Tag: UK

UK Royal Mail writes to staff over pay offer

Posted by | Aug 8, 2003 | |

Royal Mail Has written to its 160,000 postmen and women in a bid to head off the threat of its first national strike over pay in seven years.

In the letters, Royal Mail chairman Allan Leighton tells workers that the offer will increase their minimum basic pensionable pay from GBP262 to GBP300 a week, and that it will eliminate the six-day working week.

CWU deputy general secretary Dave Ward immediately called Mr Leighton’s letter a “direct snub” to his negotiating team, and said the union was not lifting the strike threat.

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UK Royal Mail Postal pay row sent to Acas

Posted by | Aug 8, 2003 | |

Postal workers agreed yesterday to involve Acas in a dispute over their pay deal.
Leaders of the Communication Workers Union met to discuss an offer from Royal Mail to go into arbitration at the conciliation service, and make sure there would be no preconditions.
“We have now accepted the offer to go to Acas for unconditional informal talks,” a union spokesman said.

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Parcelforce Worldwide admits to clerical error

Posted by | Aug 7, 2003 | |

Parcelforce Worldwide today said that because it had made a clerical error, charities would get GBP75,000 as a good will gesture. Five charities will each get GBP15,000 because Parcelforce Worldwide didn’t make sure that the increase in the price of clearing VAT-able parcels through UK customs was updated correctly in all the official publications. Parcelforce Worldwide increased its customs clearance fee to GBP7.75 on 2 April 2002, from GBP6.25.

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National Association of Manufacturers and Fedex Sign shipping agreement

Posted by | Aug 7, 2003 | |

The National Association of Manufacturers and FedEx have signed an agreement that will make an array of FedEx air, ground and international shipping services available to thousands of association members.

“As with all good business agreements, this one adds considerable value for both the Association and FedEx,” explained NAM Vice President for Marketing and Business Development David Walker. “FedEx offers our member companies more economical access to its world-class air, ground and international shipping services. The NAM gives FedEx access to our roughly 14,000 members, which represent an attractive mix of small and medium-size businesses as well as global companies.”

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Nightspeed to deliver medical products

Posted by | Aug 7, 2003 | |

An express parcel delivery firm based in Tipton has won a major contract, worth up to GBP200,000, to distribute medical products for people with sports injuries for fast growing London company, IntraMed.

Nightspeed Services took the account from Securicor to deliver 150 packages of healthcare and sports products to one hundred chemists and physiotherapists per day.

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