DPD’s decision to class all its drivers as workers is the latest in a growing list of concessions made by gig economy firms. But there’s still a long way to go. Around 6,000 people working for the ...

Don Lane was not employed by delivery firm DPD when he died. The 53-year-old, from Christchurch in Dorset, was self-employed, part of the UK’s booming yet precarious gig economy. Lane, who had worked ...

A courier who colleagues say had been working 14-hour shifts seven days a week in the lead up to Black Friday was found dead in his van. Warren Norton, who was in his 40s and worked for parcel ...

Parcel delivery giant DPD is targeting the expansion of its international services to turn around its falling turnover which has decreased by £100m since the start of 2022. The group, which is owned ...

The replacement component was sitting in a courier depot 25 kilometres away. But standard delivery would take hours — time the hospital simply didn’t have. That’s when DPD got the call. Within minutes ...

A robot courier has been launched that could potentially take on human delivery drivers. Parcel delivery firm DPD has announced it has begun using an autonomous “locker on wheels’”. The company has ...