Mayne Group has reopened talks with trade buyers for its $500 million logistics division, a move which will potentially scuttle a demerger of the business from its core healthcare operations.
The Linfox grouping has set its sights on Mayne’s Australian logistics division, which consists of the group’s warehouse and transport units, and Armaguard.
Read MoreTNT India Ltd hopes to venture into the logistics segment to expand its express and mail services’ portfolio. It expects to earn 45 percent of its overall revenues from logistics and express services by 2007.
Read MoreRoyal Mail’s financial problems have been well publicised, and some direct marketers have made a connection between the Post Office’s need to increase its revenues and the decision to move to a size-based pricing structure for direct mail.
The debate has been raging for months, ever since Precision Marketing first revealed the plans (PM May 24). Guy Chubb, production manager for Production Direct, states: “The proposed Royal Mail changes are just another attempt at making money under false pretences, instead of addressing the root cause – an issue of national non-conformance to a set of guidelines that have been loosely applied by Royal Mail, and seriously overlooked for some users.”
Read MoreThe Polish Post plans to turn into a Treasury-owned holding, the post’s director general, Leszek Kwiatek, announced on Friday.
Kwiatek, in Szczecin for the Polish Post’s 9th Congress, said that after the change the post will control a number of companies, which will allow it to strive for new markets.
Read MoreFrom computer to post office, a new service to be launched by China Post later this month will make communication much easier for many Chinese.
In Beijing yesterday, China Post announced the new service which integrates Internet technology with the traditional mail service, making it faster for connected people to send messages to those who are not.
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