DB Cargo AG, the goods-transport unit of Deutsche Bahn AG, said it and its French counterpart, Fret SNCF, plan to abolish time-consuming and costly clearing procedures at the German-French border
Read MoreCorporate profile of 3i, one of Britains top 100 companies.
Its interests lie across all industrial sectors occupied by its fellows in the index of the UK’s largest companies. The company is also a global business, so it reflects the international activities of Britain’s biggest firms. A close association with technology also means 3i has shared in probably the most powerful trend to have affected British business in the past decade. Few companies did not try to hitch themselves to the dot-com bandwagon in the late 1990s. Many are enduring the hangover after the bust.
Foreign postal operators are lining up to move into the lucrative market for bulk business mail following the decision to remove Consignia’s monopoly, which has put further pressure on the embattled company.
Read MoreLogistics companies in Belgium are forecasting continued growth, despite flat conditions elsewhere in freight industry.
The biggest Belgian multinational logistics company, ABX Logistics, has recently won a contract with publishing organisation Boek.be which will involve distribution in Belgium. “We have won new international customers in the past year in areas such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals and textiles, which all have Belgian operations,” says a company spokesman. Another speciality is the tailor-made packages the company offers to the white and brown goods industries.
Cargo Service Centre is shedding more than 30 jobs from its handling operat ion at Heathrow. alongside a restructuring of the business under new MD Paul Arnold.
The moves are a response to a drop in business at Heathrow.
Its four-person customer service division has been scrapped. l)utv managers will take over customer service.
Rural businesses and communities in the Midlands could be crippled by the decision to open up postal services to competition, it was claimed yesterday.
The Country Land and Business Association claimed the two key aspects of the postal service – the national network of 17,500 post offices and the universal service obligation – were threatened by the proposals.
New Zealand Post is being accused by the Act party of trying to cover up the failure of an overseas consultancy job in South Africa.
It follows the leaking of a report into New Zealand Post’s International wing Transend and its failed postal contract with the South African Government.
The leaked report says the venture was disjointed and based on unrealistic targets.
Among the Mexican Postal Service’s strategies to pull itself out of financial ruin are plans to offer banking services at its client attention services, and to force private courier companies to comply with the law, said Communications and Transport ministry senior official Jorge Alvarez. The idea would be for the nation’s banks to automate Mexico’s more than 1,800 post offices in order to provide their services and improve the quality of the mail.
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