Parcel traffic in the Czech Republic grows by some 14 percent a year as companies delivering parcels handle about 150,000 units a day, CTK learnt in a poll of the companies today. Annual sales from this activity reach an estimated Kc4-5 billion a year. DPD chief executive Daniel Mares said parcel traffic among companies prevailed as some 60 percent of Czech companies have parcels delivered. Abroad, the rate is about 90 percent.
Read MoreThe Czech bank CSOB will pay the country’s postal service operator Ceska posta up to CZK 17 bn to operate Postovni sporitelna outlets at post offices until 2017, reports Euro OnLine citing a “trustworthy” source. Euro OnLine says the two parties have already signed the contract. The current contract expires in 2007, but the two companies have agreed the new one will take effect as of January 2006.
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Austria / Belgium / Bulgaria / Belarus / Croatia / Cyprus / Czech Republic / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Republic of Ireland / Italy / Luxembourg / Malta/ Netherlands / Norway / Poland / Slovenia / Spain / Sweden / UK
DHL has been presented with the European Investment Award at the La Baule World Investment Conference, for the establishment of its global IT Services Center in Prague, Czech Republic. The 2005 awards honour the three best foreign investments in Europe. The La Baule Conference is under the patronage of the European Commission.
“We are delighted to be recognized for our investment in the Czech Republic,” said Peter Kruse, CEO of DHL Express Europe, who accepted the award in France. The 500 million euro state-of-the art Information Technology Center is the largest investment in the service sector in the Czech Republic. “This first-class facility will further strengthen the global IT performance of DHL and, together with the Centers in Scottsdale, U.S. and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, provides solid and reliable operations around the clock. DHL is providing a source of quality and stable employment, as well as becoming an important source of secondary investment,” said Kruse.
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