Parcels push Freightways profit higherSUPPLIED Freightways chief executive Mark Troughear says it is becoming more difficult to recruit workers to manually sort mail and parcels. A strong Christmas delivery season and a new high-tech sorting centre has boosted Freightways​' profit. The transport company that owns New Zealand Couriers, Post Haste Couriers, and Now Couriers has reported a $31.4 million profit for the half year to December 31, up 6.5 per cent. CHRISTEL YARDLEY/STUFF New Zealand couriers' Auckland headquarters has moved to the North Shore. Finding staff to manually sort mail and parcels had become difficult, he said.

Source: Stuff February 19, 2018 03:45 UTC