Tag: Europe

Commercialisation of Polish Post Urgent

Posted by | Jan 25, 2005 | |

The next parliamentary session will likely see the second reading of a resolution calling on the Sejm to commercialise Poland’s postal service monopolist Poczta Polska (PP). According to an analysis that the Puls Biznesu daily gained access to, such commercialisation should take place as soon as possible. The report, co-authored by PP, PricewaterhouseCoopers consulting company and Kancelaria Wierzbowski i Wspolnicy law firm, points out that in order to avoid the marginalisation of PP, the best solution – albeit an unrealistic one – would be to restructure it as a listed company minority-held by the state Treasury. “International practice shows that currently there is no fully privatised postal company. The Dutch and German post are closest to the ideal. We thus recommend turning PP into a joint stock company listed on the stock market with a majority stake held by the Treasury,” the analysis reads.

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Royal Mail cuts HR spend by GBP57m in two years

Posted by | Jan 25, 2005 | |

Royal Mail has slashed its human resources spend by GBP57m in two years as part of a massive organisational overhaul, leading HR magazine Personnel Today reveals today. In an exclusive interview, Royal Mail group HR director Tony McCarthy and Kevin Green, director of People and Organisational Development, said that the HR budget has been cut from GBP173m at the start of 2003 to GBP116m. As part of the overhaul, the HR team has fallen from 3,700 to 2,400, which incorporated 1,400 job cuts and 100 new appointments. The HR to employee ratio has improved from 1:75 to 1:130. Other savings have been driven by removing duplication and process improvements in areas such as sickness absence and training.

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Standoff in An Post parcel row pushes company to brink of an all-out strike

Posted by | Jan 25, 2005 | |

An Post moved closer to a strike or lock-out last night when management ordered dozens of parcel sorters off the premises in a row over the company’s decision to close the SDS parcels depot in west Dublin. More than 40 postal workers had been suspended by 8pm and a further 25 on the late shift faced a similar lock-out or suspension later as peace talks continued into the night at the Labour Relations Commission. The management took a tough stance when some sorters refused to load parcels which had arrived off a US flight for transit to a separate parcels depot in Portlaoise. The company intends to shut the SDS Naas Road depot next week with 280 staff facing redundancy and a further 170 being offered jobs within the post office and local delivery office networks.

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New Business Development Manager for UK Pallets

Posted by | Jan 25, 2005 | |

Joining UK Pallets as Business Development Manager is Joy Parkes.

Joy, who lives in Nottingham, will be based at the UK Pallets National Distribution Centre in Fradley Park, Lichfield, and will have a national role with particular responsibility for developing major accounts.

Joy comes to UK Pallets after nearly 6 years with Pall Ex where she was Business Development Manager, having previously worked as Network Development Manager. She was attracted to UK Pallets because of its position within the Business Post Group and the opportunities that opens up to meet a much wider range of customer distribution and logistics needs.

As well as the development of new business with major users, Joy will also be supporting the UK Pallets partner network in their sales development and will be involved in the partner recruitment process.

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Transportes Azkar new logistics platform

Posted by | Jan 24, 2005 | |

Spanish transport and distribution company Transportes Azkar SA, opened a 3.5 mln euro logistics platform in Castellon, eastern Spain, the company said on January 24, 2005.

The platform has an area of 4,128 sq m.

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