The Royal Mail is considering charging extra to deliver oddly shaped or large items, because they are more difficult to sort. A spokesman for the organisation said that the company had been talking to the magazine industry about the possibility of moving to “format-based” pricing – depending on the shape of the magazine posted.
Read MoreMeachers Group has been voted depot of the year by Pall=Ex following a ballot of the 64 strong members. Hillary Sharples, managing director of Pall-Ex said: “The Pall-Ex members were particularly impressed with the way the Meachers Group has performed and its ongoing investment in facilities, equipment and IT.
Read MoreHays has clinched a 3 year contract to manage the distribution and returns of Orange’s handsets and accessories throughout Britain.
Read MoreThe Irish Republic may introduced postal codes for the first time following blunders that led to the late delivery of as many as 1.5 million Christmas card and other mail earlier this week.
The possibility emerged after an inquest into the seasonal post hold-ups today by the Irish government`s Communications Minister, Dermot Ahern.
He called in John Hynes, the head of Ireland`s An Post postal company, to provide him with a first-hand explanation about the late cards.
Read MoreThey were going to change the world – or so the cynics alleged. Now freight exchanges seem to have found a settled role, and more have survived than you probably think. Peter Rowlands reports
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