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 »At the start of 2023, the UK postal service Royal Mail was hit with an ultimatum: pay $80m (£67m) or continue to have international shipments blocked. The demand came from Russian-linked hackers the LockBit group, who had infiltrated Royal Mail’s software. Royal Mail refused to pay and eventually reinstated its …
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The winding up petition was issued by Hadleigh Castings, an Ipswich aluminium foundry, earlier this month. It sought £84,011.76 for five unpaid invoices as well as interest and compensation. Filings said: “Despite numerous requests by the Petitioner, the company has failed to settle the above invoices or provide any reason …
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A Russian master hacker who claims to have cut off his own finger after losing a bet has been slapped with a $10m (£8m) bounty by US officials. Mikhail Matveev, 30, of Kaliningrad, was accused on Tuesday of being one of the leading members of the Hive, LockBit and Babuk …
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What to Think About: WSJ Pro reported that following a February 2022 cyber attack, global logistics business Expeditors International of Washington Inc. shut down much of its network to prevent further damage. The three-week outage resulted in serious operational disruption and led to many customers’ goods not being shipped. One …
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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 …
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In October, Bath-based software agency, Rocketmakers, celebrated 15 years since its launch and Business Live has taken a closer look at why the company has been such a success. Founded in 2007, Rocketmakers designs, develops, and delivers innovative software for ambitious companies by using deep software development expertise. The company …
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Marketreach is the direct mail research arm of Royal Mail. Liam Kay investigates how it is using insight for the benefit of the mail industry. How do you feel when an envelope drops through your letterbox? Joy? Fear? Frustration? Annoyance? Excitement? Is it a case of reaching for the bin …
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Royal Mail has rolled out its first fully-automated parcel sorting machine (PSM) in Wales. The new machinery has been installed at the postal service’s Cardiff Mail Centre. The installation is part of Royal Mail’s multi-million pound investment programme to replace significant manual sorting processes to help the company meet the …
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Money saving expert Martin Lewis has warned people in the UK over first and second class stamps they might have in the house. In a big shake-up to the country’s postal system, the traditional paper stamp we all know and love is being replaced by a more secure, digital version …
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