Amid all the talk in the past couple of years moving into thirdpay6j fulfilment, it’s been easy to ignore one that got there ahead of the game.
Business Express, the Littlewoods group subsidiary, bpened its doors to outside customers many years ag Rem arkably, until recently it had more than a thousand of them on its books. Third-party business was (and is) very much a part of its long-term game plan.
United Parcel Service today opened its intra-Asia air hub in the Philippines, allowing the acceleration of delivery times for goods moving within and out of Asia.
The new hub provides a central sorting point within four hours from all major Asian cities.
The government plans to convert Post Danmark into a joint stock company and sell 25 pct of the stock, newswire Ritzau’s Bureau reported, citing prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen at his weekly press briefing.
Read MoreTPG NV confirmed it held “exploratory” talks with UK postal operator Consignia, but said the talks have ended with no result.
Talks were aimed at “giving TPG access to the UK domestic postal market and improving the operational efficiency of Royal Mail”, TPG said in a statement.
TPG, Consignia and Singapore Post already work together in a joint venture for international mail.
TPG noted that “any further cooperation between the companies would have been subject to the acceptance of a number of strict commercial conditions that would have ensured enhanced value for TPG shareholders”.
A spokesman was quoted as saying that talks broke down because the companies could not reach “common ground”. TPG remains interested in entering the UK domestic market, they added.
The Financial Times reported yesterday that TPG held talks to acquire Consignia.
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Consignia press release
RESTRUCTURE OF LOSS MAKING PARCELS BUSINESS
RATIONALISATION OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TO CREATE MORE EFFICIENT SINGLE NETWORK
COMBINED COST SAVING OF £460 MILLION
FURTHER MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT SERVICE AND OPERATIONAL SAVINGS IDENTIFIED
15,000 JOBS TO GO, 13,000 THROUGH REDEPLOYMENT OR REDUNDANCY
Faurecia Fotele Samochodowe Poland, seating division of international automotive component group Faurecia, has appointed Geologistics to undertake the warehousing and feeding of front and rear car seats to the Rover 45 production line at Longbridge, Birmingham. The contract will operate on an annual rollover basis and is anticipated to extend over the next eight years.
Read MoreSelfridges, department store retailer, has extended its existing five-year, multi-rn illion pound logistics contract with Exel to include the provision of extensive inbound freight management services. This is aimed to ensure the efficient movement of goods from the Far East and Europe to Selfridges new purpose-built Hams Hall distribution centre in the West Midlands.
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