Mersey Docks – Pre-interim results trading update
Mersey Docks – Pre-interim results trading update
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French post office consults on new forms of service
The French post office (La Poste) has broadened its consultation of French regional and local authorities concerning new ways of providing rural areas with postal services. The proposed innovations include post offices shared by one or more communes and mini-post offices in corner shops.
Read MoreBank Pocztowy postal bank changes strategy
Poczta Polska national post and Prokom IT company, owners of Bank Pocztowy bank, will increase the company’s initial capital by ZL13m. In October last year, Andrzej Szukalski, head of the bank, told Rzeczpospolita daily that the bank would be capitalised with ZL80-100 and then restructured. The owners’ strategy has now changed and Bank Pocztowy will no longer sell financial products. A change in postal regulations will allow Poczta Polska to distribute financial products itself and the bank will focus on creating these products.
Read MoreLa Poste may venture into consumer credit
The French government is reportedly preparing to authorise La Poste, the national postal services group, to sell consumer credit as part of agreements with one or several banking groups. The move would allow the public group to face more effectively the deregulation of the courier sector in 2006.
Read MoreEMS Garantpost ups net profit 29% in 2002
Russian-French joint venture EMS Garantpost, a Russian express mail service, increased net profit 29% year-on-year in the 2002 financial year (from June 1 2002 to May 31 2003) to 71 million rubles.
EMS Garantpost turnover amounted to about $20 million, up 42%. The volume of received and transported freight increased 13.3%.
Read MoreDeutsche Post announces rebranding of DHL
DHL’s Moscow-based executives say Deutsche Post World Net’s plans to bring its different courier-delivery and logistics companies together under the DHL brand name will bode well for their clients in the C.I.S. and Baltic states.
The announcement was made last week in Moscow during the official presentation of the rebranding program.
Read MoreDHL Italy predicts USD 1.5 billion turnover for 2005
The Italian unit of DHL Worldwide Express, forecasts a 1.3 billion euro (USD 1.5 bln) turnover for 2005, up 25 pct compared to expected 2004 turnover.
Read MoreDHL begins Aus Dollar 47M update of Sydney hub to regional operation
DHL Worldwide Express, Asia-Pacific’s No1 overnight delivery company, yesterday began a multi-million-dollar revamp of facilities at Sydney airport to bring its Oceania hub up to the standards it has set for its five other regional gateways.
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