The Royal Mail last night issued a fresh warning of heavy job losses amongst its 200,000 staff after its parent company Consignia crashed to a £281million loss for the first half of the year. Neville Bain the Chairman of Consignia said that the escalating losses underlined the urgency of achieving the £1.2billion cost savings announced this summer.
Read MoreINCREASING labour costs, poor industrial relations and unimaginative leadership have contributed to the “appalling” losses announced by Consignia, the Post Office consumer watchdog said last night.
Peter Carr, the chairman of Postwatch, delivered a scathing verdict on the performance of Consignia’s management and said that a change at the top was the company’s only chance of returning to profit.
Read MoreNovember 2001- The Spanish Logistics Company Logista has acquired Burgal. The Burgal Group includes a parcel company Pergemon and a pharmaceutical transport company Opelog.
Read MoreOsterreichische Post AG, the Austrian post office, plans a partnership with small foodstores, under which postal services will be offered in the food outlets, while 700 post offices are to be closed.
Read MoreThe mail distributor CityMail Sweden has unveiled a new digital postal service called g-desk. Targeted at both businesses and private persons, g-desk provides an Internet-based letter-box which a subscriber can access through a password-protected web page.
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