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Couriers/delivery industry

October 2023

  • A Waitrose sign

    Waitrose in talks with Amazon over online grocery deal, says report

    Supermarket said to be considering third-party deal after share of UK market falls

September 2023

  • Amazon delivery left outside house.

    Your problems, with Anna Tims
    DPD won’t talk to us after one of its drivers stole our Amazon parcel

  • Illustration of a line of bicycle couriers with bags on their backs going between cars

    The future of work
    Dodging death and immigration officers: 12 hours as a London fast-food rider – and all for £40

  • a woman posts a letter into the bright red postbox

    First-class UK stamp to rise by 15p in October to £1.25

  • A Royal Mail worker delivers a letter

    Royal Mail hopes to end Saturday letter deliveries as watchdog seeks evidence

August 2023

  • Rear view of a woman courier with backpack using an apartment intercom for delivery

    Australians may pay ‘tiny bit extra’ on pizza delivery as government announces new gig economy rules

  • Belgrade, Serbia in February 2020. Photograph: Bratislav Stefanovic/Alamy

    The Audio Long Read
    The Balkans’ alternative postal system: an ad-hoc courier’s tale – podcast

  • A courier riding a bicycle, wearing a jacket emblazoned with the Getir logo

    Rapid grocer Getir to cut 2,500 jobs in five countries including UK

  • Chris is wearing a helmet and sitting on his bike on the side on a road. He is looking down, holding his phone in one hand and having a drink from a water bottle

    ‘I’m 57, I’m just shattered’: the reality of being a Deliveroo rider over 50

July 2023

  • A Royal Mail sign

    Royal Mail owner appoints Martin Seidenberg as new chief executive

    Former head of Dutch subsidiary will take up role in August, after year of disputes and heavy losses for IDS
  • Belgrade, Serbia in February 2020.

    The long read
    The Balkans’ alternative postal system: an ad-hoc courier’s tale

    The long read: Across this fractured region, informal networks rule. So if you need to send something, ask someone who’s already going that way
    • Observer business profile
      ‘The Barclay family don’t see this company as their cash cow’: Yodel chief executive Mike Hancox

    • Parcel thefts from UK doorsteps soaring, new figures reveal

    • UPS workers edge closer to strike as talks break down with shipping giant

June 2023

  • DAF worker assembles an electric truck plant in its Netherlands plant

    European truck makers ‘trail in global race to net zero’

  • Potatoes are seen scattered across the Storebaelt Bridge carriageway which links two key Danish islands.

    Truck driver held after spilled potatoes cause chaos on Danish bridge

May 2023

  • A Communication Workers Union rally in Parliament Square, London, in December.

    Royal Mail boss to step down after bitter dispute with unions

  • Postal workers and members of the Communication Workers’ Union hold a rally in Westminster, London, England.

    Is running Royal Mail the most impossible job on the FTSE?

  • Restaurant and bar workers protest in 2020.

    The future of work
    Half of UK gig economy workers earn below minimum wage, study reveals

  • Courier rider on the streets of London.

    UK rapid grocery firms plan to put riders back on zero-hour contracts

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