Tag: UK

Consignia's cultural challenge

Posted by | Nov 26, 2002 | |

In a fortnight or so, more than 80 of the senior management at Consignia will learn that they are out of a job. The list of casualties will mark the completion of a radical 18-month assessment of the company’s top talent. Stage one, completed last Friday, saw about 320 CVs, drawn primarily from inside the organisation, pared down to 90 senior men and women who will comprise the organisation’s new inner sanctum. The 90 will in effect replace what has until now been called the “Top Y” – a group of 120 – and will take ultimate responsibility for an organisation that announced losses of £1.1bn in June and that now wants to foster a culture where a leaner management supports the rest of the workforce.

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Postal row nears end

Posted by | Nov 26, 2002 | |

A pay offer made to postal workers in Ireland has been recommended for acceptance by the Irish Postmasters’ Union.

If accepted by the union`s members, the move will avert action which threatened to disrupt Christmas mail across the Republic.

The announcement came after a compromise deal from postal service An Post was studied by the IPU executive.

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Texaco adds a Spar-ring partner

Posted by | Nov 25, 2002 | |

Fuel retailer Texaco is set to expand its RelayStar package service after signing a partnership agreement with the Spar convenience chain.
Spar has 2,700 stores in the UK. The pilot outlet is in Didcot, Oxford, which will be followed in the first phase by a further 295 Spar parcel collection points. With Texaco’s service stations, this will increase the RelayStar UK network to more than 1,000 outlets. Initial clients in the hi-tech field, using the network for spare parts delivery and returns, include IBM, NCR, Logicom and Sabre Supply Management and service stations are handling an average of 20 packages a day.

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Wincanton makes contract with Huhtamaki UK

Posted by | Nov 25, 2002 | |

Wincanton has secured an expanded contract with food packaging specialist Huhtamaki (UK), which extends its transport operation at Huhtamaki’s Gosport plant to include other UK facilities at Skelmersdale and Leeds. Wincanton will operate a core fleet of 20 vehicles and 30 trailers within its shared-user operations to provide additional support and ensure efficient delivery of full and part loads.

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