TNT Express is delaying a 4 million move to north west Leicestershire for four months.
The parcel giant, which wants to create 200 jobs at a depot in Lount, near Ashby, had been planning to be operational by the start of this month.
But the company says it needs to carry out more work at the site than first envisaged, and has been forced to delay the opening until August.
If you’re going to compete like a private business, you shouldn’t also have the advantages of a federal agency.
That’s the message United Parcel Service is sending to Congress. Earlier this month, the U.S. Postal Service submitted a financial transformation plan to Congress that would allow it to operate more in the manner of a for-profit business.
“They want to go in and offer negotiated service agreements that target larger shippers that we already does business with,” UPS spokesman Bruce D.D. MacRae said. “They also subsidize their first-class mail to offset pricing flexibility for their package delivery.” The government agency is UPS’s biggest competitor, MacRae said, and the federal agency already operates with inherent advantages.
Read MoreDeutsche Post World Net AG unit DHL and Shell Belgium have agreed for Shell’s Belgian petrol service stations to be used as centralised local pick-up points for mail and packages distributed by DHL, the companies said.
Read MoreIn its 2001 Annual Report tabled today in
Parliament, Canada Post Corporation reported a net income of $67 million on
revenues of $4.4 billion for the fiscal period ended December 31, 2001. That’s
an increase of $30 million from the $37 million recorded in the comparative
period a year ago. The Corporation changed its fiscal year end from the last
Saturday in March to the last day in December, resulting in a nine-month
fiscal period from April 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001.
The partnership between DIY giant B&O International and Maersk Logistics has been extended with the signing of a pan-China distribution and supply chain
management agreement for all B&O stores in China.
BMW Group is using integrated service provision from Securicor Omega Container Logistics (SOCL) and Danzas AEI Intercontinental to move engines for the Mini car model from a plant in Brazil to its Oxford production facility.
Danzas AEI Intercontinental and SOCL transport the engines in maritime containers from Brazil to Tilbury, before onward road transport to Oxford.
The Gluttonous Gardener, mail order and Internet-based supplier of plant gifts, has appointed home delivery operator Beck & Call to handle all home shopping deliveries of its plants to customers living in London. Whether shopping online via Beck Call’s portal at www.beckandcall.co.ul or through the Gluttonous Gardener’s mail order brochure or website at www.glut.co.uk, customers can now choose form the retailers unusual selection of plant gifts and have thes delivered through Beck & Call’s flexible home delivery system. Founded in 2000, Beck & Call provides users with the ability to shop online, by mail order or in the high street with the advantage of home
delivery at their convenience. Customers covered by one of Beck & Call’s depots receive a call, an email or a message on their mobile phone when their purchases arrive at their local depot. The customer chooses when to take delivery and the goods arrive within plus or minus 30 minutes.
Corus, Anglo-Dutch steel producer has appointed P&O Ferrymasters freight forwarding division to manage all aspects of its road transport requirements, following an audit of the operation. P&O Ferrymasters is now responsible for the distribution of 1.2 million tonnes or 50,000 consignments of finished steel per year across continental Europe from ljmuiden in the Netherlands.
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