R oyal Mail’s parent firm has said it faces no further action months after ministers said they would launch a national security probe into the company. International Distributions Services (IDS), which was renamed from Royal Mail Group earlier this year, had faced the potential intervention after the firm’s largest shareholder, …
Read More »Government changes law to help plug staffing gaps caused by strikes
B usinesses can now provide skilled agency workers to plug staffing gaps caused by strike action under changes to the law coming into force on Thursday, the Government has announced. Ministers said they have worked at speed to repeal trade union laws that restrict employment businesses from providing temporary agency …
Read More »British drones ‘to monitor traffic jams and deliver medicine to remote islands’
The plan will be unveiled at the Farnborough Airshow, which returns for the first time since 2018 in a boost for the UK aerospace industry Drones could monitor traffic jams under plans due to be set out today ( Image: Tim Graham/Getty Images) Electric drones could be deployed to fly …
Read More »Royal Mail rotating daily which streets do not receive letters, MPs told
R oyal Mail delivery offices across the country are deciding each day which streets do not receive letters after a “failure” in restructuring, MPs have heard. Concerns highlighted by Labour MP Barry Gardiner (Brent North) are to be raised with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. Mr Gardiner told the Commons: “Royal …
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