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Postal workers have called on Royal Mail and e-commerce sites to limit the amount of non-essential items they are being asked to deliver at a time when they are risking their health by turning up to work. Despite the UK government’s closure of non-essential retail outlets, e-commerce companies can continue …

Online retail giant Amazon is stopping sellers from sending non-essential items to its UK and US warehouses until 5 April, to make space for vital items needed by its customers during the coronavirus outbreak. Amazon wrote to its third-party sellers, some of whom use the company’s logistics to store and …

A British couple have conquered the infamous arcade ‘GRABBER’ machines – kitting out their home with gadgets and toys. Michael and Lauren Francis spend their weekends and holidays in seaside resorts up and down the country – playing the notorious claw games. They have used the machines to scoop piles …

As far back as 2016, diginomica was deeply skeptical about the ‘King Canute’ like comments of Fedex founder and CEO Fred Smith about the disruptive impact of e-commerce – and particularly Amazon – on his business: The concerns about industry disruption continue to be fuelled by fantastical – and let …

Could Magway develop a cleaner approach for eCommerce deliveries The idea from British start-up Magway could reduce the UK’s CO2 emissions by six million tonnes per year, its CEO claims A British engineering start-up looking to embed an innovative freight delivery system using underground pipes has succeeded in crowdfunding more …

  Zimbabwe hospital doctors out for 15 weeks; German Amazon workers strike at three centres; health workers stoppage in Northern Ireland Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 20 December 2019 Europe Strike at three German Amazon centres Around 1,200 Amazon workers at Bad Hersfeld, Koblenz and Leipzig Amazon sites …

A businessman who ran a £250,000 fraud involving used stamps being washed and sold on as if new has been jailed for four years. Paul Harrison and wife Samantha supplemented their incomes out of the illegal enterprise and used the proceeds to go on holiday, to buy a BMW and …

If it hasn’t hit you yet, it’s coming: your annual present-buying panic. There are now only two weekends remaining before the big day and neither leaves any time for traipsing Oxford Street, especially on a mulled wine hangover. Online ordering is the only feasible solution but the smartest shoppers aren’t …

Imagine you find the perfect Christmas present online for a loved one. You’ve spent hours searching for it and now you can’t stop thinking about the brownie points you are going to get on the big day. Imagine your reaction when you find out the parcel isn’t going to arrive …

Shops and businesses across the region are currently gearing themselves up for the busiest time of the year. And Christmas is when retails businesses, large and small, put out the call in a bid to get some extra help. Festive jobs can be a great way to boost your income, …