La Poste, the French post office, wants to be one of the top three parcels groups in Europe, according to chairman Martin Vial. This, he says, is why the group has taken stakes in the three main parcels markets in Europe
Read MoreFrench post office La Poste has closed its franchise UK parcels business Panic Link, with the loss of 196 hub and head office jobs. The closure of the loss-making Pounds 15m (Dollars 35.7m) turnover business follows a strategic review by consultants KPMG, who recommended the parcels company be put into receivership.
Read MoreLa Poste is aiming to be one of the top three parcel post
deliverers in Europe according to chairman Martin Vial speaking in an
interview on Europe 1 radio.
The race is set. UK companies and privatised European postal services are jostling to get a foot in the door of the soon-to-be deregulated UK postal market. The new market regulator, PostComm, will fire the starting gun at the end of the month when it issues proposals on how to increase competition
Read MoreThe Italian and French post offices have signed a cooperation agreement involving joint handling of express courier traffic, Poste Italiane managing director Corrado Passera told a news conference on Thursday. With immediate effect, La Poste’s Italy-bound express courier traffic will be handled in Italy by Poste Italiane’s wholly controlled express courier subsidiary SDA
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