Target Worldwide Express moves to Stone
An upturn in business led Target Worldwide Express to transfer its Staffordshire operation to Stone Business Park.
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Securicor opens new facility
Due to the growing demand for same-day deliveries by bluechip companies in central London, Securicor Omega Express has opened a new facility in Park Royal.
Read MoreLeighton faces fine for posting late accounts
Allan Leighton, the chairman of the Royal Mail appointed by the UK Government who called the postal service a “chronic failure’, faces the embarrassment of being fined for his own slowness in delivering company accounts on time.
Officials at Companies House confirmed that Leighton has been late in filing his first set of accounts for Going Plural Ltd, the private company that collects his multimillion pound earnings from his clutch of company directorships. This is a breach of the Companies Act.
The Department of Trade and Industry also confirmed that Leighton is late in filing.
Business Post express division wins contract with Systemax
Business Posts express division has won a contract worth £3.5m a year with computer specialist Systemax which trades in the UK as Globaldirect, Misco and Simply Computers.
Read MoreData protection ruling halts sale of electoral rolls and provokes outcry from business
Last month’s High Court ruling in the action brought by Brian Robertson against Wakefield Metropolitan Council has effectively halted the sale of electoral rolls by local authorities and has infected fresh vigour into the lobbying campaign by a wide range of interest groups including the Confederation of British Industry, British Bankers Association, Council of Mortgage Lenders and representatives from the credit reference and direct marketing industry. The Electoral Commission has since instructed its electoral registration officers not to sell any copies of the roll to commercial concerns, including credit reference agencies, pending further guidance from the government.
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