Deutsche Post, the German postal service, is reported to be planning to make a bid for Star Track Express, the Australian delivery service. Deutsche Post is already represented in Australia through DHL Worldwide Express.
Read MoreAn Post is set to increase the price of most categories of overseas mail in a bid to stem losses in its international division. The price of posting a standard airmail letter from the Republic to another European country (excluding Britain) will increase from 57 cents to 65 cents, while the price for heavier airmail letters will drop from 83 cents to 65 cents
Read MoreBelgium’s postal service is talking with Western Union, the money-transfer business of First Data, about a possible partnership as it looks for ways to turn a profit, a local daily reported on Friday. The struggling De Post/La Poste saw such a partnership as a way to improve the profitability of its network of branch offices, the daily L’Echo said. “We are talking with Western Union and with other companies of the same type, but we still have not taken any decision about developing a money transfer business,” it quoted a Post spokesman as saying.
Read MoreFrans Maas extends network to South Africa
Read MoreFedEx Corp. is raising its rates for air and ground shipments, effective Jan 5.
FedEx Express, the company’s cargo carrier, will boost rates an average of 2.5 percent for domestic and foreign shipments, the Memphis-based package delivery company announced. FedEx Ground domestic rates will increase an average of 1.9 percent. The move follows a similar announcement last month from UPS, FedEx’s chief rival.
Read MorePrinting company Pressicion, part of the Adare Group, and Parceline joined forces to successfully manage Abbey’s business relaunch. The companies’ contract demanded total accuracy and timely liaison – 27,500 parcels had to be delivered to 900 different destinations within a three hour window. The relaunch had to be kept secret until the morning of the announcement.
Read MoreDeutsche Post, the German postal service, is planning to merge the depots of Deutsche Post Express, its subsidiary which provides courier services, with those of DHL, the express service which it recently acquired. The plans form part of the programme introduced by Klaus Zumwinkel, the head of Deutsche Post, with the aim of increasing the company’s annual profit by at least 1.4bn euros in comparison with 2002 by 2005.
Read MoreBusiness Post says that UK Pallets would gain an additional 174,000 pallets a month if its parcels customers started using recently acquired pallet network. The figure is based on a survey of Business Post’s customers and would more than double throughout UK Pallets.
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