A royal Mail regional distribution centre is to close next week as part of a major review of the company’s transport networks.
The South Devon and Cornwall Service Centre on the Langage Industrial Estate will close on December 8, following the announcement of its fate in March.
Read MoreCustomers in a quarter of all postcode areas continue to receive a below minimum postal service, with less than 90% of their first class mail being delivered the next day, even when posted in the same postcode, according to figures published by Royal Mail today. Commenting on the figures, Peter Carr, Chairman of Postwatch said; “It is good news that Royal Mail’s overall performance for first class mail has improved but this cannot disguise the fact that a quarter of all postcodes, many in densely populated urban areas,
are receiving a substandard service.
The Institute of Transport Management has recognised Nightspeed Services as the best overall parcel carrier. The Institute has awarded its Silver Jubilee Parcel Carrier accreditation to the Tipton company following research conducted over the last 25 years into developments within the parcel carrier sector.
Read MoreThe Office of Fair Trading said Securicor PLC’s plan to acquire the cash handling and distribution business of the Royal Mail Group PLC, formerly Consignia PLC, could impinge on competition.
Following a review of the proposed transaction, John Vickers, OFT director general, said “it seems reasonable to conclude that there is a significant prospect that the transaction may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition.”
Read MoreThe Royal Mail is delivering more first class letters on time but admitted that improvements were too slow, new figures show today.
More than nine out of ten first class letters arrived a day after being posted between July and September, a 1% improvement on the same period a year ago.
Second class mail performance was 98.6%.
The first class figure of 91.5% was still 1% behind the Royal Mail’s target for the end of the current financial year.
Read MoreTHE Howard Government is preparing to deregulate some Australia Post services and has admitted some of its functions already are being performed illegally by private contractors.
Communications Minister Richard Alston will introduce legislation in the new year opening parts of Australia Post’s reserved service to foreign competition.
Industry sources said yesterday the changes could open the floodgates to many players — but they would need to already own existing networks to make it pay.
Read MoreGetronics NV said its human resources solutions division has won an order from TPG NV to process the salaries of TPG’s more than 65,000 employees in the Netherlands with effect from January 1.
The contract has been signed for a period of at least five years.
A furious row has broken out between pallet network Pall-Ex and one of its longest-serving members, Rymer Transport.
The Croydon-based firm is incensed that it was kicked out of the network at very short notice; and it claims that the hub held onto its freight for almost 24 hours.
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