A rapidly expanding mail distribution company is aiming to create 850 jobs and move into new premises four times the size of its present base.
Gateshead-based Amaro Professional Distribution took on its 100th employee just two months ago, but already has 150 staff on board and is aiming for further rapid growth.
The company was formed six years ago by managing director Robert Greener in the Blaydon Business Centre.
Read MoreThe 24-hour postal strike in London put a stop to deliveries and left a backlog of mail that could take five days to clear.
As many as 28,000 Royal Mail workers, mainly delivery and sorting staff, took industrial action over the level of London living allowance. The Communication Workers’ Union has rejected Royal Mail’s London weighting offer of £3,784 per year for inner London and £2,667 per year for outer London, and is demanding £4,000 for all staff in the capital.
Read MoreWestern Bureau — Buoyed by the Postal Corporation of Jamaica’s $128 million jump in revenue last year, commerce, science and technology minister, Phillip Paulwell, has urged the corporation’s board to ensure that the island’s postal service is profitable by 2006.
“The new board has been mandated to bring the postal service to a break-even position within two years, and thereafter into profitability,” Paulwell said.
Read MoreThe summer has been a busy time for the MailSource Implementation and Operations teams with major new contract wins including Microsoft Limited, J Walter Thompson and a leading high street bank.
Read MoreOne of the first contracts for MailSource in the new millennium was awarded after competitive tender by Liverpool Victoria in Bournemouth.
After three years this contract has successfully been reviewed and extended with MailSource for a further two years. The £1m contract extension is held with ISG Occupancy with whom MailSource have developed a solid working relationship.
Read MoreAmtrak Express Parcels has extended its home delivery service to ofer specific times between 5.30pm and 8.30pm. It has also extended its window for deliveries from 8.30am to 8.30pm.
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