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Kretinsky’s ambitious plans have been backed up by a fevered acquisition spree that has accelerated since 2018, when the tycoon began to diversify his business away from energy. This week, Fnac tabled a €249m (£210m) offer to buy Italy’s Unieuro in a deal that would create a major new player …

In addition, EP Group is in talks with union bosses about a profit-sharing scheme that would see employees handed bonuses if the company meets key financial and delivery targets. The Czech billionaire’s debt-fuelled swoop has also sparked concerns about soaring interest payments that could hurt the postal service’s bottom line.  …

Royal Mail and Amazon have this week announced new packaging waste reduction milestones, after new innovations helped to slash the use of plastic across their operations and deliveries. Royal Mail revealed it has met a 2030 target for a 25 per cent reduction in waste volumes seven years early, after …

THE recognition ballot at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse is the fruit of years of organising by some of Britain’s most exploited workers. Officers of the GMB union entering the warehouse officially for the first time will be proud of shop-floor organisers who have taken on a global giant. But this is …

A highly contagious variant of Covid, named FLiRT, is seeing a rapid spread across the UK, as cases continue to climb. The feared new strain has taken dominance following a surge in positive tests for the deadly virus. In the final fortnight of April in the US, this particular variant, …

The company’s autonomous drones, which take off and land like an aeroplane, have a 10-metre wingspan and can carry up to 100 kilograms for 1,000km. They would be more likely to be used for bulk deliveries to delivery hubs, rather than dropping letters and parcels at doors. It has secured …

The NHS is to use Google’s autonomous drones to fly blood samples between London hospitals in an effort to speed up medical tests. Wing, the drone operator owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, has been chosen to deliver high-priority samples between Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals in south London. The …

Amazon workers who are members of the GMB union are walking out over the next fortnight at two sites in the West Midlands, England in their latest phase of industrial action demanding £15 per hour and the right to organise. A two-day stoppage started today at the Amazon BHX4 warehouse …

Amazon cut a large part of its UK team working on drones in 2021, while mass redundancies at the company earlier this year also hit its Prime Air team. The project has faced delays and regulatory hurdles, while a number of its drones have crashed during field testing. However, Amazon …

Are you a rural letter carrier? Tell us how the latest mail count affected your pay by filling out the form below. All submissions will be kept anonymous. A US Postal Service letter carrier delivers mail in Atlanta. [AP Photo/David Goldman] The United States Postal Service (USPS) completed its second …