“Ugly” is turning beautiful for Nightfreight.
The company reported a turnover of £98.2m in the year to 30 November, an increase of 9.9%, if the 41-week figures for the previous year are extrapolated back before its management buyout.
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Read MoreUK freight train operator EWS is pushing ahead with investment in 125mph rolling stock for new parcels services, writes Roger Hailey.
The decision comes just weeks after leading customer Royal Mail announced a strategic switch from rail to road for its overnight letter trunking.
Read MoreThe Royal Mail Group has appointed a new boss to head its Scottish affairs.
Ian McKay will represent the Royal Mail, Post Office and Parcelforce Worldwide in Scotland and will have particular responsibility for links with the Scottish parliament and its politicians.
Mr McKay takes up his director of Scottish affairs post on August 11 and he will also chair the Royal Mail Group Advisory Board for Scotland.
Read MoreMany pensioners and other benefit recipients are finding the system for opting for Post Office card cash accounts “extremely difficult, very bureaucratic and time-consuming”, a Labour ex-health minister said today.
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, who quit in protest at the Iraq war, urged the Government to ensure a “level playing field” so claimants could, if they wished, continue to draw cash over the counter.
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