UK Business Post shares plummet by 14%
Shares in Business Post fell 14 per cent yesterday after the mail delivery group issued its fourth profit warning within 12 months after failing to improve margins at its core business. The UK’s fourth-largest mail operator said full-year pre-tax profit would be about Pounds 9m after margins at itsparcel services business – which accounts for 70 per cent of turnover – had failed to pick up. Guy Buswell, the new chief executive, said the company had lost “quite a few customers” over the past 12 months through lack of service and a sales force motivated to sell only to bigger customers.
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