Today, Sky Media announces that the Sky Zero Footprint Fund finalist, Royal Mail, will unveil its ‘Footprints’ advertising campaign – encouraging UK consumers to send their parcels greener. Using the £250,000 media value that Royal Mail won from the Sky Zero Footprint Fund in 2022, its TV campaign will run from …
Read More »UK records lowest number of working days since 1990
Official figures indicated that between the months of June and December last year, the number of lost days was recorded at 2,471,000, the highest since 1989. Royal Mail workers protest as members strike over pay and conditions, in London. Credit: Reuters British media reported on Tuesday that the UK registered …
Read More »Emma Corrin: My West End performance as Orlando is a celebration of queer joy
Emma Corrin has described their West End production of Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando as a “celebration of queer joy”. The actor, who played Diana, Princess of Wales in The Crown, is currently starring as the titular character at the Garrick Theatre, directed by Michael Grandage. Corrin, who identifies as non-binary …
Read More »Confidence In Cybersecurity Regulation For Critical Infrastructure
Significant outages in critical infrastructure services caused by cyberattacks are thankfully very rare. That’s why incidents such as Colonial Pipeline achieve significant press and media attention and top-level political engagement: they have rarity value. Computer code on a screen with a skull representing a computer virus / malware attack. getty …
Read More »Cyber attack against Royal Mail linked to Russia
A cyber attack against the UK postal service Royal Mail which saw the company request that customers stop sending mail abroad via its services has been linked to Russian hackers. Royal Mail informed the public of the cyber attack on January 11, saying it had caused “severe disruption” to the …
Read More »Notorious ransomware gang LockBit accused of attack on UK's Royal Mail
A cyber incident that led to severe disruption to Royal Mail's international export services was said to be caused by Lockbit. Source link
Read More »UK Last-Mile EV Truck Builder Tevva Wins OK To Mass Produce, Sell
Tevva 7.5 ton battery electric truck is approved for mass production and volume sales by a European … [+] regulatory body. Tevva As last-mile and short-range delivery companies increasingly turn to battery-electric vehicles a British manufacturer has been given the go-ahead for mass production of its entry into the segment. …
Read More »Inquiry into “unlawful killings” by UK soldiers in Afghanistan announced
A statutory inquiry investigating allegations of “unlawful killings” by British special forces of scores of unarmed civilians in Afghanistan and a subsequent cover-up is to begin in early 2023. Commissioned by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, Defence Minister Andrew Murrison told parliament it will in part “investigate and report on alleged …
Read More »Dividend payouts forecast to hit record highs in 2023
Even as profit growth is expected to slow in 2023 (and grind to a halt in 2024), key sectors such as oil and gas are set to continue strong dividend payouts throughout next year. Meanwhile, total dividend pay for 2022 is predicted to reach £79.1bn, above 2021’s total of £78.5bn …
Read More »Heathrow asks airlines to cap international arrivals into UK during strikes
London’s Heathrow airport is asking airlines to halt ticket sales on inbound flights over Christmas in a bid to minimize disruption during walkouts by immigration officials. The plan was devised with the cooperation of British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., which are based at the hub and intend to …
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