Year: 2005

Resignation of DX Finance Director

Posted by | Dec 9, 2005 | |

DX Services plc announces that Michael-John Saunders, Finance Director has
resigned to pursue other opportunities and will be leaving the Company today.
The Board will immediately commence a search for a new Finance Director.
John Maxwell, Chairman, said: ‘We are sorry that Michael-John has resigned. He
was instrumental in ensuring a smooth demerger from Hays, establishing the
business as a fully independent and listed Company and building a strong
finance team, which will remain in place after his departure.’

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70 staff go at DHL Express

Posted by | Dec 8, 2005 | |

DHL has confirmed that it is to make up to 70 people redundant across its Express business in the UK in a drive to improve efficiency.
A spokesman, denying an anonymous telephone call to Motor Transport saying that 250 people were to go, says: ‘We are currently in consultation with the employees and union involved.’

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Stamp price gap grows as European postal sector prepares for market opening

Posted by | Dec 8, 2005 | |

The Free and Fair Post Initiative (FFPI) today released its fifth survey
on stamp prices in the European Union (EU). The study, which covers the 25 EU member States, reveals that 20% of EU countries have increased stamp prices in the course of 2005 and that price differences are still wide. The annual comparative analysis of the FFPI points out that prices of stamps for basic domestic letters have increased in 5 member States1 during this year. In addition, the survey reports that the gap in prices between the old and new EU member States is still widening. It is in fact important to notice that costs have risen in 3 countries from the EU-15, therefore further enlarging the difference with the price in the new member States.
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Royal Mail plots DM drive over PiP

Posted by | Dec 8, 2005 | |

Businesses including print firms, publishers and marketing agencies are to be targeted by the Royal Mail in a bid to communicate its Pricing in Proportion (PiP) plans. The change in the Royal Mail’s pricing structure comes into effect next August and the mailings are to be sent out this month. The information packs will provide sizing and pricing information, as well as advice on managing the impact of PiP. “We’ve listened to our customers and worked with them to accommodate the issues some of them have raised,” said Lorna Clarkson, director of commercial policy and pricing at Royal Mail.

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UK Royal Mail workers to demand a pay rise of GBP 80 a week

Posted by | Dec 8, 2005 | |

Royal Mail is expected to face demands for a steep rise in postal workers’ pay as the Communication Workers Union launches a campaign to raise pay levels so that they are in line with the national average.

The union wants pay to increase by Pounds 80 a week from the basic level of Pounds 311, a rise of 25 per cent. The CWU will not ask for the Pounds 80 all at once but could make a claim for Pounds 40 next year followed by Pounds 40 the year after.

A spokesman for the CWU said: “We are Pounds 80 a week behind the national average wage. We need to have a fresh look at pay. The talks will be tied up with the future of Royal Mail.”

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Palletline in index survey

Posted by | Dec 8, 2005 | |

Palletline is researching the economic confidence of its network.
MD Glyn Jones tells Motor Transport that members have been responding to questions from Andrew Lester & Associates to form a ‘Business Confidence Index’ for road haulage, which will also indicate the economic strength of the country as a whole. ‘We hope to build up substantial trend data,’ Jones says.

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German Postbank plans new payment transaction agreement

Posted by | Dec 8, 2005 | |

German bank Postbank, part of German postal services group Deutsche Post, plans to expand its activities with processing payment transactions. The bank, which has processed payment transactions for German banks Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank since 2004, revealed that it was considering an agreement with a third major customer for 2005.

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