Royal Mail and union leaders have reached an agreement in principle after 11 months of negotiations in a dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Royal Mail said it had reached a negotiators’ agreement with the Communication Workers Union (CWU), the ...
The government has removed two identified tax avoidance schemes from its official list after legislation which allows for a scheme to be publicised only allows it to be made public for 12 months. The move has been described as “ridiculous” ...
Today, challenger credit card Yonder announces a raise of £12.5 million in equity and £50 million in debt following its Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Northzone and RTP Global alongside angel investors Joseph Moore, founder of ...
From today, Asda customers can have their shopping delivered by a Wayve self-driving vehicle in the UK’s largest autonomous grocery home shopping delivery trial. In partnership with Wayve, the year-long trial will give the supermarket the ability to autonomously deliver ...
Campaigners, trade unions and MPs are calling for stricter oversight of the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, amid growing concerns about its effect on staff rights. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is holding a half-day conference on Tuesday ...
The building of new smart motorways is being cancelled as Rishi Sunak acknowledged concerns about safety and cost. Fourteen planned smart motorways – including 11 that are already paused and three earmarked for construction – will be removed from government ...
Research from big four company EY, and Innovate Finance, has highlighted “barriers” in the FinTech sector with female leaders being overlooked for senior positions within the industry. The report, formed from the 120 finalists on the Women in Fintech Powerlist, ...
An experimental mRNA cancer vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and Merck & Co. cut the risk of death or recurrence of the most deadly skin cancer by 44% compared with Merck‘s immunotherapy Keytruda alone, US researchers reported at a medical meeting on Sunday. The findings suggest that adding a personalized cancer vaccine based on mRNA technology to Keytruda, which ...
WARSAW – Unilateral action on trade by European Union member states is unacceptable, the bloc’s executive said on Sunday, after Poland and Hungary announced bans on grain and other food imports from Ukraine to protect their local agricultural sectors. After Russia’s invasion blocked some Black Sea ports, large quantities of Ukrainian grain, which is cheaper ...
WASHINGTON – Japan’s new central bank Governor Kazuo Ueda gave a clear message to policymakers gathered for global finance meetings here over the last week: The country will remain a dovish outlier by keeping interest rates ultra-low – at least for now. Since taking the helm a ...