The Interlink Express depot in Venture Crescent, Alfreton, has become part of a GBP3m UK investment plan to improve its service to small and medium businesses.
The company is launching three new timed next-day deliveries at 9.30am, noon and 3pm. There are also two timed deliveries on Saturdays at 9am and noon.
Interlink Express has also set up a new hotline and email customer service link.
International and domestic express delivery services will soon be even easier to enjoy, thanks to DHL. The world’s leading express and logistics company, is today extending its service offering to the SME and consumer markets with the launch of Service Points, a new gateway to DHL’s international network.
Currently in pilot phase in Chessington and Hounslow outside London, Service Points enables customers to take their parcels and documentation directly to a DHL ‘Service Point’ for international or domestic distribution. A service similar to that offered by the Post Office today. This innovative new service will soon see hundreds of DHL Service Points throughout the UK, bringing convenience to businesses and consumers like never before.
FedEx Express, an operating union of FedEx Corp. announced on October 21 that it would fly new flights to China, and expand its business scope in China as well. FedEx Express remarked that this activity aimed at further consolidating its global leading position in express services sector, and enabling itself to own the most flights to China among all American express companies. FedEx Express has submitted an application to the US. Department of Transportation for opening another additional 6 flights by 2006, to bring the total to 29. It also prepares to bring Guangzhou into the global express network and the express network in the Asia-Pacific region.
Read MoreTPG yesterday said it was eyeing three or four acquisition candidates in China to boost its logistics activities, but noted with concern the poor performance of its French transportation operations. Jan Haars, chief financial officer, said TPG was mulling acquisitions priced at EUR150m-EUR250m (USD190m-USD320m). In August it completed the EUR257m purchase of Wilson Logistics, a Swedish freight forwarding company. The world’s second-largest logistics group said it faced challenging conditions due to higher than expected costs resulting from price pressure in France. “We are facing very high fixed-costs in transportation for which it is difficult to find a solution,” said Mr Haars. “It is an area of concern that we are working hard to get under control.”
Read MoreOf the 51 companies active on the local market, 25 are recent arrivals which registered last year. Despite the increasingly crowded market, all the major operators saw their revenues grow from 20% (Servisco) to 50% (Masterlink).
The exception was Poczta Polska.
“It can compete in terms of price, and its monopoly is a big advantage, but otherwise it would be in trouble,” said Olga Kozierowska of Masterlink. She estimates that PP controls only 4% of the courier market, a figure that experts say is more or less accurate.
Hence the announcement by PP deputy president Andrzej Siniakiewicz that the company plans to take over a courier company by the end of the year. His comment last week came in the wake of a large-scale consolidation process on the market. In 2002, Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN) became the sole owner of Servisco, the market leader with a 22% share, of the 99 million (z³. 425 million) a year market for next-day delivery service. DPWN is now planning to offer all its services under the DHL brand.
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