Tag: CitySprint

Richard Bacon MP unveils CitySprint’s new Norwich Service Centre following acquisition of 24/7 Direct

Posted by | May 16, 2008 | |

On Friday (9th May 2008), Richard Bacon, MP for South Norfolk, was on hand to officially open CitySprint’s Norwich ServiceCentre. CitySprint is the UK’s largest privately owned SameDay Courier network and, with ServiceCentres already in Cambridge and Ipswich, it will now have an even greater presence in East Anglia.

The new ServiceCentre follows the purchase of local courier company 24/7 Dispatch for an undisclosed sum and is based in Ernest Gage Avenue, Longwater Business Park.

Through CitySprint’s leading-edge technology, staff operating at the ServiceCentre have visibility of the entire fleet of CitySprint couriers and are able to offer excellent service levels to clients in the area.

CitySprint’s comprehensive technology solution enables clients to access quotes, book OnLine and, through its leading-edge facility, CourierLocator, access a real-time map location of the courier doing their SameDay Courier job.

Brothers and former owners of 24/7 Dispatch, Jim and Rick Jackson, will manage the operation and look forward to being part of the CitySprint network of 30+ ServiceCentres around the UK.

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CitySprint Adds Electric Van to Fleet

Posted by | May 6, 2008 | |

The van, which is powered entirely by electricity, will complement CitySprint’s already broad range of environmentally friendly vehicle options for clients.

The Smith Edison Electric Van has a top speed of 50 mph, can carry over 1,300 kilograms and has a battery range of 150 miles, making it a highly competitive, zero-emission alternative to a comparable, fuel-powered model.

After satisfactory road testing, CitySprint concluded that the relatively greater capital cost of the van would be offset by potential cost savings in fuel and maintenance. The Smith Edison Electric Van is made more commercially viable still by its status as a Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) free vehicle and its exemption from London’s congestion charging.

Am Pall, CitySprint’s Fleet & Specialist Services Director, says: “Being as green, practical and cost effective as it is, adding the Smith Edison Electric Van to our range of environmentally-friendly vehicles became an easy decision. We are certain that our clients will be pleased with this additional green option.”

The Smith Edison Electric Van joins the Vectrix Electric Motorcycle that was introduced to CitySprint’s range of electric and eco-friendly vehicles in 2007

CitySprint’s environmental programme has been accredited with the internationally recognised ISO14001:2004, a voluntary initiative aimed at improving environmental performance. CitySprint received considerable industry praise in 2007 winning the 2007 IFW Environment Award, the Transport for London ‘Capital Fleet of the Year’ award at the 2007 GreenFleet Awards and the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award at the 2007 UK Mail Awards.

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UK Mail Awards 2007 winners announced

Posted by | Oct 31, 2007 | |

Once again top executives connected to the postal industry waited with bated breath on Tuesday night to see if their year’s hard work would be recognised and rewarded in front of 300 of their peers. The winners of the prestigious 2007 UK Mail Awards were announced at the annual gala dinner in London, attended by many of the leading representatives from the UK’s postal industry.

This was the fourth presentation ceremony of the Mail Awards, designed to recognise and reward best practice, across all parts of the industry. Entries were open to any UK-based postal operator, service provider or mailing agency. Presenting the awards at the Novotel London West, under eight different categories, was diving explorer and adventure journalist, Monty Halls.

All awards were selected by a distinguished panel of judges, independent of the sponsors and organisers, who met on Monday, the day before the ceremony itself, to determine the winning application from the many entries received in each category.

The winners of the UK Mail Awards 2007 are:

Corporate Social Responsibility – sponsored by Triangle
CitySprint for its Environmental Programme

Database Management – sponsored by Royal Mail
Datalytics for its EMAP Consumer Media (ECM) Subscription Retention project

Digital Print
WDMP for its Thomson Holidays – Anniversary Mailing

Downstream Access – sponsored by Royal Mail Wholesale
UK Mail

Innovation – sponsored by PA Consulting Group
Royal Mail for its Personalised Integrated Media (PIM) campaign powered by Sony DADC

Marketing Campaign – sponsored by Citipost
Royal Mail for its Stoplateness campaign

Mail Centre of the Year – sponsored by UK Mail
Bradford Mail Centre

Technology – sponsored by ME news
BFPO for its e-bluey technology

The organisers, Triangle, would like to publicly congratulate the winners, and also thank all the people and companies in the postal industry who entered, sponsored, judged and attended this year’s UK Mail Awards.

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CitySprint announces Axa courier purchase

Posted by | Oct 15, 2007 | |

CitySprint has announced that it has agreed to acquire rival Axa Courier Express.

The deal will see the UK’s largest privately owned same day Courier network discontinue the Axa Courier Express name and brand.

CitySprint, which already owns a seven per cent share of Britain’s same day courier market, claims that the purchase will help to strengthen its position in the sector.

Michael Blanchard, CitySprint regional manager, commented: “Axa represents one of a small number of well-established SameDay courier companies in the Heathrow area.

“Its business model fits very comfortably with CitySprint’s, as it operates with a highly focused customer service ethos.”

Axa currently offers a range of same day courier services to companies in and around the Heathrow area.

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City Sprint acquires Axa courier express ltd

Posted by | Oct 15, 2007 | |

CitySprint is part of the Courier and Passenger Transport Group, which also comprises WestOne Cars and Burgundy Cars. The Group has achieved an average compound growth rate of 10 per cent per annum in the past 5 years and has annualised revenues of GBP 70 million.

Like CitySprint, Axa provides SameDay Courier services to businesses in and around the Heathrow area. Over a period of twenty-five years, Axa has forged a large and satisfied customer base, comprised mainly of freight forwarders. This acquisition by CitySprint will mean that the Axa Courier Express Ltd name and brand will be discontinued.

CitySprint has been providing courier services to a broad range of local companies in and around the area for over ten years. It’s customers benefit from a ServiceCentre team with unmatched experience of the courier industry and a depth of local knowledge – something that Axa’s customers will now benefit from.

CitySprint operates the largest GPS enabled On Demand Courier Fleet in Europe, which means that its customers can benefit from real-time information at the touch of a button. Through CourierLocator, CitySprint offers complete transparency to its customers giving them the up-to-the minute map location of the courier doing their SameDay Courier job. This information is available to view before collection, during the journey and up until the point of delivery. CitySprint’s customers can also share this information with the recipient by emailing them a hyperlink to CourierLocator. CitySprint customers may receive email and/or SMS notifications as to the progress of their jobs and access time stamped job audits as well as electronic proof of delivery.

CitySprint combines a national infrastructure, comprising of 30+ ServiceCentres across the UK, which provides local support with the scale and resource of a national company enabling it to provide levels of service unmatched by many of its competitors.

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