USPS set green targets
Postmaster general John Potter sets green targets for his company as USPS launched its annual conservation campaign.
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Cobham wins extension to airfreight contract
Cobham has won a long-term extension to its contract worth some A$100m with Australian air Express (AaE) to provide air freight services to eastern Australian ports, reports Business Financial Newswire.
Read MoreAmazon denies ending Royal Mail contract
Amazon.com’s British unit denied it had cancelled a long-term parcel delivery contract with Royal Mail, after a report in The Guardian newspaper said it had lost the business after strike threats, reports Reuters.
Read MoreItella to cut 360 jobs
Finland’s postal service, now known as Itella, has announced plans to cut 360 jobs by the end of next year. It hopes that the majority of the jobs can be reduced through normal staff attrition, reports YLE.
Read MoreUSPS offer reward after driver is shot
USPS has put up a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a gunman that killed a postal worker on 2 October.
Read MoreDHL to invest $10m in warehousing in India
DHL International will invest $10m in India over the year to set up temperature controlled warehousing facilities for life science products, reports Live Mint.
Read MoreMillions struggle to get to local Post Office
The number of UK residents who have trouble getting to their local branch has doubled since Labour came to power in 1997, reports The Daily Telegraph.
Read MoreMP hits out at Royal Mail
Tom Watson MP has written to the chief executive of Royal Mail Group, Adam Crozier, to complain about the Royal Mail’s “heavy handed approach” to the “growing sector of not-for-profit citizen focused sites” in the UK, reports h-online.com
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