In Belgium, bpost, a limited liability company under public law, is the historical postal operator.
It is responsible for the universal service under the terms of the management contract concluded with the State.
The partnership with the Consortium formed by Post Danmark and CVC was finalised and approved on 17 January 2006. La Poste’s shareholding, which was split between the Belgian State (55.7%) and the Société Fédérale de Participation (44.3%) was changed on this date by the entry, as part of a capital increase, of Post Invest Europe Sarl, a company indirectly held by Post Danmark A/S and CVC.
On 13 July 2009 CVC took over all shares owned by Post Danmark following the latter's decision to quit the partnership with La Poste.
On 17 june 2010, bpost annonced his new name: bpost
The activities of La Poste are as follows :
MAIL
DOMESTIC MAIL
- Collection, transport, sorting and delivery of letters, printed matters, newspapers and non-addressed items
- Financial activities at home
BELGIAN POST INTERNATIONAL
- International incoming and outgoing post items and parcels
- « Clearing rooms »
RETAIL
POINTS OF SALE
- Postal products
- Partner products
- Financial services
- Philatelic products
FINANCIAL POST
- Service provider
- Financial postal products
- Management of the State accounts
Service provider
BANK OF LA POSTE
- Postcheque accounts
- Savings and investment
- Credits
- Insurance
La Poste also offers the following services through its subsidiaries and business units:
- Express delivery/products and simple parcel packages through Taxipost
- Outsourcing daily mail through Exbo
- Distribution of newspapers, periodicals and non-addressed items through DeltaMedia
- Full solutions with respect to secure communication of electronic documents on Internet through Certipost
- Outsourcing administrative mail through Speos.
La Poste employs 34.180 staff end 2009 and is one of the main employers of the country.
Mail represents more than 81 % of the turnover of the group La Poste.
In 2009 bpost achieved a turnover of EUR 2.25 billion.