From July 1, bpost will be distributing French-language newspapers in Wallonia, Belgium, enabling the postal operator to safeguard the jobs of its employees on fixed contracts.
Under the terms of the agreement, bpost will continue to distribute all newspapers throughout Wallonia until the end of 2025. From 2026 onward, publishers may eventually and gradually transfer the distribution of their newspapers to a third party.
An alternative distribution will be tested during the third quarter of 2025 at the request of the publishers. This will concern four distribution offices. A meeting has already been scheduled with the publishers for mid-2025 to see if the potential transfer of newspaper distribution from 2026 is confirmed or if the newspaper distribution will be entrusted to bpost for a longer period.
Flanders multiphase transition
On April 26, bpost announced that the delivery of newspapers in Flanders would gradually transition to bpostgroup subsidiary AMP, which keeps around 75% of volumes currently delivered by bpost within the bpostgroup.
The transition will begin in September/October after the 2024 summer holidays at 10 pilot offices, with the remaining volumes to be transferred in 2025 and 2026.
Regarding the distribution of the periodicals, bpost is still in the process of contracting with its clients.
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