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Palletline: Wayne takes helm at London hub

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

Wayne Walsh is the new General Manager at the London hub of Palletline, the UK’s most experienced pallet distribution network.

The role is a dual one, with responsibility for overnight operations at Palletline’s London hub at Greenford, through which more than 1000 pallets pass each night, and the Palletline depot on the same site. This depot serves the EN 1-5, N 1-22, W 1-2, 8-11 and 14, WC, and SW1, 3, 5-7 and 10 postcode areas.

Wayne joins Palletline after more than two decades in the distribution sector. His earlier career was spent in local overnight and same day parcel deliveries, before joining Select Distribution in Watford where he was a director. After Select was acquired by Peter James Transport, Wayne set up and managed a London delivery depot for Peter James, before joining Fast Track where he was manager of their Slough depot and general manager of the Hemel Hempstead franchised operation.

He later joined Express Despatch where he worked as a centre manager and then regional manager, before taking on a consultancy role for an online distribution company. Most recently Wayne worked as regional sales manager for a leading online building supplies company.

Wayne, who lives in Birmingham but hails originally from Hayes in Middlesex, commented: “I’m very much looking forward to continuing the tradition of outstanding delivery services provided by the Palletline network and its London hub.

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DHL Japan’s nationwide fleet of 750 vehicles supports Urawa Reds

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

DHL is supporting the Urawa Red Diamonds (Urawa Reds), a J.League soccer club with which it has a top partnership agreement, in its challenge to compete on the global level.
Winners of this year’s Asian Football Confederation Champions’ League (ACL), Urawa Reds this month will compete in the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007. In a national campaign to support Japan’s first Asian club champion, DHL will display stickers bearing the team slogan, “All Come Together! – Power, Passion, and Pride” on its fleet of 750 vehicles for about 10 days from 3 December. The activities in support of Urawa Reds will be held nationwide in DHL’s 60 locations throughout Japan.

This year, as part of the partnership agreement, Urawa Reds has displayed the DHL logo on the players’ jerseys in competitions such as the Bull’s Cup in Austria; the ACL; and in the A3 Champions’ Cup. The top partnership agreement between DHL and Urawa Reds arose because as leaders in their respective fields, DHL and the Reds share the common values of “speed,” “teamwork,” and “cross-border challenge.” Incidentally, DHL, like Urawa Reds, has long employed red as one of its corporate colors.

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FAMCO to supply Allied Transport with 30 Volvo trucks for DHL

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

Allied Transport will use the trucks to meet the growing demands for DHL’s express mail and transit cargo customers across the GCC and Levant countries.

The first of the Volvo FH400 trucks with I-shift transmission technology were delivered at a private ceremony at FAMCO’s head office in Dubai. Joe Lahoud, Divisional Manager – FAMCO’s Volvo Truck & Bus Division handed over the truck keys to Ali Khalifa Beyat, Managing Director of Allied Transport Establishment.

Mr. Ali Beyat, Managing Director of Allied Transport commented that the delivery of the first thirty trucks is a part of the company’s five-year strategy plan. He said: ‘We anticipate the supply of over 500 trucks for DHL’s requirements over the next five years. These trucks will be used to meet the growing demands for DHL’s express service across the GCC and Levant countries and North Africa.

Mr. Bachi Spiga, Middle East Head of Operations – DHL Middle East said: ‘Our operations continue to grow at a rapid pace and the company is seen as the number one road solutions expert. The addition of these Volvo trucks will help us to meet our increased schedules throughout the Middle East due to the enormous growth of the road express business and our requirement for tailor-made solutions for customers also.’

Since its official launch at Dubai’s Autodrome in April 2007, the I-Shift truck has gained ground, becoming the preferred solution for most of the professional transport operators in the UAE.

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Strictly Come Dancing judges give First Class rating to Royal Mail’s Christmas Stamps

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

Royal Mail today prepared for the busiest day for the sale of 1st Class Christmas stamps by teaming up with judges Arlene Philips and Bruno Tonioli from the hit show Strictly Come Dancing.

The full set of stamps, which depict angels and the Madonna & Child, can be purchased in Post Office branches nationwide and are available in 1st Class, 2nd Class, 78p and GBP 1.24 values.

To coincide with the availability of these stamps, Royal Mail’s recommended last posting dates for Christmas delivery are Thursday 20 December for 1st Class mail and Monday 17 December for 2nd Class items. For Special Delivery items, the last recommended posting date is 22 December. For airmail cards and letters to Western Europe, the last recommended posting date is 13 December; for Eastern Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan it is 10 December; and the rest of the world is 7 December.

Bruno Tonioli said: “Royal Mail is certainly keeping in-step with the festive season this year. If I had known the theme was going to be angels I would have put myself forward for the face of the 1st Class stamp.”

Julietta Edgar, Head of Special Stamps, Royal Mail, said: “At this busy time, Royal Mail asks that people remember to use the postcode on their Christmas cards to make sure friends and family receive their festive messages as quickly as possible.”

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Money transfer through mobile phones

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

The DG Pakistan Post chaired the meeting of Pakistan Postal Services Management Board at the office of Postmaster-General, Sindh, which was especially addressed by Federal Minister for Communications Barrister Habib-ur-Rahman who, in his address, gave his guidelines for improving postal services in the country.

Khan said the meeting was especially held in Karachi keeping in view the city’s importance as the hub of financial, trade and market activities. The meeting of Postal Services Management Board approved, in principle, to launch the scheme of money transfer through mobile phones in collaboration with the operators of telecommunication services in the private-sector.

He said that, at present, the Pakistan Post was undertaking negotiations with various providers of mobile phone services in the country for launching of the unique money transfer service. He said that initially the money transfer service would be provided in the major cities only and later on its services would be extended to smaller cities for the benefit of the customers of postal services.

The DG said that once Pakistan Post signs an agreement with the private-sector service-providers to launch the money transfer scheme, he would be in a better position to tell as to when the Post Office would start providing the service.

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PIN Group to cut over 1,000 jobs in Germany

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

Mail delivery company PIN Group, majority owned by German publisher Axel Springer, plans to cut more than a 1,000 jobs in Germany due to a planned minimum wage law for postal delivery workers.
The company, which is based in Luxembourg and Germany, will sound out options for its future with the help of a consulting firm, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Algeria Post Chooses Bull for the Modernization of its Information Systems

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

As part of the program of reforms undertaken by the Algeria Post Office (Algeria Poste) to improve and extend the services it offers, modernizing its information systems and making them more secure has become an increasingly vital imperative.

To achieve these aims, Algeria Poste has chosen to work with Bull – the European information systems architect to support the company in upgrading its information systems, and so successfully strengthen its policy of delivering ever more innovative solutions for its customers, with their constantly evolving requirements.

As one of Algeria Poste’s partners of choice, Bull has once again strengthened its position with the recent delivery of a high-availability hardware and software platform based on its NovaScale 7320 range of servers. This high-performance platform enables operations relating to the full range of Algeria Poste’s services to be processed uninterrupted, in real time.

With this new platform, Algeria Poste’s is able to offer new services to its customers, including, in particular: the possibility of opening a new CCP (postal check) account at a local post office, with no need for a preliminary application to the national postal order center; decentralization of CNEP (banking) operations, which are now available in all post offices; widespread computerization of all postal establishments with the aim of moving towards the development of an IPS (International Postal System) service, giving customers the possibility of tracking the movements and delivery of their mail via the Internet, as well as enabling the creation of a single, multipurpose kiosk.

Bull has been partnering Algeria Poste since 1974, applying its technical expertise and know-how to the development of the post office’s IT systems.

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Online Shopping set to exceed GBP 5 billion in December

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

ONLINE SHOPPING SET TO EXCEED GBP 5 BILLION IN DECEMBER
– Monday 3 December likely to be the most popular day to shop online
– Online shopping advice guide issued to help consumers stay safe
– New advice website launched at www.shopsafeonline.org.uk
APACS, the UK payments association, has today (29 November 2007) revealed that Christmas shoppers are expected to spend over GBP 5 billion online this December. To help protect cardholders from fraud during this busy shopping period, APACS has published a consumer advice guide and launched a new website aimed at making online Christmas shopping a fraud-free experience.
APACS figures show that the number of adults shopping online has more than doubled in the last five years to almost 30 million. This makes it more essential than ever before that online shoppers take the necessary steps to ensure they don’t fall victim to fraud.

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