Consignia goes online to save post offices: Geoffrey Spiteri
Consignia is turning to online shopping to save its troubled rural postal network.
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Radical plan to save rural post offices
A radical scheme to transform rural post offices into government information `one-stop-shops’ which also provide banking services is among the proposals under scrutiny by the government. Anxiety is mounting over the future of 1,900 sub-post offices, following predictions from An Post that its post office division would show a £13 million loss this year. Group chief executive John Hynes last week described the losses as “unsustainable”.
Read MorePost Office plans to cut 9,400 jobs in huge shake-up
The post Office is to shed more than 9,400 jobs in one of the biggest shake-ups in the organisation’s history, it was revealed yesterday. The massive clear-out, which represents about a quarter of staff in clerical, administrative and middle-management grades, will begin in October and take a year to complete.
Read MoreCONSIGNIA ROLLS OUT NEW DELIVERY SERVICE FOR HOME SHOPPERS
Consignia today unveiled a new delivery service for home shoppers using its network of Post Office branches throughout the UK as alternative delivery
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UPS may join FedEx in DHL complaint
United Parcel Service may join FedEx Corp.’s request that the U.S. Department of Transportation defer a renewal of DHL Airways’ authority to fly between the United States and Mexico pending completion of an informal review of DHL’s ownership status
Read MoreEmery contract with Minera Lomas Bayas
Emery Worldwide said it has received an exclusive two-year multimodal transportation contract for Minera Lomas Bayas, a copper mine in northern Chile.
Read MoreIndia: Paswan stresses on better postal services
THE Union Minister for Communications, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, has stressed the need for adequate training and continuous watch over public grievances.
Read MoreConsignia cuts 2,100 post office managerial jobs
Consignia, the UK’s state-owned post office, announced plans to shed 2,100 jobs, saying it was responding to changes in the competitive environment and advances in technology. Consignia, formerly the Post Office, said the cuts would be made at managerial level and would not affect front-line staff. The job losses were expected to occur through redundancies and natural wastage.
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