Simmonds joins Palletline
Palletline has recuited Telford-based GJ Simmonds & Sons as its newest member.
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Spanish postal market grows by 6.8%
The Spanish postal services market ended last year with a turnover of 1.226bn euros (Pta204bn), up 6.8 per cent on the 1999 figure, according to figures from consultancy firm DBK, and 14 per cent on the 1998 figure.
Read MoreLa Poste operating result melting away
The operating profit of Belgian postal company La Poste has nose-dived by 85 per cent from 134m euros in 1999 to 20m euros in 2001.
Read MorePostal service watchdog ro run brand awareness advertising campaign
Consumer postal services watchdog Postwatch is planning to run a consumer brand awareness campaign and is looking for an ad agency to handle the business. Its spokesman Andy Frewin says: “Despite a successful launch, awareness of what we do is zero.”
Read MoreTIME TO DELIVER SOME SUPPORT FOR ROBERTS
STRONG MANAGEMENT HAS not been what we have come to expect from the Post Office. Changing the name of the organisation to the ghastly Consignia may have been silly but at least it amounted to a remarkable display of decisiveness. And this week it seemed that the management might actually have stiffened its nerve sufficiently to tackle entrenched problems in the business. John Roberts, the chief executive, appeared before the Treasury Select Committee on Tuesday and made it clear that he was prepared to consider up to 30,000 job losses over the next 18 months. ow that he has been brave enough to admit the scale of change that needs to be brought about, Roberts should not backtrack
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