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  • Starmer hints Labour could link government contracts to how firms treat unions

    POLITICS

    Keir Starmer has suggested that, under a Labour government, the awarding of state contracts could hinge on how companies treat trade unions that represent their staff. Speaking at the annual congress of trade union GMB in Brighton yesterday, Starmer said that Amazon should “recognise unions”, arguing that his party would beef up the power of [...]

  • Deliveroo, Just Eat, Amazon and Uber: Delivery apps charging DOUBLE for supermarket groceries, says Which?

    Delivering higher costs

     Ordering supermarket groceries via a delivery app such as Deliveroo, Just Eat or Uber Eats could cost twice the price of buying directly from the same store, according to Which? Meanwhile, Amazon is charging up to 45 per cent  more for Morrisons products than if they were bought from the supermarket’s own website, the consumer [...]

  • Amazon taxes: Retailer moves into top-15 of UK taxpayers

    COUGHING UP

    Online giant Amazon has revealed it paid £781 million in direct taxes last year, a jump of more than £130 million from the prior year, as it continued its rapid expansion across the nation. The global marketplace and technology firm said it invested more and generated higher revenues over 2022. With a workforce of 75,000 [...]

  • Amazon workers planning walkout at US HQ after return-to-office mandate, layoffs and environmental concerns

    May 31, 2023

    Amazon workers upset about recent lay-offs, a return-to-office mandate and the company’s environmental impact are planning a walkout at the company’s Seattle headquarters. The lunchtime protest comes a week after Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting and a month after a policy took effect requiring workers to return to the office three days per week. “We respect [...]

  • Analysis: Big tech beats forecasts – but they’re not out of the woods yet

    April 28, 2023

    Meta, Microsoft, and Google’s parent, Alphabet, Amazon all showed signs of resilience this week after a bruising period for the tech sector. After many US tech firms laid off thousands of staff in response to low growth and inflationary pressures, each of these leading tech giants reported quarterly revenues and profits that beat analyst estimates, [...]

  • Amazon share price tanks after software giant announces fall in cloud spend

    April 28, 2023

    The brakes appeared to be coming on to Amazon’s cloud growth spending as the tech giant said it was looking to cut costs. The news overshadowed the company’s quarterly sales, and an announcement that its profits that topped expectations. Amazon’s value rose $125bn (£100bn) but remarks by its chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky, drove the [...]

  • Amazon asked to formally recognise GMB union at strike-hit Coventry site

    April 26, 2023

    Online giant Amazon is being asked to formally recognise a trade union at one of its sites which has been hit by strikes. The GMB says it would be the first time workers at the company would have formal union recognition for collective bargaining over pay and conditions. The move follows strikes by hundreds of GMB members [...]

  • Regulation set to challenge the ‘dominance’ of tech giants Google, Amazon and Facebook

    April 25, 2023

    Plans to toughen up UK regulation of some of the world’s largest tech companies will go before MPs for the first time, with the competition watchdog’s dedicated digital unit set to be given sharper teeth. New laws to regulate big tech firms, such as Google, Amazon and Meta, have been long awaited, with MPs last [...]

  • Evri to ‘triple’ deliveries as it rolls out e-cargo bikes in London and Leeds

    April 24, 2023

    Delivery titan Evri has launched new plans to triple annual parcel deliveries using electric-cargo bikes. Evri, formerly known as Hermes will expand its e-cargo bike fleet to London and Leeds this year, as the company looks to reduce carbon footprint in the ‘last mile,’ of its deliveries. Evri said that its services completed 154,000 deliveries [...]

  • Can Amazon Prime, Netflix and the streamers survive the UK’s recession fears?

    April 20, 2023

    The number of British households signed up to streaming platforms has slumped so far this year, as more cash-strapped viewers trim their subscriptions to cut costs. The number of homes subscribed to at least one video streaming platform fell to 16.1 million between January and March this year, down from 16.91 million during the same [...]

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