Business Post personnel & product information
Business Post – Notes of meeting with Bill Wallis, 26th Sept.02
Main Board of Business Post Group Plc:
Peter Kain Chairman
Bill Cockburn Deputy Chairman
Paul Carvell CEO
Peter Fitzwilliam FD
Russell Hodgson Group Operations Director
Guy Buswell MD, UKMail
Alec Ross IT Director
Total turnover circa £132m said to be 11-15% up on last year.
Main Divisions:
A. Express, 90% of the business
Carl Hutber, MD
Mainly the o/night parcels business
Includes the FedEx business, 24k cons a dfay split roughly 50/50 between in and out bound
Still includes original home deliveries in network and management of pallets
B International
Brian Jenkins, MD (ex of target)
Currently working to establish totally new networks, and (?) preparing to re-launch Europe??
C Homeserve
Bill Chacksfield, MD (ex of TNT, White Arrow)
Only includes “new” home deliveries since launch of product
D UK Pallets
No MD currently, though maybe appointed before the end of then year
Currently managed by Express
400-500 pallets a day volume
E Network Services – internal department
Steve Chatwin, Director of Network Services
Marketing:
Kevin Bennett, newly appointed (8 weeks) as Head of Marketing, came from National Express.
Bill Wallis Marketing Manager, + Donna ball Res. Analyst, +2 x Mktg Execs (Lisa, Linda), + 2 x designers – all done inhouse, i.e. no ad. Agency support.
PR is with an agency, Spreckley ?
