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TNT – people come first in global express industry

Posted by | Apr 19, 2005 | |

Advances in technology, coupled with the greater complexity of the international supply chain, have had a significant impact on the global express industry in recent years.

However, when asked to identify the key factor which makes their businesses successful, leading players in the sector generally point to just one thing – people.

“In my 14 years in the field, I’ve seen the so-called ‘brick-to-click’ transformation, with the old emphasis on warehouse facilities being replaced by a focus on systems solutions,” said Ambrose Linn, deputy country general manager for TNT Express Worldwide (HK).

“The most important thing, though, is still the way you care for your customers and your employees.”

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Austrian “parcel shops” to replace closed post offices

Posted by | Apr 19, 2005 | |

The British Post Office’s international subsidiary GLS is setting up “parcel shops” throughout Austria to replace services of hundreds of closing rural post offices, said GLS spokesmen on Tuesday. Under Austrian Post Office plans, 350 mostly rural post offices were to be closed this year. GLS planned to set up 500 new “parcel shops” by the end of 2006. They would be in banks, shops, or local government offices. GLS-Austria chief Christof Bader said he was hoping for 200,000 packages and a turnover increase of one million euros. Sending the smallest package inside Austria would cost about 3.50 euros. Head of the international GLS, Rico Back, said he did not exclude that in future, the parcel shops would accept ordinary letters as well.

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Venezuela tax agency closes Federal Express, DHL for two days

Posted by | Apr 18, 2005 | |

Venezuela’s tax agency imposed a two-day closure on courier companies including Federal Express and Deutsche Post’s DHL, part of an effort to punish tax law violations, officials said Monday.

The tax agency said in a statement that it temporarily closed six courier companies Monday for allegedly failing to keep their books in order.

Despite the order, the government allowed the companies to process a number of scheduled deliveries to prevent the measure from affecting paying customers, the tax agency said.

Venezuela’s tax agency has aggressively pursued tax evasion and bookkeeping irregularities as part of a “zero evasion” campaign.

The effort consists of fining and forcing the closing of businesses that fall short of their tax responsibilities.

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Norway Post and TNT extend cooperation

Posted by | Apr 18, 2005 | |

Norway Post and TNT N.V. have signed a co-operation agreement outlining the two parties’ continued close cooperation. The cooperation between Norway Post and TNT is based on an agreement both companies entered into in May 2004 to jointly provide international express products to Norwegian customers. The companies now announce their ambition to extend their cooperation to include other product areas. Mr. Kaare Frydenberg, CEO of Norway Post, and Mr. Peter Bakker, CEO of TNT, signed the Co-operation Agreement today in the Netherlands. This includes an agreement to immediately set up a task force to explore potential areas of mutually beneficial co-operation in mail, mail related services, express and logistics services.

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TNT Express Opens Office in Polish Bielsko-Biala

Posted by | Apr 15, 2005 | |

The Polish unit of Dutch express mail courier TNT Express opened an office in Bielsko-Biala, southeastern Poland, Robert Mianowski, Director General of TNT Express Poland, said on April 15, 2005.

Besides clients from Bielsko-Biala, the office will service clients from the entire Podbeskidzie region, southeastern Poland. The company counts on attracting as clients companies from the automotive sector, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises.

The opening of the new office is in line with TNT Express Poland’s growth strategy adopted in early 2005, Mianowski added.

Before the opening of the company’s Bielsko-Biala office, the clients of TNT Express Poland were serviced at the office in Katowice, southern Poland.

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