P2P Group exceeds delivery targets
P2P Group, the mailing and distribution solutions provider, has announced competitive delivery times to key destinations.
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FedEx Express, Ground, Freight to raise US rates by 4.9%
FedEx announced today that its express, ground and freight services in the United States will increase prices by 4.9% on average from the New Year.
Read MorePoste Italiane seeking postal reforms as profitability slides
Poste Italiane grew its sales in the first half of the year thanks to its insurance business, but profitability slumped under pressure from declining mail volumes.
Read MoreUK union threatens UPS with national strike over “excessive” workloads
Delivery giant UPS is facing the possibility of a highly disruptive strike within its UK operations in the important run-up to the festive season.
Read MoreCustomer demand dictates change in mobile device landscape
Enterprise mobility experts at Peak-Ryzex report that customer demand for consumer devices is changing the landscape of rugged solutions used for business applications. According, to Peak-Ryzex, end-users in all markets have more awareness of the wider mobile enterprise options available to them when they seek to mobilise their business processes. These mobile savvy end-users also give greater consideration to whether a consumer device is more cost effective for their application even if it needs replacing before a more expensive best of breed product is treated to an update.
Read MorePost Office Ltd facing “serious” disruption over union pay demands
Britain’s Communication Workers Union is threatening serious disruption to the supply of equipment and cash to post offices across the UK.
Read MoreAustrian Post installs its 100th KEBA pick-up station
Almost a year ago to the day, Austrian Post decided to expand the facilities provided by its self-service zones with so-called parcel “pick-up stations”. Such a station recently became operational at the Leonding post office in Upper Austria and represents the one hundredth of 400 automats planned for installation nationwide.
Read MoreDHL opens new logistics center at Leipzig airport
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL officially opened a new logistics center for the pharmaceuticals industry, in Leipzig. The state-of-the-art facility, covering almost 3,000 square meters, located in direct proximity to the Leipzig/Halle airport and serves as a competence center for the transport, transport preparation, temporary storage, and transport follow-up of active and passive temperature controlled pharmaceutical products. Investment volumes in the new facility amount to around 3.4 million euros and have resulted in the creation of thirty new jobs.
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