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Read MoreNew TNT Express depots in Germany and Italy
TNT Express has laid the foundation stone for a new logistics centre at Rostock airport in northern Germany, investing EUR 3.7 million in the new depot. In addition, the company opened two new branches in Italy this month.
In spring 2009, the current depot in Guestrow, which is 17 km away from Rostock, will be moved to the new site, which lies on a 12,000 sqm plot of land. Some 40 employees will work at the new facility.
Separately, TNT Express Italy has opened two new branches. The new depot at Verona, northern Italy, where about 200 staff are employed, is located in an industrial area close to the nearby motorway and benefits from the latest security facilities. The site is used for local distribution during the day and as a sorting hub for nationwide shipments during the night. TNT also opened a new branch at the coastal port of La Spezia following an investment of some EUR 400,000.
Read MoreDHL slashing European IT jobs
DHL is halving the number of IT staff it employs and despatching the jobs to Prague in the Czech Republic.
DHL IT Services will cut 400 jobs across Europe and the UK. But at the same time it will add 200 people to its service centre in Prague. DHL opened its Czech data centre in 2003 and was mulling a full move of IT functions as long ago as 2004.
An internal email seen by The Register said the company would move hosting and support service, collaboration services, service desk workers and development services to the Czech capital.
European countries where jobs will be lost are: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxemburg; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Slovakia; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland and the UK.
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