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Parceline to invest GBP20m in new sites

Posted by | May 19, 2005 | |

GeoPost UK Chief Executive Kay Phillips revealed this week that Parceline is investing GBP20m in adding six new sites to its network. Chelmsford and Newcastle are site upgrades and Gloucester, Maidstone, Preston and Warrington will be purpose built. Parceline will increase its depot square footage by 50% by 2007. In addition, the carrier has committed to build a second UK hub at an expected cost of GBP33m and capacity of 250-300,000 parcels per night; a further GBP12m will be spend to replace its hub in Ireland.

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Swedish NCC Signs Logistics Services Agreement with DHL

Posted by | May 19, 2005 | |

Swedish construction and real estate management group NCC has signed an agreement with German express mail delivery group DHL, a subsidiary of postal operator Deutsche Post, on the provision of logistics services, it was reported on May 18, 2005.

The value of the deal was not disclosed. The agreement includes the transportation of construction materials as well as express delivery of documents.

The agreement will help NCC further reduce construction costs. Sweden is considered a country with high construction costs and the advantages of the contract with DHL will help NCC work against that trend, Kent Eriksson at NCC said.

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DHL spearheads competitive drive with appointment of Tender Manager for UK and Ireland

Posted by | May 19, 2005 | |

DHL has appointed Tony Kells to Head of Tender Management, UK & Ireland. Tony moves into this role from senior field manager for DHL’s key accounts where he was responsible for managing a national sales team.

In this newly created position, Tony will manage DHL’s UK and Ireland tender unit, which includes responding to and seeking customers’ multi-product tender requests across the whole of DHL’s proposition from Express, Freight, Mail and Solutions, through to Danzas Air and Ocean.

Tony will also work closely with other DHL functions such as customer operations in order to enhance DHL’s benchmarking system and to ensure best practice as part of the tender process.

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UK Royal Mail needs a sell-off – but on the right terms

Posted by | May 19, 2005 | |

Congratulations to Allan Leighton and the rest of the management team at Royal Mail for turning a deficit of Pounds 318m four years ago into a Pounds 537m surplus last year. They also deserve praise for paying a Pounds 1,074 bonus to the group’s staff – a sensible reward for their co-operation with a remarkable transformation. The next step must now be to take Royal Mail into the private sector, but Mr Leighton’s ingenious strategy for winning government backing risks an imperfect privatisation.

Royal Mail’s turnround was helped by increases in stamp prices that added more than Pounds 400m a year to revenues. But there has been real progress on service targets following the ending of the second daily delivery. Some 33,000 jobs have been shed – about 14 per cent of the workforce – as part of an overhaul of the group’s distribution and retail network.

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The wrong way to privatise the post: UK Royal Mail needs a sell-off – but on the right terms

Posted by | May 19, 2005 | |

Congratulations to Allan Leighton and the rest of the management team at Royal Mail for turning a deficit of Pounds 318m four years ago into a Pounds 537m surplus last year. They also deserve praise for paying a Pounds 1,074 bonus to the group’s staff – a sensible reward for their co-operation with a remarkable transformation. The next step must now be to take Royal Mail into the private sector, but Mr Leighton’s ingenious strategy for winning government backing risks an imperfect privatisation.

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UK Postcomm proposes new licensing arrangements for postal operators

Posted by | May 19, 2005 | |

Postcomm today set out its detailed proposals for the licensing arrangements for postal operators in the fully liberalised postal market. From 1 January 2006, the UK postal services market will be fully open to competition and the aim of these new licensing arrangements is to encourage new operators, while ensuring that customers can continue to have confidence in the market. Under Postcomm’s proposals, the new licence would be issued for a minimum of seven years, require each licensee to provide information about its own performance, so that customers can make informed choices between different services and different operators, require licence holders to set up systems to handle customer complaints and require licensees to provide financial guarantees, or to have a contract with another licensee, so that customers would be protected if their own provider went out of business, with mail on hand.

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GLS: positive full-year results and new strategy for the next five years

Posted by | May 19, 2005 | |

General Logistics Systems BV, Amsterdam (GLS) has started the financial year 2005/6 with positive results and a development strategy for the next five years. “By 2010, GLS’ revenues will rise by over 30 percent to 1.7 billion euros”, announced Rico Back, Chief Executive Officer of General Logistics Systems BV, Amsterdam. “We will use this cash to achieve our strategic goals and free the entire group from debt.” GLS’ planned investments sum up to around 300 million euros during the next five years.

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Fortec Pallet Distribution Network reports influx of business

Posted by | May 19, 2005 | |

Fortec Pallet Distribution Network has reported an influx of business from a mixture of manufacturers, importers, retailers and distributors in the print and stationery sectors. The freight delivery firm said that these are a mixture of businesses looking to expand, which previously have been held back by lack of transport or economic factors.

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