Petrol contract
Exel has signed a seven-year £28m contract with Morrison’s supermarket to deliver petrol to its 102 forecourts across the UK.
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How good things can come in very irregular packages
Some people may believe that irregular dimension and weight is a prerogative of the slimming industry but for mixed parcels carrier Nightfreight, IDW is profitable business. The Willenhall company’s vehicles carry about 18 per cent of the IDW market, worth more than pounds 325 million annually. Things of irregular dimension and weight -ladders, DIY goods, fencing, furniture, bicycles and garden equipment among them -are not the sort of manufactured goods that many carriers want to deliver. When Robert Kelly, Nightfreight’s chief executive, led the buyout of the business two and a half years ago with the help of venture capital provided by Barclays Private Equity, which owns 80 per cent of the business through its shareholding, it was quickly recognised that the IDW sector could be lucrative.
Read MoreDoor to door parcel deliveries up 3.7% in Japan
The number of parcels handled by door-to-door parcel delivery services in Japan in fiscal 2002 grew 3.7 pct from the previous year to 2,751.36 million units, the government said Monday. The rise reflected increased shopping by mail order, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said.
Read MorePalletline logo
Palletline has unveiled its new logo, which will be used across the network on vehicles ranging from 7.5-tonne delivery vehicles to its 40ft double-deck trailers.
Read MoreThe Pallet Network
The pallet Network has appointed Adam Leonard as managing director. Leonard has been with TPN for over two years, most recently as operations director.
Read MoreStrategies for optimising last mile delivery
15.40 Strategies for optimising final mile delivery
How to build a sustainable and innovative delivery structure
How do you match delivery and fulfilment services to customer demands?
How can technology be used to improve efficiency?
Flexible delivery systems: what is the impact on the workforce?
Mogens Madsen, Deputy Executive, Post Danmark A/S
Read MoreCost Pressures: Is Outsourcing the Answer?
14.35 Finding solutions to current cost pressures: is outsourcing the answer?
Choosing a 3rd party partner: what are the key determining factors?
Outsourcing as a strategic tool: how to use outsourcing as a catalyst for change
Understanding the process: how do you minimise risk and maximise value?
Achieving ROI: how do you identify and measure value?
Managing employee relations: what are the challenges?
David Burden, Director and Chief Information Officer, Royal Mail Group plc
Read MoreThe future shape and sustainability of the Post Office network
14.10 Examining the future shape and sustainability of the Post Office network
Three years on from the PIU report – have we progressed?
Short-termism: is the government bolstering an uneconomic network?
Assessing the effectiveness of the Post Office Card Account
A wider financial services offering: the Post Office as the ‘easyJet of Banking’?
Partnering with the private sector to exploit commercial opportunities
A social obligation for a commercial enterprise – should the Post Office network remain within the group?
Exploring the potential for satellite and mobile branches
Colin Baker, General Secretary, National Federation of SubPostmasters
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