Representatives of the SUD and CGT unions yesterday resigned from the board of directors of the French post office (La Poste) in protest against the organisation’s alleged plans to shed between 40,000 and 60,000 jobs over three years. La Poste itself says that the exact number of job cuts, which are part of a restructuring programme, has yet to be decided.
Read MoreDavid Higham, former publishing director of Royal Mail Media Markets, is to spearhead Netherlands-based company TPG Post’s assault on the UK delivery of bulk mail after accepting the position of development director.
Higham, who spent ten years at Royal Mail, is taking up the post after leaving his previous role earlier this year in a divisional shake-up (PM January 10). At the time, one Royal Mail insider called the marketing department restructure a “slap in the face” for Higham and three other directors who left the business.
He will now lead TPG Post UK’s sales, marketing and business development, based in Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire.
Read MoreCanada Post received formal notice yesterday from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) of its intention to commence strike action as of July 18, 2003. Although the Corporation regrets this tactic by the Union and the effect it could have on business, it remains confident a negotiated settlement can be reached.
Read MoreTeliaSonera has signed an agreement with IBM to upgrade the Swedish Post Office’s (Posten) existing systems for telephony and data communications. The agreement is for a six-year period and is valued is calculated at approximately SEK 1.2 billion (Euro 130 million).
Read MorePos Malaysia & Services Holdings Bhd will invest 80-90 mln rgt this year to improve its services by upgrading equipment and revamping its post offices, The Star newspaper reported, citing acting Chief Executive Officer S M Haja Alawdin S Md Sulaiman.
Pos Malaysia has 646 outlets throughout the country and it plans to first revamp some 50 post offices, he said.
Read MoreAt the AGM today of Business Post, one of the UK’s leading express delivery companies, the Chairman, Peter Kane, issued the following update on current trading and prospects. “In the preliminary announcement of results for the year ended 31 March 2003, on 20 May 2003, I said that trading in the first seven weeks of the new financial year had been encouraging. Today, I am pleased to confirm that trading remains in line with management’s expectations. It is also a pleasure to announce two important new customer wins in the high-tech sector. Firstly HomeServe, the Group’s UK business-to-consumer parcel service which provides a high quality next day service to residential addresses, has secured a contract with Walsh Western International, the Dublin-based logistics supplier to the high-tech industry. In addition, Express, the Group’s UK business-to-business parcel service, has won a three year agreement with Computacenter (UK) Ltd, one of Europe’s leading independent providers of IT infrastructure services.
Read MoreArgentina’s government is considering rescinding the concessions for the country’s airports and mail service and then placing them back in private hands, Planning Minister Julio de Vido was reported saying on Wednesday. De Vido was reported by local daily Infobae as saying that the government’s ‘idea is to privatize them again’ although he added that there is a ‘possibility’ that these services will fall into the state’s hands. According to Infobae, De Vido said the government will decide what to do about the country’s airports and mail service, after reviewing the extent to which the private companies’ complied with the original contract terms.
Read MoreThe South African Post Office denied on Thursday that it was technically insolvent saying “(such) reports are far from the truth and represent a serious deviation from the facts”. It was responding after opposition parties lambasted the Post Office on Wednesday for continuing operating losses and tabling its annual report late in Parliament. “To understand the state of the Post Office finances it is important to look at the state of affairs from a holistic point of view. “Analysing figures selectively could only serve to press unnecessary panic buttons,” South African Post Office spokesman Robert Nkuna said.
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