The Post Office has rejected a draft licence published by its new regulator and raised the prospect of its withdrawal from licence negotiations before the legal deadline in three weeks’ time.
In a strong response to the draft licence, the Post Office accuses Graham Corbett, the regulator, of seeking to diminish confidence in the postal service and to undermine its uniform national pricing system.
Rate increases being considered by the U.S. Postal Service could put many
small periodicals out of business, according to a trade association for the
magazine industry
The Postal Service’s board of governors, facing a $2
billion operating loss for fiscal year 2001, asked the White House for help
in overhauling the country’s postal laws in an effort to head off losses.
UK – range £40-47 billion for 2000
Europe – 338-423 billion Euros for 2000
Leo van Wijk, chief executive of KLM, the Dutch national airline, said on Tuesday that the group had submitted a conditional offer to take over Go, British Airways’ low cost subsidiary.
The offer was “conditional and contingent on BA accepting certain elements,” said Mr van Wijk. “If it is acceptable we can firm it up.
The Post Office is now marketing the complete package to a number of
large e-tailing companies.
THREATENED widespread deregulation of postal services could spark
resignations by top Post Office executives, strike action by
posties, thousands of job losses and the end of the uniform tariff
structure.
FedEx, the USA-based express delivery organisation, has started implementing its recently-announced agreement with the US Postal Service (USPS) covering the installation of self-service drop boxes in post offices
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