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Royal Mail hit by cyber incident causing ‘severe disruption’

Royal Mail said it is experiencing “severe disruption” to its international export services this afternoon (11 January), following a cyber incident.

The Thursday print edition of City A.M. will be expanded. Image: City A.M.

City A.M. ends Friday print edition

City A.M. will cease the publication of one of its five daily print editions in response “to the new world of work” and will become a ‘digital-only’ publication on Fridays.

CMC's rebrand brings its automative capabilities to the fore

CMC launches new website in rebrand

CMC Machinery has rebranded as CMC Packaging Automation.

115,000 postal workers have been taking industrial action

Labour frontbencher calls for Royal Mail inquiry; strike impact laid bare

Shadow secretary of state for Business and Industrial Strategy Jonathan Reynolds has written to secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Grant Shapps to address his “extreme...

Penny Black claims to win brands an additional £2 in revenue per recipient

Agfa-born marketing venture Penny Black wins £1.3m investment

Personalised e-commerce packaging start-up Penny Black has raised a further £1.3m after going independent from Agfa in April 2022.

Strikes remain planned for four dates in the coming month

CWU and Royal Mail enter negotiations

Royal Mail Group (RMG) and the Communication Workers Union (CWU), the union for Royal Mail workers, have today (7 November) entered an intensive period of negotiations on all aspects of pay and...

Postal workers will strike on Black Friday

New Royal Mail strike dates revealed

Postal workers will hold a series of 48-hour strikes to fall on Black Friday and after Tech Monday, with workers also set to hold a vote of no confidence in Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson.

Planned strike action on 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10 November has been postponed

Postal strikes postponed for next two weeks

Strikes involving over 115,000 postal workers that had been planned over the next fortnight have been postponed.

Going postal

When the Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced members who worked for Royal Mail planned to strike on four different days in August and September it was viewed by many as a minor irritation...

Royal Mail: business needs to be "rightsized"

Shock at Royal Mail plans to axe up to 10,000 jobs

Royal Mail is planning to slash up to 10,000 jobs in the face of ballooning losses and the damaging industrial relations dispute, while union the CWU has described the firm’s strategy as...