Portugal’s postal traffic exceeded 66 million shipments in the second quarter of 2005, down by 3.5 pct year-on-year, data from the local communications regulator Anacom showed on September 21, 2005. Compared to the first quarter of 2005, the country’s postal traffic grew by some 3.0 pct. Some five million of the total number of 66 million shipments in the three-month period April to June 2005 were express mail deliveries.
Read MoreBristol-based I J McGill is switching to Palletline from Palletways on January 1, 2006. MD Ian McGill says that Palletways now wants a payment to be a member for a limited period with no certainty thereafter- different terms for those which have applied over the past seven years.
Read MoreUnited Pallet Network says it remains on track despite a number of members expressing concerns about the recent departure of several depots.
Firms leaving include Haulways and McCarthy Haulage to Pallet-Track and William Kirk to Palletline.
Shares in Business Post Group slumped 27 per cent yesterday after the mail delivery company said pre-tax profit would be “substantially” below last year.
The UK’s fourth-largest mail operator expects pre-tax profit for the year to March 2006 to be 10 per cent lower than last year’s Pounds 20m. Only in July the company had said trading was in line with expectations. Paul Jones, analyst at Numis Securities, said: “This is very much a surprise. Business Post had a reputation for delivering good growth and performance. They have been caught out.” The company said the expected profit fall was due to tough trading at its Express business-to-business parcels unit, which accounts for about half the turnover.
Liberal Democrat modernisers suffered an embarrassing setback in their bid to drag the party back on to the political centre ground when conference delegates yesterday refused to back a flagship proposal to privatise Royal Mail. Market-friendly Lib Dems, who make up a majority of the senior frontbench team, had made the sell-off plan the centrepiece of their efforts to bolster the party’s credibility by enhancing its economic liberalism and shaking up its approach to public service reform. Delegates shelved the policy pending further consultation rather than rejecting it outright. But the vote means the Lib Dems have missed an opportunity to take a lead on the future of Royal Mail and will have no formal policy if the government decides on a partial sell-off.
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