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Royal Mail wants boss for christmas

Posted by | Dec 6, 2002 | |

Troubled postal service Royal Mail expects to name its new chief executive before Christmas. The state-owned organisation revealed the news as it stayed tight-lipped over a report that the managing director of Atherstone-based parcel carrier TNT, Alan Jones, was on a shortlist to become its new chief executive.

Royal Mail said its chairman Allan Leighton had targeted four potential candidates for the job, but declined to say who they were. A spokeswoman said: ‘Mr Leighton has said publicly that he has about four people on a shortlist, but we don’t know any more than that.’

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Transend wins NZ$1.5m Hong Kong contract

Posted by | Dec 6, 2002 | |

Transend Worldwide Ltd, New Zealand Post’s international subsidiary, has won a contract worth more than NZ$1.5 million to provide over 650 Postal Delivery Sorting Systems to Hongkong Post.

The competitive tender to supply the Postal Delivery Sorting Systems was run by the Hong Kong Government Supplies Department.

All of the Postal Delivery Sorting Systems will be manufactured in Petone by Vision Concepts Ltd and supplied to Hongkong Post in three shipments from December through to April 2003.

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Lawson stores to handle mail service in Japan

Posted by | Dec 5, 2002 | |

The Postal Services Agency announced Thursday that it will install postal boxes at Lawson convenience stores across Japan where domestic and international mail will be accepted for delivery. The service, which will initially start at Lawson stores in urban localities, will begin Jan. 1, 2003. There are approximately 7,600 Lawson stores nationwide.

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PalletForce into Europe

Posted by | Dec 5, 2002 | |

Palletised distribution network PalletForce which has just completed its first year of trading, has revealed plans to launch a European service.
“We have a member, Gillimot, based in Kampenhault, Belgium, and Ripon-based Nidd transport covering Spain and Portugal,” says chief executive Mick Scarlett. “We will develop these from januay.”
Palletforce, which started trading in October 31, 2001, announced a turnover in excess of £8m in its first full year and says it has handled more than half a million pallets. It now has 56 shareholder members owning 82% of its shares.
Three directors own remaining 18%.
The firm says it has recruited members from all over the leading independent networks and has a limited number of open points, including north-west London, Tunbridge Wells and Cambridgeshire.

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