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Read MoreUnited Parcel Service Deutschland has declared that “entering the letter business is not an option – even after the monopoly has been dropped.’ Mr Wolfgang Flick, CEO of UPS Deutschland said in a interview with the daily ‘Handelsblatt’ that UPS intends to stick with the parcel business and improve its performance through better services.”
Read MoreAn unattended home-delivery solution costing consumers just £20 – that’s the tantalising proposition being put forward by AHome4it, a new contender in this increasingly crowded market.
Read MoreThe Independent, has reported that “bidders are lining up for the pounds 300m-a-year contract to manage the vehicle fleet of Consignia, the new name for the Post Office. Earlier this month it was announced that state-owned Consignia would outsource its fleet, which includes the 40,000 cars and vans within Parcelforce and Royal Mail.”
Read MoreTNT Logistics and Fiat SpA said they have renewed their
contract for packaging, storage and spare parts distribution to
dealers in Italy and warehouses in Europe for a further five years.
Under the terms of the agreement, TNT Logistics will receive 150 mln
eur per year for the next five years, the companies said in a joint
statement.
From mid November, Deutsche Post will offer business customers in the Dortmund and Mainz areas round-the-clock parcel collection from machines. The additional delivery service, known as “Packstation”, comes as a response to customer demand for a more flexible method of parcel distribution.
Read MoreThe Independent, has reported that Consignia (the British post office) warned yesterday that its ability to provide a universal postal service was under threat after the industry’s regulator took the historic step of granting the first licence to a competitor. Senior managers at the state-owned Consignia, formerly known as the Post Office, declared last night that Hays Commercial Services was being allowed to cream off the most lucrative trade. It is the first time the British mail service has encountered competition since the initial monopoly was granted in 1654. Hays has been given a year-long licence to deliver business documents before 8am in parts of London, Edinburgh and Manchester, which have been the preserve of the Royal Mail.
Read MoreARE WE about to witness the death, by a thousand cuts, of the Royal Mail? Yesterday Hays, the distribution and logistics company, was awarded the first licence to operate against Royal Mail. But no sooner had the regulator signed off Hays’s licence to operate business services in London, Manchester and Edinburgh than two other would-be rivals popped up – UK Mail a division of Business Post and Deya
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