TPG avoids 1.4 mln Euro Opta fine
TPG NV avoided a fine of up to 1.4 mln eur from Dutch post regulator Opta after the company struck a service agreement with its Dutch rival MailMerge, MailMerge said in a statement.
Read MoreYear: 2002
Former Asda chief likely to lead Consignia
Allan Leighton, the former chief executive of Asda, is expected today to be named interim chairman of Consignia – formerly the Post Office – with a mandate to streamline its urban network and fight increasing competition in mail delivery.
Read MoreJapanese gov't to submit bills for mail service deregulation
TOKYO — The government will submit two bills to the Diet aimed at fully opening mail services to the private sector in 2003, when a new public corporation is created to take over state-run postal services, government sources said Friday.
Read MoreHalf of all post offices under threat of closure
UP TO half of Britain’s 17,500 post offices could be closed under plans drawn up by Consignia for one of the biggest shake-ups in the 360-year history of the mail service.
In a strategic plan submitted to ministers, the company has recommended the immediate closure of 1,000 post offices with a further 7,000 phased over the next five years.
Read MoreDanzas ASG Eurocargo Acquires Exhibition Co
January 2002 Deutsche post Subsidiary Danzas ASG Eurocargo AS has acquired Cargo Partner Exhibition AS a Norwegian exhibition logistics company.
Read MoreChristian Salvesen PLC is planning to close four sites in Germany and to cut 200 jobs.
Christian Salvesen PLC is planning to close four sites in Germany and to cut 200 jobs.
Read MoreAn Post editorial
There seem to be two unwritten rules concerning the operations of An Post; the State-owned company is destined to sink into ever increasing losses and very little, very late is being done about it. It is a company which is under attack from all around with increased costs, inefficiencies, greater competition and Brussels-lead deregulation. Meanwhile its sole shareholder – the Government – does nothing.
Read MoreJapanese government to submit bills for mailservice deregulation
The government will submit two bills to the Diet aimed at fully opening mail services to the private sector in 2003, when a new public corporation is created to take over state-run postal services, government sources said Friday.
The bills are based on a report by an advisory panel submitted to posts minister Toranosuke Katayama in December.
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