UK Mail chief executive steps down after hub debacle

November 25, 2015 Emma Shone


 

UK Mail chief executive Guy Buswell (pictured) has stepped down with immediate effect, after the installation of incompatible parcel sorting technology at its purpose built new hub. His departure comes just a week after UK Mail’s interim results showed even greater losses than had been anticipated. It has begun a search for Buswell’s replacement, and has appointed company founder and non-executive chairman Peter Kane to fill in as interim executive chairman in the meantime. The company saw its profit slashed […]




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