SOME rural mail deliveries could be disrupted if Australia Post changes force contractors to withdraw their service.
Australia Post is requiring people renewing mail delivery contracts to become incorporated, at a cost of up to $1500, before their tenders will be considered.
The banks say they want close ties with La Poste (F.PST) but no longer see how they can incorporate it into Eulia, the two-way alliance they set up last year. As a result, France’s powerful national post office could end up looking elsewhere for the partner it needs to develop its banking business. ‘Eulia has been set up with two partners. Even with just two, it’s already difficult,” says Alexandre de Lestrange, an analyst who follows La Poste for ratings agency Standard & Poor’s. A lot of decisions have been taken, management has been appointed, teams have been put in place. It’s not going to be easy to start all over again three months on.
Read MoreIT’S A VERY British tragedy. A combination of conservative ideology and near complete ignorance of how organisations are changed is set to lay the universal British postal service low. We are to enter a brave new world in which the rich, businesses and city dwellers will enjoy a first-class postal service and the rest of the country will be consigned to second- and third-class status.
Read More5 February 2002 Swiss Post International has acquired a 30 per cent stake in Porta a porta with an option to acquire control over the next two years. Porta a Porta is a parcel and logistics company.
Read MoreJanuary 2001 – BBX has announced a joint venture with Unipart
Read MoreFebruary 5, 2002 New Zealand Post, through its subsidiary Transend has bought a 35% stake in Maltapost. It wil manage Maltapost for 2 years. It will seek to develop mail systems and marketing and seek to establish arrangements in North Africa and the Middle East.
Read MoreMore than 80 per cent of consumers consider the Post Office(tm) to be helpful, easy to deal with and knowledgeable, according to new research conducted by Millward Brown.
The survey also found that the Post Office was recognised as more important to the community, helpful and trustworthy than established household names such as British Gas and Marks and Spencer as well as newer companies such as Amazon and Virgin.
More than 500 jobs are to go at Post Office Limited (POL), the Consignia division that operates postal branches. The redundancies, out of a total POL workforce of 2,500, involve network managers and administrative posts and represent the first job losses under Consignia’s plan to reduce costs by Pounds 1.2 billion.
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