Ceska posta will as of July 1 increase the prices of its services for the corporate sector by 5-9 pct and will at the same time double the limit for parcels sent by the Express Mail Service (EMS) to 30 kilos
Read MoreCONSIGNIA’S monopoly on postal services is likely to be initially
broken in Edinburgh Groundbreaking changes could take place within months if PostComm, the mail regulator, accepts a licence application from Hays, the support services group.
Deutsche Post, the German mail and logistics group, will not bid for a stake of up to 25 per cent in Hellenic Post Office that is being sold by the Greek government. Deutsche Post said the conditions attached to the sale, which also included a 50 per cent stake in Tachymetafores, Hellenic Post Office’s courier business, would have forced it to guarantee delivery of parcels anywhere in Greece
Read MoreThe state-owned Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) said on Tuesday it expected to be turned into a limited company by December and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in the third quarter of 2002
Read MoreCorriere della Sera, a newspaper, reports that, “Italian post office Poste Italiane has announced it is planning to cut its workforce by around 9,000. The state-owned body asked to meet unions to discuss the issue, but received a negative response from the CGIL, CISL and UIL, which are threatening to call strike action
Read MoreConsignia, formerly the Post Office, failed to meet government-set financial targets by £88m ($123m) last year and produced “disappointing” post-tax profits of only £66m.
John Roberts, chief executive, blamed the “self-inflicted damage” of unofficial strikes for much of the poor performance when he announced Consignia’s results for the year to March 2001.
Read MoreDeutsche Post Global Mail is rolling out its first-ever brand campaign in an effort to raise the company’s profile against better-known competitors.
Read MoreAccounts of Lynx to 30 sept 2000 and brief profile
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