Whistl (part of TNT) Suspends Letterbox Service

[arista]

This was on the Cards
as the backing money halted


http://news.sky.com/story/1481703/jobs-risk-as-whistl-suspends-letterbox-service


This service was in London
and other cities only.
It may have been planned to expand
but with no backing money
it looks grim.

[Up to 2,000 jobs are at risk
after the private postal firm Whistl
suspended its door-to-door
letter delivery service.
The company, formerly known
as TNT Post, has moved to stem
its losses after its private
equity backer LDC pulled out
of funding a further rollout
of the end-to-end E2E service.]

http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2015/5/11/391489/default/v1/whistl-1-762x428.jpg

It was better than the Royal Mail letterbox
delivery as it employed long term
out of work people in the main.
Working on a Zero Hours Legit Policy

[Kizzy]

Who wishes this had happened prior to the election to highlight the failings of selling off state owned companies?....

[arista]

This is sad
this was on early morning on Radio 5
Money Report

a worker who was at a base
he was waiting for for the normal
load of letters to arrive.
There was a delay
then his team leader had to take a call
she came back in tears.

He said they were aware there was delay
on the Expansion due to not getting full funding
but had no idea his London branch
was going to stop.
he gets paid to till Saturday only,
he also said,
he had been been out
of work before this, for a long time.
He liked his Contract and Job.