Logistics giant DPD has launched a campaign of reprisals against workers in the UK who staged a three-day protest from October 7–9 against drastic pay cuts—including the scrapping of their Christmas bonus. According to reports by the BBC and Guardian, between 1,300 and 1,500 DPD drivers joined the nationwide stoppage …
Read More »UK postal workers faced more than 2,000 dog attacks last year, Royal Mail reveals
ADVERTISEMENT Postal workers working for Britain’s Royal Mail have faced almost 2,200 dog attacks over the past year, marking a 2% annual increase in such incidents. This equates to roughly 42 dog attacks targeting postal workers per week — with some causing permanent injuries and leading to disabilities, according to …
Read More »'Going the extra mile': Royal Mail delivers 7,000th electric vehicle | BusinessGreen News
Credit: Royal Mail. Operator of UK's largest electric delivery fleet to invest in a further 1,800 electric vans over the next year. Royal Mail has … Source link
Read More »Morrisons Partners with Quadient for Convenient Parcel Delivery at its Morrisons Daily Stores
Parcel Pending by Quadient Open Network Locker at Morrisons Daily in UK Parcel Pending by Quadient Open Network Locker at Morrisons Daily in the UK. Get the latest news delivered to your inbox Sign up for The Manila Times newsletters By signing up with an email address, I acknowledge that …
Read More »Royal Mail fined £10.5m for missing delivery targets
Royal Mail has been fined £10.5m by the communications regulator Ofcom for failing to meet delivery targets for first and second-class mail in the 2023-2024 financial year. The penalty was nearly double last year’s fine of £5.6m for failing to meet obligations under the Universal Service Obligation. Under Ofcom’s standards, …
Read More »Postal workers union calls on Royal Mail to urgently invest in failing delivery service
ALMOST a third of postal jobs in Shetland vacant, posties driving a fleet of aging vehicles and a Lerwick delivery office which is “not fit for purpose”. Add to that an hourly pay rate which is lower than generally offered in the isles, and a lack of accommodation for workers …
Read More »Royal Mail to halve UK deliveries by flight in carbon-cutting drive
Royal Mail is scaling back deliveries by flight in the UK and will instead transport more mail by road, in a move it said would help to both improve reliability for customers and cut carbon emissions in support of its plan to become a net zero company by 2040. The …
Read More »The Royal Mail Threaten to Suspend Delivery Due to Cautionary Cat | Nation
This perceptively “placid” pussy is the very reason the Royal Mail have threatened to stop delivering mail to Lee Haynes and Jo Woodley! Source link
Read More »UK’s first drone delivery service launched by Royal Mail | World News
The UK’s first drone delivery service has been launched by Royal Mail on the Orkney islands off the coast of Scotland. The drones, Speedbird Aero DLV-2 model, can carry payloads of up to 6 kg. Chris Paxton, head of drone trials at Royal Mail, said it would assist the company’s …
Read More »Royal Mail slumps to loss of more than £1bn after year of strikes
Royal Mail has blamed strike action for helping send it slumping to a full-year loss of more than £1 billion. The group’s owner, International Distributions Services, revealed Royal Mail swung to an operating loss of £1.04 billion for the year to March 26, against earnings of £250 million the previous …
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