FINLAND: DANZAS TO LIFT STAKE IN KELPO KULJETUS TO 51%
December 2001 Deutsche post, through Danzas ASG Eurocargo has increased its stake in Kelpo Kuljetus from 49% to 51%. The remaining 49% is held by Finnish Post Corporation.
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Austria's postal service to be split into five divisions
Osterreichische Post AG, the Austrian postal service company, is to bow to market demands, and divide itself into five divisions. The new structure will allow greater flexibility and clear responsibility for profit
Read More£2.35m monitoring levy may add to An Post's financial woes
An Post faces a (pounds) 2.35 million (E2.98 million) levy to have
its postal business monitored by the telecommunications regulator
this year and next. The charge sought by the Director of Telecommunications Regulation,
Ms Etain Doyle, will increase financial pressure on the State
company, whose post office network is expected to lose (pounds) 1
million each month this year
The future of postal deliveries (Austria)
The supervisory board of Osterreichische Post AG, the Austrian postal service operator, decides today (07/08/01) upon the reduction of the company’s post office network. According to rumours, the management board will propose the closure of 712 out of a total of 2,300 post offices, with the cutting of around 20 per cent of a current 31,000 jobs by 2004 (i.e. around 6,000 job losses).
Read More'Postal services operators must avoid entering commercial wars'
According to Martin Vial, chairman of French state postal services company La Poste, the signing of an express parcel delivery agreement with Spanish counterpart Correos could be followed by others in areas such as e-mail and hybrid mail
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