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No agreement regarding job cuts at Deutsche Post

Posted by | Sep 16, 2004 | |

According to the staff council of DHL, the express and logistics subsidiary of German postal service operator Deutsche Post, talks regarding redundancies as part of the company’s planned restructuring of its express services have failed completely. This is in contrast to a statement made by a spokesman for Deutsche Post three days ago, which said that a compromise had been reached between the company and Ver.di, the trade union for the service sector. The staff council of DHL now says that representatives of Ver.di and of the group’s staff council have given in to pressure from Deutsche Post, which is keen to find a solution in order to put an end to the media attention that it has received as a result of the dispute.

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DHL UAE appoints new Abu Dhabi head office GM

Posted by | Sep 16, 2004 | |

DHL UAE, the Emirates’ leading air express and logistics supplier, has appointed Neil Kuschel as General Manager of its new Dhs 3.5 million Abu Dhabi head office. “The new head office is a direct response to DHL’s exceptional business growth of 118% in the UAE capital over the last 18-months. Much of this demand has come from major corporate customers asking DHL to fulfil their supply chain logistics challenges,” said David Wild, General Manager, DHL, UAE.
“Neil has played a significant part in increasing sales in Dubai and in 2003 was responsible for the highest telesales growth in the region. He has worked throughout the region with DHL for over six years and is more than equipped to ensure this new head office will be an outstanding success.”

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TPG, Essent joint venture cleared by EU

Posted by | Sep 16, 2004 | |

The European Commission said it has cleared a customer service joint venture between TPG NV unit TPG Post and Dutch utility company Essent’s Essent Retail Bedrijven BV (BSC). The new company will be called Cendris BSC Customer Contact BV.

The deal was examined under the EU’s simplified merger review procedure.

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Japanese Yamato Transport Co forms Taiwan joint-venture

Posted by | Sep 16, 2004 | |

Japan’s biggest home-delivery service provider, Yamato Trans-port Co, have announced plans to form a joint venture with a local company, making it the first foreign business entity to invest in the nation’s transport industry after relevant regulations were amended late last year.

Grabbing a 40-percent market share with 1 billion packages delivered in Japan last year, Yamato decided to buy a 10 percent share of President Transnet Corp , which has managed Yamato’s Takkyubin service in Taiwan for nearly four years.

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TNT Mail readies debut campaign for postal work

Posted by | Sep 16, 2004 | |

TNT Mail, the leading challenger to Royal Mail’s dominance in the business letters market, is embarking on its first promotional campaign. The company, which is the mail division of parcel delivery group TNT, is preparing brand activity under the banner “Post modern”, reflecting its aim to shake up the UK’s deregulated postal market.

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UK Government: Hewitt announces GBP300 million package for rural post offices

Posted by | Sep 16, 2004 | |

Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt today announced a new Government support package to help rural post offices. Up to GBP300 million will be made available from 2006 to 2008, extending the current three year financial support package which runs until 2006. The current three year package – worth GBP450million – was intended as a transitional measure, designed to help rural post offices through the changes in the network’s business between 2003 and 2006. The Government has decided to extend the funding to 2008 to allow sufficient time for lessons to be learned from the pilots’ activities testing new ways of delivering services in rural areas.

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Clydesdale Bank announces alliance with UK Post Office

Posted by | Sep 15, 2004 | |

Clydesdale Bank today announced an agreement to give customers access to banking services at Post Office® branches. From 1 October, Clydesdale Bank customers will be able to withdraw and deposit cash, check balances and deposit cheques at any of the 1799 Post Office® branches in Scotland and a further 13,857 around the rest of the UK at no extra charge. David Mills, Chief Executive Post Office Ltd said: “Post Office Ltd has established itself as a key provider of banking services through its extensive branch network, especially in rural areas, as 60 per cent of villages have a Post Office® branch but only 9 per cent have a bank branch.

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Postcomm consults on a long term licence for AMP

Posted by | Sep 15, 2004 | |

Postcomm today began a 30-day consultation on the proposed issue of a long term licence to Alternative Mail & Parcels Limited (AMP), to provide bulk mail, consolidated mail and tracked business-to-business mail services. AMP is a sister company of Datarun, which holds an interim licence, restricted to a pilot scheme of a minimum of 12 months’ duration. This will be revoked if a long term licence is granted to AMP. A long term licence has a minimum life of seven years.

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