The Indian Department of Posts is examining ways to incorporate information technology into its operations to raise productivity and lower costs. It has entered into an alliance with La Poste of France and Emirates Post to develop India as a hub for delivery of parcels in the sub-continent.
Read MoreMartin Vial, chairman of the French post office (La Poste), has said in a recent newspaper interview that 2001 was an “extremely difficult” year for the group, with lower operating profits than in previous years because of slower growth than anticipated in courier activity as well as the effects of September 11 and an increase in transport costs. The transition to the euro and the reduction of working hours also played a part.
Read MoreDecember 4 2001. La Poste has ceded majority control of Chronopost Express Espana to Correos y Telegrafos Up to now it was a joint venture.
Read MoreFor the second time La Poste, the French post office, has asked the state for help with switching to the 35 hour week. In 1999 it was refused on the grounds that it manages a monopoly, but it can now say that in 2001 55 per cent of its activity was in a competitive market.
Read MoreAccording to union sources, 600 jobs are to be cut this year at the 21 financial centres of La Poste, the French post office. These centres currently employ about 20,000 people.
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