Post Office at risk over inflated profits.(Business Report Weekend)

The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  October 22, 2006 ;     544 words ......shares in any firm with comparable turnover to the Post Office's. Thekiso Tihacoane...liability. The Post Office has also devalued...in Uthingo, the firm that runs the...programme of action. A Post Office spokesperson said the firm's annual financial...

POST OFFICE RETHINK PLEA

Bristol Evening Post;  March 22, 2002 ;   ROSEE BROWN;   425 words ......controversial proposal, which would see the post office moved to the Co-op in Straits Parade. In a three-pa...criticised the consultation exercise, arguing the Post Office failed to demonstrate the move would be good...last November and requests for information, the Post Office ...

Beckett rules out move to sell Post Office

The Independent - London;  May 12, 1997 ;   Chris Godsmark Business Correspondent;   570 words ......aren't considering it and we never have been." Post Office executives are understood to have drawn up several...exploratory discussions with Labour figures. The Post Office is one of the few remaining state assets with...highlighted. One would be to sell 49 per cent of the Post ...

Report on Post Office is released to minister.(Business Report Weekend)

The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  March 18, 2007 ;     467 words ......investigation into the SA Post Office has finally been received...analyse its findings. The Post Office falls under the department...findings were released to the Post Office board and the public. Khutso...chief executive of the Post Office, was suspended in ...

Post Office forced to beg for R30m.(Business Report Weekend)

The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  March 4, 2007 ;     787 words ......under construction. These figures mean that the Post Office spent R2 million on average to renovate a post office. This is in contrast with R1.2 million on average for a post office that was charged by a private contractor that the Post Office fired for alleged ...

Residents weigh in on post office site

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  May 8, 2008 ;   DAWN GAGNON; OF THE NEWS STAFF;   564 words ......where to locate a new post office. Residents and post office users got a chance to weigh in during a public...to exercise that option. The Millers said the post office either could use space in the front portion...building used for storage. The Quirks also said the post ...

Government sets out proposals to preserve National Post Office network.

M2 Presswire;  December 14, 2006 ;     787 words ......proposals to preserve National Post Office network(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...to GBP1.7 billion for the Post Office designed to preserve the...network, and set it on a firm footing. The new strategy for the Post Office network was announced by...five years to support the ...

Post Office targets overseas firms in pounds 1.5bn bid to join...

The Birmingham Post (England);  April 6, 1999 ;   Armitage, Jim;   316 words ...The Post Office yesterday confirmed plans to go on...moves to liberalise the industry. The Post Office spent more than pounds 300 million...postal authorities and the British Post Office is determined to be one of them. The...

Pass the parcel.(Labor government in the United Kingdom seeks a compromise...

The Economist (US);  November 7, 1998 ;     738 words ......Labour governments, the Post Office is impatient to learn...ownership is at stake. The Post Office, a sacred cow which even...options is summed up by the Post Office's chief executive, John...privatisation of the Post Office would be very sensitive...nation's psyche. ...

Post Office delivers a sharp fall in profits

Evening News - Scotland;  July 14, 1999 ;   IAIN LAING;   389 words ...THE Post Office today reported a GBP 56 million...GBP 310m to the Treasury. The Post Office said it had contributed almost...to the Government since 1981. Post Office chief executive Mr John Roberts...plans to reduce our prices, the Post Office has maintained its record ...

Post office staff refuse to relocate

Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK);  August 3, 2007 ;   Ian Griffin;   456 words ......for jobs at a controversial Stoke- on-Trent post office. Hanley's crown post office, in Tontine Street, is to relocate to the WHSmith...officials say none of the 23 staff who work at the post office branch have re-applied for their jobs because...advertising for counter assistants at ...

STRIKE THREAT OVER CITY POST OFFICE CLOSURE.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  April 24, 2007 ;     314 words ......at the prospect of job cuts. On Friday, the post office dropped the bombshell that the Hertford Streeet post office would close and relocate to WH Smith in West...among the 30 staff at Hertford Street. Although post office bosses say there will be a consulation period...enough to ...

Post office conundrum is test for Blairites

The Scotsman;  December 7, 2000 ;   Kirsty Milne;   787 words ......swipe card from an automated system. But for the Post Office, that could mean GBP 400 million of its annual...Byers promised a solution by Christmas. The Post Office conundrum provides an excellent example of the...The Counter Revolution, pointed out that the Post Office has a unique ...

Post Office set for Lottery bid

Evening News - Scotland;  April 14, 1998 ;     182 words ...THE Post Office could challenge Camelot...operators Littlewoods. A Post Office spokeswoman said: "We haven...Lottery, but we have no firm proposals." A Post Office bid for the franchise might...Communications Workers, backed the Post Office bid. He said: "The ...

Minister heads of strike threats by denying Post Office sell-off

The Independent - London;  July 8, 1999 ;   Andrew Grice Political Editor;   423 words ......a threat of strikes by Post Office workers by promising that...that plans to turn the Post Office into a plc, to be unveiled...Government to sell off the Post Office after giving it more commercial...White Paper will include a firm "guarantee" that further...needed before any ...