The Post Office has announced Junction, the affinity division of the Budget Group of Companies, will be the third party partner for the launch by the joint venture between Post Office and Bank of Ireland into the car insurance market.
Read MoreStationery & computer consumables group Integra Office Solutions has increased sales by 20% after handing over its pick, pack and distribution services to Pareline Solutions, the logistics division of GeoPost UK. Under the 3 year £2m (€3m) contract, Parceline Solutions stores products at its Birmingham warehouse and delivers them to Integras customers using its next day guaranteed delivery service.
Read MoreRoyal Mail is to reinstate deliveries by rail in an attempt to restore public confidence in the postal network. Less than six months after abandoning the railways -with the exception of one train -the company is negotiating for a return of overnight delivery by rail as early as next month. The service was scrapped in January as part of a drive to save Royal Mail Pounds 90m a year. It said road and air services represented better value. This weekend, Royal Mail confirmed that negotiations with GB Railfreight are at an advanced stage. A spokesman said: “We thought we could use air and road services at a much cheaper cost while maintaining the service customers expect. These have been major changes and there have been some difficulties but we are pressing on resolving them.”
Read MoreRoyal Mail has given pounds 5m to its workers in a morale-boosting campaign, most of which has been used to buy wide-screen TVs and other perks in the company’s offices. The scheme, First Line Fixed, was introduced by Royal Mail’s chairman, Allan Leighton, last year. The money has been spent on a range of goods aimed at improving working conditions. A Royal Mail spokesman defended the First Line scheme and confirmed it would be repeated. “This was part of Allan Leighton’s plans to make offices great places to work, and we listened to what individual staff wanted. By far the majority [of purchases] were to improve offices, and if wide-screen TVs improve morale, that’s what it is for.”
Read MoreWilson Zehr
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