The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53.1 - Postal activities under universal service obligation
400 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 November 2005
Employment effect (start)
11 November 2005
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
Dutch post offices operator Postkantoren BV plans to cut some 400 jobs by the end of 2007. The cuts will follow the decrease in the number of independent post offices by 74 to 215. The company will replace the disappeared post offices by branches in the shops, such as the bookstore chain Bruna, a subsidiary of Postkantoren. Postkantoren BV is a joint venture between TPG Post, the mail division of Dutch mail, express and logistics company TNT NV, and the Dutch Postbank, part of Dutch banking and insurance group ING Groep NV.
Sources
11 November 2005: De Financieële Telegraaf
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Postkantoren BV, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 62723, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62723.
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