Mersey Docks – Pre-interim results trading update
Mersey Docks – Pre-interim results trading update
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UK Royal Mail to cut lorry journeys
The Royal Mail said its lorry journeys will be cut from 8,500 a day to 2,500 under its plans for a more efficient distribution network, reducing its carbon dioxide emissions by 30%.
There would be no job cuts at the main rail/road sites at Willesden in north London, Wishaw near Glasgow and Warrington, Cheshire, and there would be no new job losses anywhere in the Royal Mail.
Read MoreUnions urge rethink on plan to scrap UK mail by rail
Union leaders today urged the Government to halt a controversial move to stop transporting mail by rail, warning of a “disaster” for jobs and the environment.
Communication and rail unions joined forces with Labour MPs to launch a campaign to save mail trains, which the Post Office plans to phase out in a bid to save GBP90 million a year.
Read MoreRat catcher is still on the scent of growth – corporate profile of Rentokil Initial
RENTOKIL, rat catcher to the Queen, has a new boss. James Wilde has the difficult task of taking over the reins from Sir Clive Thompson, the famous “Mr 20 per cent” who delivered unprecedented growth levels at the company for most of his 20 years in charge.
Wilde’s task is not easy: Rentokil is the number one pest control business in the world and cleans more washrooms than any other group in the world. It also provides more education and training centres around the world than anyone else and supplies more tropical plants to the world’s workplaces than any other company. Some might say there is only one direction for the company to go from here.
Lynx Express wins contract
Lynx Express has signed a GBP20m contract with Findel Education extending its 12 month deal a further three years.
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