Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Home Delivery Network Limited (HDNL) announces new chief executive

Posted by | Dec 6, 2007 | |

HDNL today announces the appointment of Brian Gaunt as Chief Executive Officer. He will take over in the New Year from Walter Blackwood, Managing Director, who will take on the role of Chairman. Brian Gaunt is currently UK Managing Director, Food and Consumer, at Christian Salvesen Plc, where he manages the provision of logistics services for a number of major UK retailers and is responsible for annual revenues of more than GBP 300 million and 6,000 colleagues spread over 45 sites.

Prior to joining Christian Salvesen, Brian Gaunt held a number of senior director level logistics and supply chain positions with various retailers including The Big Food Group plc and Asda-Walmart. Brian Gaunt will have overall responsibility for the strategy and performance of HDNL, at a time when the company has a substantial opportunity to grow in size and profitability. He brings a wealth of experience to ensuring that HDNL will continue to deliver a ‘best in class’ service proposition to existing and future clients. Under Walter Blackwood, HDNL was formed through the successful integration of Business Express and Reality Group, and in two years has built a reputation for high quality home delivery. He will continue to represent the business at an industry level, working with Brian Gaunt to build the brand reputation of the business. Brian Gaunt said: “I am delighted to be joining HDNL at this exciting time. Given that UK retail is increasingly transacted online and delivered directly to customers’ doorsteps, HDNL is well positioned to take advantage of a huge market opportunity. I look forward to leading the company through the next phase of its development”.

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DPD tests next-day express freight delivery in Czech Republic

Posted by | Dec 6, 2007 | |

DPD CZ has been selected as a pilot country within the DPD worldwide network to develop and implement B2B next day delivery of non-conveyable parcels up to 1000 kg. The service is a first within the DPD network.

The new service, branded DPD MAX, has been developed in response to growing demand for broader distribution services, the company said in a statement. Customers now benefit from using one company, one label, one invoice and one contact person for all logistic needs when shipping small as well as non-conveyable parcels of up 1,000kg.

“Our progress on the Czech market enabled the company to enter a new segment of distribution. This project is unique within the DPD world. The Czech Republic is a pilot country to develop and implement this solution,” said Daniel Mares, General Manager DPD CZ and Regional Manager GeoPost CEE. DPD CZ has set up a separate network of depots and hubs to handle the heavier freight pieces, added Oldrich Kalab, COO for the company.

DPD CZ was established in 1994, is a leading player in the Czech parcels market. In 2006, it increased revenues by 20 pct improved pre-tax profits by 50 pct and increased international parcel volumes by about 50 pct.

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TNT update on 'Focus on Networks' strategy – UK tax matters settled, Dividend pay-out up to 40 pct by 2010, Next tranche share buyback of EUR 100 million announced

Posted by | Dec 6, 2007 | |

Key announcements by the Board of Management include:

– The outlook for the year 2007 is confirmed;
-The Express business segment sharpens its growth objectives for the period 2008-2012 and enhances transparency by adding objectives for its emerging platforms;
– The Mail business gives an update on the negotiations with the unions regarding the restructuring in Mail Netherlands and refines the objectives for its emerging businesses to include Parcels and European Mail Networks;
– TNT indicates restructuring charges in a range of GBP 125-175 million in Mail for the period 2007-2009, following earlier announcements, leading to GBP 150 million savings in 2008/2009, growing to GBP 360 million annually as of 2015;
– The indicated range includes all charges for the earlier announced Master plans and restructuring of Parcels UK;
– The recent protectionist developments on postal liberalisation in Germany have led to a full revision of TNT’s position in the German mail market, with further restructuring as a possible outcome;
-TNT has notified the appropriate Government authorities in The Netherlands about its concerns that there is clearly no level playing field in Germany and the UK;
-The Group has begun to investigate further accelerated growth in the shifting competitive environment of delivery networks;

As for the financial strategy, TNT makes various announcements, of which the main ones are:
– Sharper and more transparent financial objectives for all businesses;
– The objective to reduce the effective tax rate from 32 pct in 2006 to a range of 25-26 pct by 2010;
– The intention to grow the dividend pay-out from today’s ~35% of normalised net income to 40 pct by 2010. Including the underlying growth of TNT’s earnings, this will further fuel the growth of cash returns per share;
– An additional tranche of EUR100 million of share buybacks, under the earlier announced EUR 500 million programme, on top of the EUR 200 million currently underway.
In its financial strategy, TNT will continue to drive value aimed at its shareholders and other stakeholders in the short, medium and long term. This will include incidental share buybacks from excess cash going forward.

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DHL supports international NGO Plan Japan

Posted by | Dec 5, 2007 | |

DHL has supported a gift campaign that ran from October 15 to November 5 in Japan. The¡¡campaign was organized by Plan Japan, an international NGO with its Japan headquarters located in Tokyo. DHL supported this campaign by transporting more than 15,000 gifts to children in 40 developing countries free-of-charge. DHL proactively supports the healthy nurturing of children as part of its Corporate Sustainability Program, and this is the fifth time that DHL has cooperated with Plan Japan on a similar project, since the first in 2003.

Headquartered in the UK, Plan supports community development with children in 49 developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America benefiting from its programs. In this development project, people who provide sustained support are referred to as a sponsor, and they can interact with the children they support through the exchange of letters and gifts.

This year, DHL Express Japan transported 130 Jumbo Boxes, a service which delivers parcels up to 25kg – containing over 15,000 gifts to children from their sponsors. Plan Japan usually sets a weight limit of 50 grams per person on packages sent to children by the sponsors, but this was raised to 150 grams per person during the campaign period. As a result, there was participation by approximately 14,000 sponsors nationwide who sent heartwarming gifts such as stationery, toys and other gifts – items that the normal weight limit would have prevented them from sending.

In addition, DHL did not limit its support to just delivering the packages. Thirteen volunteers from DHL Express Japan helped to sort the presents by destinations before packaging them, as well as performed other volunteer work such as re-wrapping the presents.

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TNT not afraid of financial repercussions if it freezes operations in Germany

Posted by | Dec 5, 2007 | |

Mail distribution company TNT NV said it is ‘not afraid’ of facing financial repercussions if it decides to freeze or perhaps even abandon current cooperation agreements with local mail distributors in Germany.

‘At the moment we have no calculation of any expected costs, but we’re not afraid of financial repercussions,’ a TNT spokesman told Thomson Financial News.

TNT said it may freeze or perhaps even abandon all current cooperation agreements it has signed with regional German mail distributors in light of proposed German legislation which would see a minimum wage imposed for postal workers.

TNT is ‘very much opposed’ to that government proposal as it would ‘destroy whatever level playing field is left for us in Germany — if at all,’ the TNT spokesman said.

‘It is very difficult for any company, such as ours, to pursue normal business in an area where there’s outright market protection going on,’ he added, referring to the German postal market.

Aside from the minimum wage for postal workers, which would also hit TNT’s competitors in the German market, TNT also wants the VAT exemption for Deutsche Post — its biggest rival — rescinded by the German government.

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