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First express joint venture set up in Viet Nam

Posted by | Nov 8, 2006 | |

An express joint venture between DHL, an international air express company, and the Viet Nam Post and Telecom Group (VNPT), has been set up to become the first joint venture in this field in Viet Nam.

A licence for the joint venture was made public on Nov. 8.

The new joint venture will replace the agent contracts the two sides signed over the past 18 years.

According to Stephen Fenwick, Senior Vice President for South Asia and Indochina of DHL Group, the development of the joint venture will not affect current customers or interrupt DHL services in Viet Nam.

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HELP is on the way for Royal Mail’s people

Posted by | Nov 8, 2006 | |

Royal Mail is launching a far-reaching employee assistance scheme that will put the company at the leading edge of workplace advice and help programmes.

Known as HELP (Health and emotional wellbeing, Employment advice, Legal services and Practical assistance), the new service will be free of charge to employees and members of their immediate family. It offers confidential advice round-the-clock on both personal and practical topics from independent experts. These could range from money problems, legal issues and work-related topics to finding local service providers, such as child minders.

Initial contact to the HELP service is via a dedicated helpline, with the option of face-to-face counselling if appropriate to cover issues such as stress management, bereavement, and relationship issues.

Tony McCarthy, Royal Mail’s People and Organisational Director, said HELP was part of Royal Mail’s commitment to support its people whenever they needed it under the company’s continuing drive to make Royal Mail a great place in which to work.

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TNT Express Germany wins European Award for Business Excellence

Posted by | Nov 8, 2006 | |

TNT Express Germany has won this year’s European Business Award together with the BMW Group. The European Business Award is one of the most prestigious economy prizes in Europe. Donald Pilz, chairman of the board of directors, received the award at the Forum of the European Foundation for Quality Management in Budapest on Tuesday evening. In addition to TNT Express Germany, three other TNT business units made it into the short listed 27 finalists – TNT International (Europe), TNT Express Greece and TNT Express Estonia.

Winning the EFQM Excellence Award is a milestone in TNT Express Germany’s company history. Host Andreas Sugar presented the important prize to Donald Pilz at the Palace of the Arts in Budapest on the evening of November 7th. In his speech Pilz stressed that “It was only possible to win this award because everyone at TNT Express lives and breathes business excellence each and every day.“ TNT Express succeeded over 27 other companies which made it to the final. These included reputable names such as E.ON, FIAT, Philips, General Motors and T-Systems.

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UPU Strategy Conference

Posted by | Nov 8, 2006 | |

Universal Postal Union’s Strategy Conference will take place in Dubai from 14 to 16 November 2006. For the first time, the conference will take place outside Switzerland. It will be hosted by the Government of the UAE and Emirates Post. Around 1,000 delegates from more than 130 member countries will participate in the event that will be held against the background of continuous change in the communication sector. Information and communication technologies, globalisation and the movement of populations – universally recognised to be among the most powerful forces to shape the 21 st century.

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Four organisations win Europe’s most prestigious award for business excellence

Posted by | Nov 8, 2006 | |

The winners of the EFQM Excellence Award were announced last night during the EFQM Forum Gala Dinner celebration in Budapest, Hungary. Over 700 senior executives and business leaders from 45 countries witnessed the presentation of the Award by Ferenc Gyurcsány, Prime Minister of Hungary, to four organisations: BMW Group Chassis and Driveline Systems Production, TNT Express GmbH, Grundfos A/S and in the public sector, St. Mary’s College Londonderry. The EFQM Excellence Award recognises industry leaders with an undisputable track record of progress and results for both financial and non financial performance. The Award, which is given to Europe’s best performing companies and not-for-profit organisations, is Europe’s most prestigious award for organisational Excellence.

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Deutsche Post World Net with solid third quarter

Posted by | Nov 8, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post World Net saw a double-digit increase in revenue and earnings in the third quarter. Consolidated revenue rose by 35 percent from 11.028 billion euros to 14.887 billion euros in the period. The integration of logistics service provider Exel and financial service provider BHW as well as organic growth drove this increase. The company now generates 59 percent of total revenue outside Germany. Profit from operating activities (EBIT) rose by 40.1 percent to 1.03 billion euros, including the expected income of 276 million euros from calling the exchangeable bond on Postbank stock in July prior to maturity. In the third quarter of 2005, EBIT was 735 million euros. Consolidated net profit was 537 million euros in the third quarter of 2006 after 412 million euros in the year-earlier quarter. That corresponds to an increase of 30.3 percent. Earnings per share increased to 45 euro cents in the third quarter of 2006 from 37 euro cents in the year-earlier period. In the first nine months of the year, the Group posted 36 percent higher revenues of 44.190 billion euros, including around 10.2 billion euros from acquisitions. EBIT rose by 7.5 percent to 2.588 billion euros.

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Reinventing India Post

Posted by | Nov 8, 2006 | |

In September this year, when Punjab chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s helicopter crash-landed in a remote corner of Gurdaspur district, Punjab, Singh managed to escape with minor injuries but help also arrived in an unexpected form-India Post. Singh may have been whisked away by car but his chopper was grounded completely as its rotor blades and other essential parts were damaged beyond repair. Enter India’s 150-year-old postal network. Two trucks from India Post arrived within 72 hours with more than 7 tonnes of essential components; soon the Pawan Hans chopper was repaired and it took to the skies.

Those who associate India Post with the image of a khaki-clad postman with a bag flung on his shoulder traversing the bylanes of bustling cities or walking through paddy-fields in far-flung villages are in for a pleasant surprise. In fact, the friendly neighbourhood postman is today many more things than just the man who stuffs envelopes and post-cards into your letter box. Soon he could be selling you insurance policies or mutual funds or even fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) or just sitting you down and doing a market survey for a big corporate giant. Meanwhile, his organisation, India Post, could have metamorphosed from a deliverer of letters and parcels to a full-blown logistics management company that handles supply-chain needs of big business.

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Argentina: Postal service shrinking

Posted by | Nov 7, 2006 | |

The Argentinian postal service sector is changing as a result of recent new regulatory policy. The sector, controlled by the Comision Nacional de Comunicaciones (CNC), featured 208 operators at the end of last year, 39 fewer than at the close of 2004, according to a report put together by Aeca, the chamber of commerce which groups together the 23 biggest private postal operations in Argentina.

This 18.8% reduction in the total number of players is the first and most obvious result of the regulatory policy emitted in May 2005 aimed at rooting out informal operations. Letter-sending rose 9.9% in 2005 to reach a total of 1.38 million whilst sectorial turnover rose 24.36% to over PesoD1.558bil in 2005.

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