Royal Mail is adding another 87 electric vehicles to its London fleet. The vans, Mercedes eVitos and Peugeot Partners, will arrive at the Mount Pleasant depot over the next two months. The vehicles will be used in the Optimise Prime project, a back-to-base smart charging project funded through Ofgem’s innovation …
Read More »Lords debate Pensions Bill for four hours as future for dashboard and criminal sanctions questioned
Peers debated the government’s flagship 2020 Pension Schemes Bill for more than four hours last night. The bill attempts to tackle a wide range of issues, from criminal sanctions on executives that recklessly underfund pension schemes, to allowing for collective defined contribution schemes and formalising a pensions dashboard. A number …
Read More »ADIB provides Dhs320m financing for London healthcare facility, logistics hub in Edinburgh
The Edinburgh property, let to Royal Mail, consists of a distribution warehouse and office facility extending to 94,323 sq.ft situated in the Scottish city's … Source link
Read More »Royal Mail: online SMEs confident of the future
29 January 2020 Transport / Logistics Services Royal Mail has released research showing 70% of UK small and medium (SME) online retailers are confident of sales growth in 2020. Forty-eight per cent of those retailers are to increase advertising/marketing spend as well as 36% planning to improve customer experience. The prospect …
Read More »Union opposes Royal Mail’s van delivery trial for large parcels in Swindon
THE Royal Mail is trialling a new delivery service for parcels in Swindon – but it is understood the postal workers’ union is not happy with the plans. Large and next-day packages will be delivered separately by van during the trial so that postmen and women delivering door-to-door around the …
Read More »Royal Mail almost made pensioner miss hip replacement operation
A PENSIONER almost missed his hip replacement operation because Royal Mail refused to give him a letter from the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre unless he paid a £2 surcharge – and he may not have been the only one. Anthony Burden, of Summertown, was expecting a letter from Oxford University Hospitals …
Read More »eBay to Roll Out Unique Integration with Royal Mail
eBay will roll out a very unique integration with UK’s Royal Mail this year, according to interim CEO Scott Schenkel. The CEO made the remarks during the fourth-quarter 2019 earnings call with Wall Street analysts on Tuesday when discussing eBay product initiatives and loyalty programs in different international regions. “What …
Read More »The Digital Big Bang
Author: Phil Quade Publisher: WileyPages: 336ISBN: 978-1119617365Print: 1119617367Kindle: B07WDJV73PAudience: Non-technical people interested in cybersecurityRating: 4Reviewer: Kay Ewbank With the subtitle “The Hard Stuff, the Soft Stuff, and the Future of Cybersecurity”, this is an interesting book that consists of lots of short chapters from cybersecurity experts at a range of companies, …
Read More »Royal Mail (LON:RMG) Receives Overweight Rating from Barclays
Barclays reaffirmed their overweight rating on shares of Royal Mail (LON:RMG) in a research report report published on Friday, January 10th, Stock Target Advisor reports. A number of other brokerages have also commented on RMG. Credit Suisse Group reiterated an underperform rating on shares of Royal Mail in a research …
Read More »US consumer confidence hits November 2018 high in January
A widely-followed gauge of US consumer sentiment picked up more quickly than anticipated at the start of 2020, pointing to a still solid outlook for spending. The Conference Board‘s consumer confidence index rose from December’s upwardly-revised print of 128.2 to 131.6 (consensus: 128.0). A sub-index tracking consumers’ assessment of current …
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