Taking into account the high number of spanish visitors in Portugal, Payshop has extended its pay –as –you-go mobile phone service to other phone networks as Movistar, Orange, Yoigo, Lebara or Happy Móvil. from now , Spanish visitors can top up their cell phones with 5 euros up to 150 euros.
Read MoreFrance is set to authorise post office operator La Poste to sell property insurance through its banking subsidiary, Banque Postale, Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Monday.
“I am authorising the post office to set up insurance mechanisms, insurance services which will allow all of us to insure our car or our house with the post office,” she told France 3 television in an interview.
The authorisation comes as the government prepares to end the monopoly held by the post office and savings banks on so-called Livret A accounts, one of France’s most popular savings products.
Read MoreThe National Federation of SubPostmasters (NFSP) has agreed this year’s pay deal for subpostmasters with Post Office Ltd. Agreed at an earlier stage in the year than ever before, the remuneration changes will take effect with subpostmasters’ April 2008 pay.
Subpostmasters will shortly receive a letter from NFSP General Secretary George Thomson and Post Office Ltd Managing Director Alan Cook, detailing the new arrangements.
The NFSP issued a Branch Secretaries’ Circular on the 22nd of this month, giving some initial information on the new remuneration arrangements. NFSP members can access this on the News To Branches page within the members-only section of the website.
NFSP says that Post Office Ltd will then issue a pack containing full details on the new arrangements to all subpostmasters in due course. Members will also be able to download these from the “Pay” section of the NFSP website as soon as they become available.
The forthcoming May edition of The Subpostmaster will also provide further information to members on the pay deal.
NFSP members wishing to enquirie about the forthcoming changes to their remuneration should contact POL’s HR Service Centre or their NFSP Executive Officer in the first instance.
Read MoreShares in Deutsche Post rose on Monday as traders cited market talk that U.S. package delivery company FedEx Corp was interested in buying a stake in the German mail and logistics group.
“There are rumors that FedEx wants to buy a 14-percent stake in Deutsche Post,” one trader said.
Deutsche Post had no immediate comment.
Deutsche Post shares were up 1.5 percent at 20.40 euro by 6:34 a.m. EDT, while Germany’s top-30 index .GDAXI was up 0.9 percent.
Read MoreTNT Express has reorganised its German regions and reassigned responsibilities. Bernd Wietrychowski, regional director north until now, has assumed the newly created position of director of regions. Bernd Jacobsen succeeds him as regional director north.
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