Author: Archive

Development of competition in the European postal sector

Posted by | Mar 6, 2006 | |

Postal sector regulation and postal sector policy

Forces governing competition (Porter analysis, contestability of markets)

The universal postal operator: facts, figures, strategy

Competitor postal operators and effect of competition on market structure and
market performance

Regulatory framework, liberalisation and access regulation

Market size of the postal sector and country information

Facts and figures for the national postal operator (US provider)

Competitor postal operators and market structure of the postal sector

Read More

UK Royal Mail announces staff bonuses

Posted by | Mar 5, 2006 | |

Staff at Royal Mail will each receive a bonus of GBP400 next month for hitting productivity targets. Chairman Allan Leighton made the promise this weekend in a letter to his 180,000 workers. In a two-page letter, he said: “We had a very good Christmas and New Year. Quality of service is the best in the history of the company. If we can keep up this level until the year-end in March and our costs under control, we will hit the magic GBP600 million Share in Success target and pay out a minimum of GBP400 for everyone who has been in the business for this financial year.”

Read More

TNT plans USD1 million Bahrain expansion

Posted by | Mar 5, 2006 | |

TNT Express has unveiled plans to invest USD1 million in additional bonded warehouse facilities and new offices in Bahrain. ‘This expansion is also a direct response to growing region-wide demand for end-to-end logistics solutions and to accommodate TNT’s annual growth rate of 30% in our express business. We are focusing on our core express business and networks and success in this area is dependant upon high quality bonded facilities.’ TNT’s planned investment is expected to create an additional 20 jobs for Bahraini nationals.
‘We are determined to create competitive advantage through recruiting, maintaining and developing high quality employees,’ added Gamal.

Read More

The FedEx Edge – interview with CIO

Posted by | Mar 4, 2006 | |

IT’S EASY TO FEEL A BIT SORRY for any company’s chief information officer these days. The pace of technology is accelerating, and costs seem to be going up just as fast. But for Rob Carter, the CIO of FedEx, the job may seem even more daunting. He’s responsible for all the computer and communication systems that keep this staggeringly complex outfit running. He has to connect 39 hubs around the world with 677 airplanes, over 90,000 vehicles, and more than 200,000 employees delivering six million packages a day in 220 countries. Seconds count. The least glitch could cost millions of dollars and trigger a PR disaster. And if anything goes wrong, you know who takes the heat.

But don’t feel all that sorry for him. Carter works for a boss, CEO and founder Fred Smith, who completely believes in the importance of infotech. He gives Carter a $1 billion annual budget. Most important, Carter is at the strategic heart of what makes FedEx successful. The company is America’s second most admired and the world’s fourth most admired, by FORTUNE’s latest survey (see fortune.com), and Carter knows he helped put it there and must keep it there. If you’re in the field you love, a job doesn’t get much better than that.

Read More

UK Royal Mail pushes on with staff shares

Posted by | Mar 4, 2006 | |

UK Royal Mail says it is still “pushing hard” for government approval to give 20 per cent of its shares to staff, as part of its application for Pounds 2bn of state money. The news comes in spite of an agreement with unions to make basic pay a priority over other benefits. Allan Leighton, the state-owned postal operator’s chairman, yesterday wrote to its 165,000 staff to update them on the “noise around privatisation etc and shares for you all”. The proposed employee share ownership scheme “can be done very simply and we are pushing hard on this”, he wrote. Royal Mail was adamant its championing of the scheme was not undermined by a productivity agreement reached this week with the Communication Workers’ Union, which has opposed the proposal. The agreement – which allocates 40 per cent of cost savings to the next pay round – says Royal Mail recognises staff have clearly prioritised increases in basic pay over other benefits.

Read More

UK LibDems back Royal Mail part-privatisation plan

Posted by | Mar 4, 2006 | |

Liberal Democrats today backed plans to part-privatise Royal Mail, in an important victory for new leader Sir Menzies Campbell. The party conference overwhelmingly endorsed proposals to sell off 49% of Royal Mail to raise money to safeguard the future of post offices. Sir Menzies’ backing was a highly symbolic nod to the right-wing modernisers of the party who want it to embrace the market. Similar plans caused a row at last year’s Lib Dem conference between the modernisers and those who want the party to remain a progressive left-of-centre force. Delegates refused to endorse the plans then, leading to a watered-down version being put before the party’s spring conference in Harrogate today.

Read More

Empost signs agreement with Emirates Technologies for domestic and international courier services

Posted by | Mar 4, 2006 | |

Empost, the UAE’s national courier service, recently signed an agreement with Emirates Technologies to meet all domestic and international courier requirements of the UAE based technology solution provider. ‘This partnership gives Empost an excellent opportunity to provide our entire range of cost-effective courier services that will ensure timely and secure delivery of documents. Our agreement with Emirates Technologies comes at a time when we are stepping up our focus on expanding our client base in the private sector, and the addition of Emirates Technologies to this list adds a lot of value to our portfolio,’ said Sultan Al Midfa. ‘Our partnership will certainly be mutually beneficial as we can be assured of the highest quality of technical support and assistance we would require for the electronic services we will be launching at a later stage,’ he added.

Read More

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

P&P Poll

Loading

Have you noticed a decrease of non-EU inbound parcel volumes since the implementation of the new €3 charge?

Thank you for voting
You have already voted on this poll!
Please select an option!


View ResultsHide Results

Post & Parcel Magazine


Post & Parcel Magazine is our print publication, released 3 times a year. Packed with original content and thought-provoking features, Post & Parcel Magazine is a must-read for those who want the inside track on the industry.

Subscribe to the Magazine

 

Pin It on Pinterest