Amtrak gains size
Express parcel company Amtraks capacity has climbed by 30% with the opening of a 3,000 sq m hub for fragile items ranging from wine to flowers. It is near Amtraks existing main hub, north of Birmingham.
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Pall-Ex close to euro-deal
Leicestershire-based network changes tack over European expansion and seeks link up with single operator covering all of continent. Existing partnerships unaffected.
Read MoreRentokil warns on 2004 profits; chairman steps down
Rentokil warns on 2004 profits; chairman steps down
Read MoreBusiness expansion brings new faces to Pall-Ex team
Sustained business growth has led to a number of new management appointments for pallet network operator Pall-Ex, just one year since the company moved its entire operation from Gotham to Ellistown Leicestershire. Pall-Ex has recruited a number of key professionals in marketing, business development, human resources and operations, to address current business demands and to contribute to the drive towards further expansion.
Read MoreUK Royal Mail tells MPs it will stamp out crime
Royal Mail said it prosecuted 300 of its staff last year for stealing from the post and other offences and has an 180-strong team dedicated to investigating crime in an effort by management to quash concerns about postal security.
Allan Leighton, chairman of the postal group, and Adam Crozier, chief executive, were yesterday grilled by MPs on various aspects of Royal Mail’s three-year turnaround plan, from post office closures to the scrapping of the second daily delivery. The executives told MPs that Royal Mail was reviewing its hiring policies and would cut its use of casual staff, who are not always properly vetted or trained.
In response to questions about a recent television documentary that showed negligence and theft among Royal Mail workers, Mr Crozier said the prosecutions had been for random individual acts, that the number of crimes was dropping and that no organised crime or regional pattern had been found.
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