Royal Mail has been forced to shelve controversial plans for a single postal delivery until next year after the experiment was branded “a shambles” by the Communication Workers Union. Union representatives held a series of meetings with the Royal Mail to discuss the plans, which were supposed to save the postal service GBP350m a year. Royal Mail says the new service had suffered “teething problems”.
Read MoreThe Spanish express service provider Seur is to double the number of its distribution facilities in Portugal to 14.
Read MoreThe control of the South American operations of TNT Logistics has recently changed hands. The aim is to expand TNT’ market share in electrical & electronic products and consumer goods logistic services. Over the 1997-2001 period, TNT turnover jumped from R$30mil to R$203mil. The goal is to reach R$230mil over this year. The Brazilian unit is in the market since 1997 and is controlled by the Dutch group TPG, headquartered in Amsterdam. The company has Fiat, General Motors, BSH-Continental as some of its main clients. It has recently inked a contract with the cigarettes producer Souza Cruz. Such contract will be a challenge for TNT as Souza Cruz moves 85bil of cigarettes per year in Brazil. The pilot-operation involves 15,000 deliveries and 29,000 km crossed per month.
Read MoreChristian Kozar has been appointed general manager of the mail activities of the French post office (La Poste). He was formerly general manager of Numericable, a subsidiary of the French film and pay-television group Canal Plus.”
Read MoreCommentry from The Times on Royal Mail board appointments.
Allan Leighton’s powers of persuasion apparently know no bounds. When he took on the chairmanship of what was then ludicrously known as Consignia, even his friends told him he was brave, verging on mad. But now he has lined up not one but four heavyweights to join him on the board of what is now Royal Mail.
The Royal Mail today abandoned plans to contract-out its cash distribution services after the threat of industrial action from workers.
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) said the turnaround was a “victory for common sense” but in a joint statement with the Post Office warned the department would need a major reorganisation.
Read MoreSecuricor PLC said Royal Mail’s cash handling and distribution division has withdrawn its proposal for the outsourcing of its cash management and transportation services “to avoid disruption across the Royal Mail customer base at a critical time of year”.
Read MoreRoyal Mail Group has appointed four new non-executive directors, Mike Hodgkinson, Richard Handover, David Fish and John Neill.
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