Finnish Postal Authority to close, Privatise 100 Post Offices
Finland’s national postal services provider Suomen Posti will close down or privatise 100 of its post offices in Finland in 2005 and 2006, it was reported on March 4, 2005.
The company has published a list of 30 offices which are due for closure or privatisation in the spring of 2005. Thirty offices more will be closed down or privatised in the autumn of 2005 and the remaining 40 in 2006.
Post offices will be privatised only in case there is a company which is willing to buy and run them. Otherwise Suomen Posti will look for retailers in the affected regions, which will handle the post.
Suomen Posti’s strategy is to reduce the number of its post offices in order to cut costs.
In Sweden, local postal authority Posten Sverige, closed down all its post offices some years ago. Currently all post in Sweden is handled by supermarkets, small shops, video shops and other retailers.
