New company aims to shake up
GBP1bn a year same-day courier market by trading in spare capacity * Operating model guarantees payments and boosts revenues. UK start-up Expeditus (www.expeditus.co.uk) begins trading today with a pledge to grow the same day courier market by offering courier firms the opportunity to easily trade spare capacity across the industry over the Internet.
Europe’s post offices are trying to leverage their mail-delivery and other services to make a mark on the Internet. With their combination of delivery networks and banking services, post offices across Europe are uniquely positioned to be key e-commerce players. And many are moving to add Internet-based services.
Read MoreRussian communications and information ministry (Minsvyazinform) (Moscow, Russia) is going to install computers connected to Internet in 1800 post offices all over the country
Read MoreDisappointment, disillusionment and a radical change of concept: these are the results of an examination of the Internet portal of Schweizerische Post carried over several months.
Read MoreThis time last year the aerospace industry was heralding the advent of web-based trading exchanges with a gusto that epitomised the dotcom frenzy. In reality, deep-rooted suspicions of the suitability of the model to the sector had meant it was late arriving at the party and in its aftermath many executives must now be wondering why they even bothered.
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