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 ...

Dependent personality disorder (DPD) is one of the most frequently diagnosed personality disorders. It causes feelings of helplessness, submissiveness, a need to be taken care of and for constant ...

Delivery firm DPD could face disruption to its services after some of its drivers began three days of action in a dispute over payments. The row could see up to 1,300 drivers refuse to work for three ...

Earlier this year, diginomica looked at how DPD has been using Salesforce since the very early days of cloud computing in the enterprise, highlighting the delivery firm’s willingness to invest in ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot used by delivery firm DPD swore and heavily criticised the company when prompted to by a customer. The company has since disabled part of its chatbot service, ...

DPD has disabled part of its online support chatbot after it swore at a customer. The parcel delivery firm uses artificial intelligence (AI) in its online chat to answer queries, in addition to human ...

Delivery firm DPD has apologised after a man's car was struck by a delivery van which reversed into his parked car in front of his house. Joshua Durant, from Rainworth in Nottinghamshire, said he had ...

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