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On Friday, the University and College Union (UCU) called off seven days of strikes set to be held over the next two weeks. The sell-out came 24 hours after 70,000 university lecturers and other higher education workers at all 150 UK universities held three days of strikes. This completed nine …

An urgent warning has been issued to anyone across the UK who sends or receives mail or parcels in the post, as more strikes are set to occur. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) have confirmed that Royal Mail workers have voted to continue with industrial action this year, reports Birmingham …

ONE of the north’s biggest construction companies has been targeted by the same ransomware group behind the recent attack on Royal Mail. The Lagan Specialist Contracting Group (SCG) is the latest victim of the LockBit group. The company, which is headquartered in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, confirmed it had “experienced a …

Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to continue with a campaign of industrial action in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, the Communication Workers Union announced. The warning means postal disruption is likely to sweep the UK – AGAIN. CWU general secretary, Dave Ward, cited recent talks with …

R oyal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to continue with a campaign of industrial action in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. A fresh ballot of members of the Communication Workers Union showed almost 96% were in favour of more strikes unless the deadlock is broken. CWU general …

Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to continue with a campaign of industrial action in the ongoing bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. A fresh ballot of members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) showed almost 96 per cent were in favour of more strikes unless the deadlock is …

Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP Allan Dorans has won his battle to save Royal Mail Customer Service Points in Ayrshire. Mr Dorans said he was “deeply worried” last week over the prospect of losing any in his Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency. His fears escalated when Royal Mail announced they …

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Geo Focus: The United Kingdom , Geo-Specific Hackers Demanded $80 Million in Ransom Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • February 15, 2023     Negotiations between the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service gang and Royal Mail appear to have broken down earlier this month, shortly after a postal representative called …

Royal Mail has said it has “no current plans” to close a Nottinghamshire delivery office. The organisation has commented after villagers raised concerns that the facility in Ravenshead could close by the end of next month and move to Mansfield Woodhouse. A Royal Mail spokesperson told Nottinghamshire Live: “We wish …

Ransomware is malicious computer software that encrypts, or scrambles, files on victims’ computers. The criminals behind the software then demand a ransom in hard-to-trace cryptocurrency as the price for decrypting the files. A Royal Mail spokesman said: “As there is an ongoing investigation, law enforcement has advised that it would …