Expansion of Kerry Logistics into Europe
25 April 2002 Kerry Logistics, A Hong Kong based company and a subsidiary of Kerry Properties Limited has bought 91% of TridentInternational Limited in the UK for £7,245,000.
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Lynx and New Wave form partnership
Parcels company Lynx Express and New Wave Logistics have formalised their partnership following a successful tie-up in providing distribution to video and computer game rental firm Blockbuster. Under the new agreement New Wave can effectively outsource all its parcels requirements to Lynx.
Read MorePostcomm consults on an interim licence for SDS
Postcomm today began consultation on the proposed issue of a short-term
licence to Special Delivery Services (SDS). SDS currently handles the delivery of 40,000 credit cards and store cards a day for 26 major financial institutions.
Head of PO Banking quits
Plans to create universal banking services for social security claimants in post offices have suffered a set-back after the resignation of the executive in charge of the operation. Basil Larkins, executive director at Consignia, the renamed Post Office, resigned for personal reasons.
Read MoreMay date for first national postal strike in six years
Postal workers are to bring mail services to a halt on May 8 in the first national postal strike for six years, the Communication Workers Union said yesterday.
The union, which is locked in a dispute with Consignia over pay and delivery standards, said it was calling the action after negotiations had failed. The 24-hour strike could be the first in a series of one-day stoppages.
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