It is expected the income of the postal service to exceed 7 pct in 2008. It is envisaged increasing the number of the legal operators in 2008, chairperson of the State Agency for Information Technology and Communications, Plamen Vachkov said during a roundtable discussion, FOCUS News Agency reporter informed. More than 80 postal operators are on the Bulgarian market in the situation of liberalization of the postal services.
Read MorePrivate postal companies are rapidly gaining ground on the Royal Mail in Scotland, with one firm tripling its business since the start of the year.
Figures to be released on Friday by TNT Post UK will show private operators have seized a large slice of the business delivery market over the past 12 months as more firms move away from the Royal Mail.
TNT Post will reveal it has tripled its business clients in Scotland to 300 since January.
It has also doubled the number of letters and packages it carries north of the border from 4.5m to nine million in the past 12 months.
The company says its services are proving particularly popular among Scotland’s army of small and medium-sized businesses which are looking to trim their costs.
The figures will make grim reading for the Royal Mail, which has faced mounting competition from firms such as TNT Post and DX since the UK postal market was liberalised in 2006.
TNT Post says it wants to launch a nationwide “end-to-end” service, where it will handle post at every stage, from pick up to delivery, but it is currently prevented from doing so because of unfair barriers in certain parts of the market.
Most private operators still pay the Royal Mail to deliver mail over the “final mile”.
Read MoreFedEx Express has incorporated an Airbus 310 into its Spanish fleet, operating between Barcelona and Paris four days per week.
The new Airbus 310 replaces two feeder flights that previously operated to Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport and increases capacity by up to 25 tons.
The flights, which have been operational since Sept. 15, reduce the transit time of heavy shipments using the International Priority Freight service by up to a day from more than 119 postal codes in Spain.
FedEx Express investment in Barcelona is the result of business growth in the region.
The Catalonian region is a major driving force behind business growth in Spain and an important gateway to Europe and the rest of the world, thanks to its key geographical location.
CitySprint has acquired Birmingham-based courier company PBS Deliveries for an undisclosed sum to expand its national network whilst further strengthening its established Midlands operations.
CitySprint, with 31 locations and a fleet of over 1,500 couriers, said that despite the current economic turmoil it is continuing its successful growth strategy of focussing on organic expansion and strategic add-on acquisitions to maintain its strong foothold and grow its market share.
The company has taken over PBS’s city centre location and will retain its staff as well as its 25 self-employed couriers. PBS owner and founder Kris Mazumder will remain at CitySprint as Logistics Manager, managing the Birmingham business.
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