Target aims well with Panasonic
Target Express has secured a three-year extension to its contract with panasonic to provide a next-day delivery service in the UK and Ireland.
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UK Post Offices are on the move to protect rural service
Mobile post offices are going on the road to save services for six County Durham communities. Counters are being set up a few hours a week in Escomb, Toronto, Witton Park, Fir Tree, Witton-le-Wear, all in Wear Valley, and Cornsay Colliery, near Durham. Subpostmasters are due to resign in Escomb, Toronto and Witton Park and premises have already closed in the other three. Margaret McCombie, subpostmaster at Tow Law, has been appointed to provide the mobile service offering banking, bill payment, travel insurance and car tax. Rural development manager Matt Silcock said the aim was to safeguard the long-term future of services.
Read MorePoste Italiane plan puts 9,000 workers at risk
Italian trade unions have warned that the 2006-2008 industrial plan of state-owned postal services company Poste Italiane places at risk 9,000 workers, local financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore reported on November 3, 2005. The reorganisation of the delivery service places at risk some 6,000 postmen and another 3,000 jobs may be cut following closures of dispatch centres, according to the article in the newspaper. Future problems with overstaff will be solved by the company’s internal restructuring programme, Poste Italiane CEO Massimo Sarmi said.
Read MoreUK Royal Mail confirms dates for price change announcements
Royal Mail has confirmed that an announcement regarding price changes for the existing Presstream tariff will be made on 15 December. Any changes would take effect from April 2006 and would apply until 21 August 2006 when the new Pricing in Proportion (PiP) tariff will be implemented. Royal Mail has confirmed that it will be announcing PiP prices in March 2006. Meanwhile PPA (Periodical Publishers Association) is due to make a final submission to Postcomm regarding the regulator’s intention to withdraw Presstream from the regulated area.
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