Express Dairies today pledged to turn its fleet of milk floats into a profitable mail delivery operation by as early as next year.
The Leicester-based group has recently started using its floats to deliver thousands of parcels and packages a week to the doorstep alongside milk.
And chief executive Neil Davidson said the feedback from potential customers had been encouraging: “We certainly have a lot of interest in the pipeline.”
Read MoreThe future of the Post Office network is secure, a Scotland Office minister pledged yesterday.
Speaking at a conference in Inverness organised by the postal regulator Postcomm and the consumer watchdog Postwatch, the Scotland Office minister Anne McGuire said there had been government support for the industry.
She added: “We have committed £270 million to implement the recommendations of a Cabinet Office report which should help secure the future of the Post Office network.
Read MoreThe Prime Minister today said post office closures were “inevitable” and rejected claims that the Government was “bribing” people into quitting urban branches.
MPs last month approved a #210 million state aid package for the network which will see up to 3,000 branches close due to falling trade and massive losses.
Those that survive will be able to claim up to #10,000 each to fund improvements.
Read MoreRoyal Mail Group Chairman Allan Leighton today announced a new Board structure together with far-reaching changes to top management pay and conditions across the Group.
Mr Leighton said: “These are major changes. We have to move much more than just the deck chairs if we want to avoid being another Titanic! Seven external Board appointments and two internal promotions show that we mean business and we are starting from the top.”
Read MoreThe committee charged with setting up Japan’s new postal corporation, which will take over the Postal Services Agency’s three areas of operation in April, wants the new body to continue to offer its three core businesses nationwide, it was learned Wednesday.
In a draft medium-term management plan for the new organization obtained by Jiji Press, the committee calls for the new corporation to maintain independent accounting for each of the three mainstay services–mail, savings and insurance–and to disclose information on management, while retaining the postal service network.
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