Royal Mail today announced that it is joining forces with the Management Services Business of Pitney Bowes Inc in the UK to offer bespoke document management solutions to businesses. RMPB Ltd will combine the services of Royal Mail and PBMS UK to offer UK businesses ‘Royal Mail Document Solutions’, a range of bespoke, outsourced document management services and mailroom operations.
Read MoreThe U.S. Postal Service soon may offer reduced rates for shippers participating in Parcel Return Service, a proposed consumer-to-business service. The USPS Board of Governors authorized at its monthly meeting in Chicago yesterday a filing with the Postal Rate Commission to seek an experimental classification for Parcel Return Service. The service would apply to merchandise being returned by a consumer to a merchant. The merchant, or an agent on the merchant’s behalf, would pick up returned parcels at a designated bulk mail center or delivery unit and pay the applicable postage, as opposed to having the packages delivered directly to the merchant. Rates for the new service would recognize the savings generated by the merchant’s pickup of the package.
Read MoreThis week (May 8th), Royal Mail will reduce the price tariffs for its Mailsort products, a move which will save the marketing community million of pounds a year. Royal Mail will reduce supply chain costs, share savings with customers and simplify the products and pricing for Mailsort 120 & 700. Royal Mail is able to do this by lowering prices and encouraging customers to use Mailsort products that offer mechanised sorting.
Read MoreScotts UK Ltd, a supplier of fertilisers, chemicals and growing media for all aspects of garden care, has appointed Exel, the global leader in supply chain management, to manage a logistics operation out of its shared-user and bonded warehouse at Stanton in Suffolk.
Read MoreExel has announced a contract with Meadowhall, a UK shopping centre, based in Sheffield. Exel’s solution incorporates the provision and operation of a response centre and ensures that Meadowhall can provide the most effective and efficient service for its retail partners.
Read MoreRapid growth for UCI Logistics
Read MoreA federal judge is seeking a delay of nearly three months in a decision on whether DHL Airways meets the government’s definition of a US-owned company. Administrative Law Judge Ronnie Yoder recommended in a report to the US Department of Transportation that a September 2 deadline for the decision be pushed back to November 24. The department has the final say on moving the date back.
Read MoreDeutsche Post World Net has kicked off 2003 with 0.7% growth in revenue to around €9.773 billion (previous year: €9.703 billion). Substantial revenue growth in the EXPRESS Corporate Division was a major contributor to this success. Profit from operating activities (EBITA) developed encouragingly in Q1/2003, with year-on-year growth of 5% from €906 million to €951 million. The measures implemented as part of the STAR value creation program contributed €93 million to earnings in the first three months of the year. All in all, the contributions to earnings from the STAR program to date amount to €179 million.
Net profit for the period before minority interest rose disproportionately by 22.3% to €510 million (previous year: €417 million). Consequently, earnings per share increased year-on-year from €0.37 to €0.45.
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