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4 Japan Post firms to be called Japan Post Group
Companies to emerge under Japan Post after its privatization in October 2007 will be called Japan Post Group, according to the public postal corporation’s privatization plan draft obtained by The Yomiuri Shimbun.
Japan Post Corp., which will become the holding company of the four separate entities, is considering calling its savings bank Yucho Ginko (postal savings bank), and its postal life insurance firm Kampo Seimei Hoken (postal life insurance).
Read MoreBelgian Post to open 120 service agencies this summer
Belgian Post plans to open 120 services agencies this summer as part of its cost-saving restructuring of its postal network. The agencies offer basic postal services.
The post office, which already had about 40 such agencies, has opened 40 new “Points Poste” in recent weeks and expects to increase this figure to 120 outlets by the end of the summer.
Read MoreFinland Post acquires Universal Spedisjon in Norway
Finland Post Corporation is to acquire the Norwegian logistics company Universal Spedisjon AS from the two families owning it. Universal Spedition AS posts net sales of approximately EUR 44 million, and operates via its outlets with terminals based in Oslo, Kristiansand, Stavanger, Trondheim and Bergen.
Universal Spedisjon provides cargo, forwarding and contract logistics services in Norway and throughout Europe in collaboration with partners. The company employs a staff of 75, whose jobs will not be affected by the acquisition in any way.
Read MoreScotland set for privatised post trial
Britain’s first fully privatised door-to-door post service to rival the Royal Mail is to be trialled in Scotland.
Glasgow and Edinburgh have been chosen, along with Manchester, for an experiment which will give customers the choice of having collection, sorting and delivery carried out entirely in private hands.
The trial, to be conducted later this year by Royal Mail’s biggest rival, TNT, will see thousands of households visited by two postal workers and could pave the way for greater competition throughout the rest of Britain.
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