German national mail carrier Deutsche Post has suspended its head of legal affairs for sending private detectives to spy on government regulators and rival firms, according to a report Sunday.
Read MoreBSCH and Royal Bank of Scotland is to pay Pta100bn for 85% of Seur, through their investment company, Vista Capital (BSCH is Banco Santander Central Hispano). Due diligence is expected to be completed by November 2001.
Read MoreJuly 2001 Consignia (The UK Post Office)has bought a minority holding in Mail Marketing International, a UK mail house based in Bristol. The reported consideration was £2m.
Read MoreThe Royal Mail will be killed off by competition unless there is a
resolution of poor industrial relations between management and the
Communication Workers Union, according to an independent report
commissioned by the two parties. Report & opinions from AFX/The Times
Consignia’s Response To Lord Sawyer’s Review Of Industrial Relations In Royal Mail
Read MoreTwo views: Royal Mail/Consignia is potentially abusing its monopoly or Consignia should become more involved in the industry
Read MoreIEMENS DATATRAK, ThE VEHICLE position monitoring company, relaunched itself last week with
the promise of new success in the truck sector and a blistering attack on its ubiquitous rival system, GPS.
Datatrak, a unique, self-contained system that uses its own low-frequency radio masts, was developed by Securicor in the 1980s to help protect its cash transport vehicles.
Siemens, the German technology and communications giant, bought the business last
year to move into the positioning market and believes that it can make much more of the
system than Securicor did here and abroad.
Before the dust had settled on the row over the Postal Preference Service,
Consignia was already signing on the dotted line for an even more contentious
foray into the direct marketing business.
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