British Airways (BA) has unveiled a major package of measures designed to return the airline to profitability which will see a further 5,800 job losses on top of the 7,200 already announced. The 13,000 job losses amount to 23 per cent of the carrier’s work force.
Read MoreMersey Docks remains cautious on 2002
Read MoreHome delivery company Reality has won £130m of new business since it was set up by Great Universal Stores last year.
Read MoreConsignia is on a mission to let the nation know that there’s more to it than parcels and letters. Consignia wants to grow its £750 million turnover Logistics Solutions business by increasing the awareness of its abilities to its existing customers as well as attracting new customers.
Originally set up to manage the distribution network of Consignia (formerly the Post Office, of course), the operation — headquartered at the Swindon distribution centre — can offer a full distribution network and a range of solutions. Logistics Solutions is one sixth of the Consignia empire. It operates 4000 vehicles (13 tonnes and above), 16 RDCs, 59 trains and 40 flights. The business has developed several value added services.
Bhs renews contract for warehousing a transport services with Exel
Read MoreCPD Logistics, the Warwickshire-based logistics and distribution company, has won its first
contract in the automotive field.The company will hold and supply car seat assemblies for Honda to be delivered daily on a just-in-time basis to Johnson Controls factory near Leamington Spa.
Belgian state railway SNCB is injecting t250m into its struggling logistics and forwarding unit, ABX Logistics. ABX will not disclose last year ‘s full financial performance until May, but communications director Emile Clemens confirmed to IFW that the group was in the red in 2001.
Read MoreRECENTLY I have been intensely irritated by media criticism of our wonderful post office service and thus heartily endorse every single word of the letter from Mr and Mrs Underhill which (WMN, February 6).
Let me give you a current example of the excellent service provided which is not untypical in my experience.
A letter sent by first class mail from the Lake District, postmarked 7.30pm, was delivered here in Tavistock by our friendly and helpful postman at 7.15am the following morning.
Are some of us never satisfied?
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