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Empost appoints Sultan Al Midfa as General Manager

Posted by | Jun 28, 2005 | |

Empost, the UAE’s national courier company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Emirates Post, has appointed Sultan Al Midfa its Deputy General Manager as new General Manager. The appointment of Sultan Al Midfa, comes after the retirement of Essa Al Daboos. Sultan Al Midfa has served in the position of Deputy General Manager for two years after he joined Empost in 2003. Prior to that he was the Head of International Affairs at Emirates Post, after undergoing training at Royal Mail in the UK in 1998.

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LYNX expands in Scotland

Posted by | Jun 27, 2005 | |

LYNX Express has invested GBP4m (EUR6m) in a purpose-built depot at Newhouse, near Glasgow. The companys biggest single investment in Scotland is a result of increasing volumes through its former unit, 10km away. The new warehouse is more than 4,500 sq metres in size and the office space is set to accommodate a call centre.

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2006 good for Italy Poste Italiane listing – Chairman

Posted by | Jun 27, 2005 | |

According to Vittorio Mincato, chairman of Italy’s state-owned postal services company Poste Italiane, 2006 is likely to be a good year for Poste Italine’s listing on the Italian stock exchange, it was reported on June 28, 2005. Mincato speaking at a meeting in Vicenza, northern Italy. Minacto said that he was working on a reorganisation in the company, which would lead to its listing, but not in the near future.

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Deutsche Post confirms to open up to 300 rural branches starting in Sept

Posted by | Jun 27, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post AG confirmed a press report that it will open up to 300 small branches in the rural areas of Germany from September this year onwards. With the move, Deutsche Post wants to test to what extent it can offer financially viable basic postal services even after it loses its stamp monopoly in late 2007, a spokesman for the company said, confirming an earlier report in Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.

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Keeping workers at their posts – company profile, Royal Mail

Posted by | Jun 27, 2005 | |

For the letters division of Britain’s Royal Mail, protecting staff is a daily business continuity issue. It is not the everyday danger for delivery workers of aggressive dogs, mailbag snatchers and abusive householders that most threatens the functioning of the business, though these are taken very seriously by the company’s security officers. Rather, it is what Alan Staniforth, head of risk management and business continuity manager in the division, calls “white powder” incidents.

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Emirates Post’s Dubai Airport Mail Transit Hub handled record mail during 2004

Posted by | Jun 27, 2005 | |

Among the regular clients of the Hub are GATS UK, British Royal Mail and the UK and US offices of Deutsche Post. Swiss Post and Kuwait Post were the two major clients that joined the hub during 2005, in addition to several other postal organizations. The Dubai Airport Mail Transit Hub of Emirates Post consolidated its position as the preferred regional mail distribution centre by handling 1,062,720 kg of international mail during 2004, against 984,000 kg in 2003. The Dubai Airport Mail Transit Hub was established in 2001 to serve as the regional mail hub for mail bound for the GCC, the rest of the Middle East, North and East Africa, the Far East and Indian Subcontinent.

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Business Post arm wins first major deal

Posted by | Jun 27, 2005 | |

Panasonic is the high-profile launch customer for Integrated Logistics Solutions (ILS), a new operation set up by the Business Post group.
Although Panasonic has its own national distribution centre and in-house logistics arm for delivery to retailers, it also uses third parties, for example to handle smaller and palletised consignments that do not suit its dedicated vehicle fleet.

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