Year: 2005
Palletways now in Iberia
The British Company Palletways, which has been one of the leading freight service providers in Europe since 1994 in the overnight transportation of palleted goods sector, is expanding its network on the Iberian Peninsula.
Read MoreTNT Mail UK wins Npower as it weighs up hiring postmen
TNT Mail has won a three-year deal to handle energy supplier Npower’s customer statements and direct marketing materials, as its parent company revealed it is drawing up plans to offer end-to-end delivery. Npower is TNT’s first utility sector client and follows Powergen’s move to private mail operator UK Mail.
Npower has more than 6m residential and business customers and the deal with TNT Mail is expected to cover around 50m items annually. Hilary O’Grady, the energy supplier’s logistics manager, said: “TNT has the size, scale and resources to deliver on what it promises.” It will use TNT’s Premier service, providing collection and delivery, using Royal Mail’s network for final sort and “last mile” delivery, in 48 hours.
Interview with Allan Leighton
ON ALLAN Leighton’s desk at Consignia’s head office is a brightly coloured greetings card. With cheery drawings of horseshoes it wishes: “Good luck in your new job”. Quite.
Leighton’s “new job” is no ordinary one. The most famous “plural” director, who is at the helm of Bhs and Lastminute.com, is interim chairman of the renamed Post Office group.
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UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2003
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Palletways’ new Naples hub breaks company records
Palletways has unveiled a new hub in Naples to enhance its express palletised freight distribution service in Southern Italy. The hub has broken the record for the most successful first night of a Palletways operation throughout mainland Europe and the UK. Adam Shuter, European development director, said: “Our operation in Italy continues to go from strength to strength, and the hub at Naples will enable us to offer businesses in the South a dedicated regional operation, thereby enhancing our customer service further in the area.”
Read MoreCSOB to pay Ceska posta CZK 17 bn to operate in post offices.
The Czech bank CSOB will pay the country’s postal service operator Ceska posta up to CZK 17 bn to operate Postovni sporitelna outlets at post offices until 2017, reports Euro OnLine citing a “trustworthy” source. Euro OnLine says the two parties have already signed the contract. The current contract expires in 2007, but the two companies have agreed the new one will take effect as of January 2006.
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