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 ...

Express parcel delivery company DPD has won the edie Award for Net Zero Innovation of the Year at a gala ceremony in London on March 6. DPD was awarded the prize for their innovative automated robot ...