De Post chairman urges for stop on takeovers
Belgian Post Chairman wants the management to stop making acquisitions and concentrate of consolidation.
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Post Office may charge to deliver mail early
The Post Office is planning a major overhaul of its delivery services which could see customers charged an annual fee to ensure that mail is delivered early, it emerged today.
Consignia, the new name for the Post Office, is considering charging customers an annual fee to deliver their post before 9.30am. But it denied that a fee of £50 was being considered.
Fedex announces rate changes for 2002
FedEx Express will increase rates an average of 3.5 percent for shipments within the U.S. and for U.S. export shipments. This increase includes a $1.35 per-package residential delivery charge for non-freight shipments within the U.S. to private residences, an increase in the courier pickup charge to $4.00 from $3.00 and an adjustment to the special handling fees for dangerous goods, but excludes the current fuel surcharge.
Read MoreBusiness Post Group wins mail licence
Business Post, one of the UK’s leading express parcel delivery companies, has
been awarded a licence to operate mail services for business customers from 1 April 2002. This is the first time since the inauguration of the Royal Mail over 360 years ago that a private sector company will collect mail from a broad range of customers. It is estimated that annual turnover in the UK postal market is around #6.5 billion.
Read MoreRailstore gains enhanced remote transit shed status
Warehouse and distribution specialist Railstore have become one of the first members of the Palletline delivery network to gain enhanced remote transit shed status for its site near Brentwood.
Read MoreExel wins 16 mln STG Alcampo contract
Exel PLC, the logistics group, said it has won a four-year contract valued at 16 mln stg from Alcampo, the Spanish subsidiary of the French retailer Auchan.
Alcampo owns 41 hypermarkets across Spain and a chain of over 100 supermarkets
Read MoreELTA and Greek Postal Savings Cooperate
Greece’s Post Savings Bank (TT) and the Post Office (ELTA) signed a cooperation agreement on Monday to join their networks and distribute each other’s products.
Read MoreArgentina: Correo Argentino gets tax exemptions
the [Argentine] Government has reduced the costs of the
postal operator Correo Argentino by Pesos $10mil annually by including it in
the Competitiveness Plan (for tax exemptions)
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