Tag: France

DHL Threatens to Quit Brussels

Posted by | Jan 13, 2004 | |

DHL, the express subsidiary of DPWN, has threatened to move its European hub from Brussels if plans for its growth are not approved by the Belgian authorities. Such a move would bring about the loss of 3,000 existing and up to 9,000 future jobs making the decision politically explosive. At present there is a cap on night flights in and out of the airport and the Belgian government is committed to retaining this level due to pressure from local residents. The Belgian government is expected to discuss the issue this week.

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French La Poste to sign development plan

Posted by | Jan 13, 2004 | |

La Poste, the French national postal services group, is scheduled to sign its development plan with the government on January 13. The plan outlines strategy for the group until 2007. La Poste was not authorised to include in the plan the extension of its financial services to include consumer credit. Although the agreement does not affect the public company’s statutes, it is designed to bring it closer to the main European postal operators by 2010, mainly by modernising its sorting centres.

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Troubled TAT Express France looks to cut jobs

Posted by | Jan 12, 2004 | |

The French post office’s B2B express parcels unit, TAT Express, is to streamline more sharply than it had initially planned.

Last autumn the company presented a programme of 479 job cuts, only to see it annulled by a commercial tribunal.

Amid a worsening economic climate, mounting losses and delays in introducing restructuring measures, the company says it is now necessary to axe 539 jobs out of a total workforce of 1,800 and close 14 depots.

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