Lufthansa increases focus on value added logistics
Lufthansa increases focus on value added logistics
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UK MPs attack Royal Mail Group‘s size-based pricing
A group of MPs is demanding that Royal Mail rethink its size-based pricing proposals by excluding mail order photograph developers from the charges, amid fears of a raft of job losses.
Twenty-five MPs, including high-profile members Jeremy Corbyn and Kevin McNamara, have signed an Early Day Motion designed to raise awareness of the issue.
Read MoreMail Boxes Etc aims to have 300 Mexican outlets in ten years
The Mail Boxes Etc company, the world’s largest franchisor of retail shipping, postal and business service centers, has announced the launch of a new master license agreement in Mexico, which will create 300 service centers in the country over the next ten years. This will involve an investment of around USD40mil and the generation of 1,500 new jobs.
Read MorePersonalised postage ready for mailing in Finland
In Finland, a country on the cutting edge of mobile technology, the post office is coaxing customers to older forms of communication such as letters and post cards with personalised stamps.
Finns can order stamps with photos of their sweethearts, pets or other favorites, valid for use on domestic and international parcels and letters.
Read MoreStalemate in Irish postal dispute
The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) executives met and decided not to spread industrial action outside of the greater Dublin region.
Union official Sean McDonagh said: “We have attempted at all stages to resolve this, despite lockouts and provocations, and said that this is madness and we need to get people working and have honest and open discussions. We have problems and need to address them in An Post”.
Read MoreKoizumi to name ex-farm bureaucrat as adviser on post privatization
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said he will appoint former senior agriculture bureaucrat Yoshiaki Watanabe as his adviser on privatizing Japan Post so the project gathers momentum toward the planned completion in 2007.
Read MoreUS UPS once again features in WBENC’s Elite Eleven
For the fifth consecutive year, UPS has been named among America’s Top Corporations for Women Business Enterprises by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women. UPS’s inclusion in the WBENC’s Elite Eleven highlights the company’s effort to provide opportunities to women- and minority-owned businesses. In 2003, UPS spent more than USD187 million with women- and minority-owned companies.
UPS has ranked among WBENC’s Top Corporations since the lists’ inception in 1999.
Read MoreRoyal Mail figures by mail type
Royal Mail figures by mail type – from information given at ILT tour of RM Distribution Centre in Hatfield
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