Logistics & distribution
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.
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 launches new website in rebrand
CMC Machinery has rebranded as CMC Packaging Automation.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...