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Royal Mail doubles agency roster but halves budget

Posted by | Nov 22, 2002 | |

The Royal Mail Group has halved its PR spend to pounds 2.5m while simultaneously more than doubling the number of PR agencies on its roster.

Five agencies will handle PR work across the Royal Mail Group’s three divisions: Royal Mail, the Post Office and Parcelforce Worldwide.

Cohn & Wolfe, Countrywide Porter Novelli, Eulogy!, August.One Communications and Shine Communications have secured the work after a ten-week competitive pitch. They will work alongside Communications Services, the Royal Mail Group’s in-house PR team.

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Sainsbury’s outsource to Hays Asset Control Solutions

Posted by | Nov 21, 2002 | |

Sainsbury’s, recently outsourced the management of eight million crates for food produce to Hays Asset Control Solutions (Hays ACS) as part of its strategy to reduce packaging and meet its environmental targets, has added 500,000 more units to its produce pool ready for Christmas.

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Hays rallies on renewed break-up hopes

Posted by | Nov 21, 2002 | |

Colin Matthews, the new chief executive of Hays, yesterday signalled he might break up the support services group. Mr Matthews, who has been in the job three weeks, told the annual meeting that a strategy review would lead to changes. “We will not be defending the status quo.”

Analysts had been concerned that Mr Matthews, who came from Transco where he was managing director, would run the company in its existing form, rather than pursue a break-up. The group’s activities span logistics, personnel and commercial.

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Suzuki renews contract with TNT Logistics

Posted by | Nov 21, 2002 | |

TNT Logistics has clinched a 3 year renewal of its contract with Suzuki GB to deliver to 145 car dealerships 5 days a week. Under the new deall, TNT Logistics will operate a combined daily delivery service out of a central warehouse in Crawley, West Sussex, with outbases at Carlisle, Doncaster, Lutterworth and Bristol.

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Suzuki GB renews contract with TNT

Posted by | Nov 21, 2002 | |

Suzuki GB of the UK has renewed for a three-year period its contract with TNT Logistics for deliveries to 145 of its car dealerships, with a combined daily service to be run out of its central warehouse in Crawley.

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Bailly to reshuffle La Poste management

Posted by | Nov 21, 2002 | |

Jean-Paul Bailly, the new chairman of the French post office, La Poste, has appointed Dominique Blanchecotte as head of his office. It is reported that Mr Bailly is to appoint Christian Kozar as director of the mail division, which generates a revenue of 10bn euros. Both Ms Blachecotte and Mr Kozar have been working at the Paris public transport authority RATP.

At the same time, Mr Bailly has denied that Georges Lefebvre is about to resign from his position as managing director and director of human resources.

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