Kuwait Petroleum has awarded Wincanton a contract for the UK distribution of its petroleum products. The 5 year deal, valued at £3.5m per year, expands Wincantons existing client portfolio in the petroleum sector, which already consists of Texaco, Tesco and Elf.
Read MoreThe budget for 2002 for Osterreichische Post, the Austrian post office, was not unanimously passed by the four-man management board on Tuesday evening. The supervisory board will meet next Tuesday to discuss business for 2001 and prospects for 2002, and to pass next year’s budget.
Read MorePall-ex is in advanced talks with two major store groups about inclusion in their nominated carrier shcemes, says managing director Hilary Sharples.
Read MoreIreland’s biggest banking group is to link up with the state-backed post company in a move that will lead to 1,000 post offices becoming its agents.
The alliance between Allied Irish Banks (correct) and An Post is part of a strategy on the part of the bank to maintain a branch presence in all of Ireland’s rural towns and villages, and comes at a time when a number of local post offices have been seen as under threat of closure on financial viability grounds.
THE price of a first-class stamp may fall for the first time under plans being considered by the industry regulator.
PostComm, the independent regulator whose task is to provide customers with a better deal by bringing the former Post Office under greater competitive pressure, is looking at a range of price-control options, including a forced cut in the price of both first-class and second-class stamps.
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