ShippingSidekick.com extends discount shipping options
US-based ShippingSidekick.com has announced that it is now offering discounted international package shipping in addition to its existing discounted rates on domestic package shipping.
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Amazon launches Prime Same Day in London
Amazon.co.uk has launched its Prime Same Day service in the UK, offering Prime members free same-day delivery on one million items.
Read Morebpost reports 13.5% growth in domestic parcels volumes
bpost has announced that its domestic parcels volumes for the third quarter (Q3) of 2015 were up 13.5% on the same period last year.
Read MoreNew Zealand Post announces Christmas sending dates
New Zealand Post has released its sending and delivery dates for the Christmas period.
Read MoreRush-hour lorry ban is not the answer to improving safety in London, says FTA
Banning lorries from city streets during the rush-hour is not the ‘silver bullet’ solution to improving safety in London, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has argued.
Read MoreDebating the future of the USPS
Darryl J. Anderson, a Washington DC-based lawyer who has served as General Counsel to the American Postal Workers Union, has posted a rebuttal to the recent paper by Brookings scholar Elaine Kamarck which put the case that the US Postal Service (USPS) “must be broken into two separate entities”.
Read MoreCity Link court case
In their court case currently being held at Coventry Magistrates Court, three former directors of the failed courier firm City Link deny that they failed to inform the government about planned staff redundancies.
Read MoreOfcom to investigate Royal Mail’s compliance with USP accounting and auditing requirements
UK communications industries regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation into Royal Mail’s compliance with USP accounting and auditing regulations.
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