Amazon’s Twitter ambassadors show hard work isn’t enough – employers expect forced cheerfulness too – It is no longer enough to put in the requisite hours and be a good colleague. Workers increasingly have to profess a phenomenal passion for their employer Amazon wants you to know it is not the exploitative employer it is […]

Don’t throw web tax receipts at the BBC | Letters – The corporation is no good at innovation, says Derek Wyatt; while Stan Labovitch argues that the licence fee gives people a sense of ownership The BBC receives over £3bn in licence fees. It is supposed to be one of the great creative centres of […]

‘Amazon tax’ on revenues would help to level the playing field | Letters – Jonathan Lane recommends a flat-rate tax on revenues, and Philip Barton seeks a fairer tax rate to rein in the tech giants I was interested to read that the EU and the chancellor, Philip Hammond, are considering taxing some global companies […]

Gig economy demands raise Uber and Amazon drivers’ risk of crashing – Research shows drivers getting work via apps are more likely to crash or break speed limit Uber drivers and Amazon couriers may be at a higher risk of crashing because of the demands of gig economy work, a new study suggests. Researchers from […]

Amazon ‘considers’ setting up insurance comparison site in UK – Online retail giant said to be in talks with British insurers over possible new site Amazon is sounding out some of Europe’s top insurance firms to see if they would contribute products to a UK price comparison website in what would be a major foray […]

Taxing solutions to revive the high street in the age of Amazon | Letters – Judith Daniels wants the internet giants reined in; Paul Frankenberg suggests a VAT increase; and Andrew Aitchison recommends a revaluation of business rates Good for Philip Hammond (11 August) for wanting to recalibrate the unfair trading conditions for businesses on the […]

Amazon to be told to ditch ‘guaranteed next-day delivery’ claim – Advertising Standards Authority set to rule on claims about retailer’s Prime service Amazon is to be told to stop claiming its Prime service guarantees next-day delivery by the UK advertising regulator after customers complained it was failing to provide their goods on time in […]

Press Amazon on corporate tax | Letters – Guardian readers respond to reports of tech giant Amazon’s halved corporation tax bill Amazon’s implication that its corporate tax payments in the UK are very low partly because of its high investments in this country is both misleading and disingenuous (Amazon halves UK corporation tax bill to […]

Martin Rowson on Amazon’s UK tax bill – cartoon – Continue reading… http://ow.ly/VPFN50i9FVF

Amazon halved UK corporation tax bill to £4.5m last year – Revelation comes after US company posts record $2.5bn profit in most recent quarter Amazon has revealed that its UK corporation tax bill almost halved to £4.5m last year, days after the US company posted a record profit of $2.5bn (£1.9bn) in its most recent […]