Geopost & Interlink improve Irish deliverie
Express parcels group Geopost has strengthened its range on delivery solutions to and from Ireland by chartering an aircraft for its Irish subsidiary, Interlink Ireland.
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Royal Mail board to make deliveries
The Royal Mail is to force its new board directors, including some of the biggest names in the City, to become postmen so that they learn about the business “from the ground up”. Non-executive directors such as Richard Handover, the chief executive of W H Smith, Mike Hodgkinson, the chief executive of BAA, and John Neill, the chief executive of Unipart, will join postmen on their 5am rounds, perform a stint in sorting offices and drive delivery vans. The new directors, who each earn more than pounds 500,000 a year from their other jobs, are likely to be joined by Adam Crozier, the Royal Mail’s new chief executive.
Read MoreDelays to start of rival Business Post service
Shares in Business Post fell 5 per cent to 356.5p after the mail delivery group warned that its hopes of setting up a rival business post service to Royal Mail had been delayed. The group, which owns UK Mail, is waiting for the postal regulator to rule on how much it must pay Royal Mail to get its postal workers to deliver UK Mail’s post to home addresses. Business Post admitted it was unlikely to launch the service – planned for this month – until nearer the summer. The UK market for bulk mail is worth about pounds 1.4bn annually.
Read MoreDelay for UK Mail Determination
Delay for UK Mail Determination
Read MoreNew Canon for Salvesen UK
Christian Salvesen has won a multi-million pound three-year contract with Canon UK. It will deliver Canon’s range of business machines and photographic products – which includes photocopiers, printers and fax-machines – direct to customers across the Midlands, South and South West of England.
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