Spanish freight forwarding and logistics group Spain-Tir has started a 25 mln euro ($27 mln) investment plan to enlarge its branches in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain-Tir’s chairman, Lluis Gay, said.
The 7.82 mln euro ($8.47 mln) enlargement of the Barcelona branch will be completed in June 2003.
Read MorePolestar has signed an £18m (€27m), five-year distribution contract with SOL, renewing a previous three-year agreement.
Read MoreMassimo Sarmi, the managing director of the Italian postal System, became a member of the board of directors of the International Post Corporation, elected by a shareholder assembly held on January 24 in Brussels. This is the first time that a director of the Italian postal system has joined this important international organization.
Read MoreRoyal Mail’s rivals are considering making a formal complaint to the Competition Authority in Brussels which could lead to VAT being put on bulk business mail and parcel delivery. Representatives from Business Post, Dutch postal operator TPG and Hays DX held a meeting in Brussels earlier this month to argue that the current legislation, which exempts Royal Mail from charging VAT, gives it an unfair advantage.
Read MoreRoyal Mail is launching two new airmail stamps on March 27, for items up to 40g – blue for European destinations and red for any other destination worldwide. These self-adhesive “Universal Stamps” will be available in books of four from Post Offices and other retailers, priced Pounds 2.12 (4 x 53p) for European and Pounds 4.48 (4 x Pounds 1.12) for worldwide. The design utilises the Machin head of the Queen on a white background, with airmail chevrons, reminiscent of a barber’s pole, running down the right-hand edge. A special first-day cover and presentation pack will also be available.
Read MoreMartin O’Neill, the Labour chairman of the powerful Commons Trade and Industry Select Committee, is leading a backbench revolt over the Government’s decision to phase out benefit payments through post offices.
Mr O’Neill has put down an early day motion calling on ministers to ensure that there is a level playing field when claimants come to decide whether to continue drawing their benefits using a Post Office card account or have them paid direct into bank accounts.
Read MoreDirect mail at the end of 2002 was about 5 billion items, getting close
to 20% of total UK mail. Over the last 3 years it has grown about 15%.
The amount of deliveries made by courier service TNT Latvia last year increased by 27 percent, said the company director Martins Gerkens.
In 2002 TNT Latvia helped to deliver 51,108 packages with total weight of 858,741 kilograms.
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