bites

LONDON (AFP) – British postal operator Royal Mail on Tuesday announced plans to cut 700 management jobs to slash costs, as it revealed that thousands of staff were off work with COVID. The company said the plan would save GBP40 million a year. One-off restructuring costs would total GBP70 million, …

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