The Irish postal dispute has taken another twist, with the Communications Workers Union objecting to An Post’s decision to hire 200 casual workers to clear a backlog caused by recent staff suspensions. However, the CWU has claimed this breaches existing agreements stipulating that any casual or temporary staff must be hired for a minimum of seven months, except over the Christmas period. The two sides are due to meet this morning to discuss the matter.
Read MoreDeutsche Post, the German postal service operator, has cancelled its contracts with around 2,000 postal agencies after they refused to accept major changes to their contracts and their remuneration packages. The group, which has until now co-operated with around 8,000 postal agencies, has announced, however, that the cancellation of the contracts does not mean that it will close many of its post offices.
Read MoreThe U.S. Postal Service’s Parcel Return Service has generated USD5 million in revenue since it began as a two-year pilot program in October, the postal service said.
Parcel Return Service lets mailers provide customers with a prepaid return label that can be included in shipments, mailed to customers or made available to customers for download via the Internet.
Read MoreTPG Post, Sandd and Selekt Mail Nederland – the three largest players in the Dutch postal market – have signed an in-principle agreement that should resolve the problem of return items. With the growing competition in the postal market, the new players Sandd and Selekt Mail Nederland experienced handling of return items as a barrier.
Read MoreCanada Post Corporation has reported in its 2003 Annual Report a consolidated net income for its Group of Companies of CAD253 million for the fiscal period ended December 31, 2003. For the first time in the Corporation’s history, it has achieved positive consolidated retained earnings.
Read MoreLYNX Express has made the short-list in the IFW (International Freighting Weekly) Awards in the ‘International Express Operator of the Year’ category in recognition of its achievement in 2004.
LYNX won the International Express Operator of the Year Award in 2002.
Read MoreLYNX Express, has been recognised by the Dti (Department of Trade and Industry’s) in its 2004 Value Added Scoreboard for outstanding improvements in productivity and sales.
The annual Scoreboard, now in its third year, provides a measure of the wealth created by the top 800 UK and 600 European companies. LYNX Express’ performance confirms that the company has dramatically improved over the four year averages calculated for value added, wealth creation and efficiency.
Read MoreLYNX Express has been confirmed by the Sunday Times Profit Track 100 as one of the fastest growing companies in the UK in terms of profitability measured over a rolling three years.
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