Considering the growing demand from the clients, Postal Department has decided to expand its newly introduced e-mail service to the country’s 64 district post offices.
Post and Telecommunication Minister Barrister M Aminul Huq disclosed this while addressing the annual conference of officials of Postal Department at GPO auditorium here today, said an official handout.
Plaid Cymru will tomorrow call for a national postal service for Wales, accusing Consignia of failing the principality. The Welsh nationalists will demand an independent review of the running of Consignia, pointing to its “financial crisis”. Plaid will use a debate to highlight the concentration of Consignia operations outside of Wales, the loss of jobs and the closure of post offices.
Business manager Jocelyn Davies said the company “failed to recognise Wales as a nation”.
THE main postal union could face “intolerable pressure” to break its link with the Labour Party because of the Government’s lack of action over problems at the Post Office.
In an interview with The Times, Billy Hayes, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, said that he expected an upsurge in calls to sever the link at the union’s conference.
According to a survey by Research International DHL now holds 5 1% of the Russian domestic express market, followed by TNT on 19% UPS with 10% and FedEx with 7% DHL Worldwide and TNT Russia both announced last month that their revenues grew in excess of 30% last year. while UPS recorded “double-digit” growth.
TNrs increase of 40% was the highest rate of growth among all 200 countries it operates in, according to Harro van Graafeiland, the company’s general manager.
He attributes the growth to a rapidly recovering economy and increased demand from Russian companies for reliable domestic delivery services.
Following the industrial crisis which rocked Nigeria’s foremost courier services company, DHL, the management has announced the sacking of 450 staff of the company in Lagos.
Disclosing this figure in his office was the chairman of DHL, Mr. Gbenga Oladimeji. He said the sack became necessary because the striking workers refused to adhere to the instructions given by the management to resume normal working activities.
DHL Worldwide Express will resume its services from Bahrain to Kabul and Kandahar in Afghanistan after a lapse of 17 years.
Read MoreBusiness Post is hiring Bill Cockburn, a former chief executive of the Post Office, as non-executive deputy chairman.
Mr Cockburn, 59, was chief executive of the Post Office from 1992 to 1995 and stood down last year as BT’s group managing director after overseeing the restructuring of its UK operations.
PostComm fires off angry letter after row over what will happen once mail is opened up to competition
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