Tag: Deutsche Post

DHL to pull out of Brussels

Posted by | Sep 14, 2004 | |

DHL Worldwide is preparing to take part of its business out of Brussels Zaventem Airport as it is no longer prepared to wait for the country to agree to DHL’s plans to expand, a Belgian paper said on Tuesday. DHL, a unit of Deutsche Post, wanted to expand at Zaventem but needs the green light from the country’s different regions to allow it to increase the number of night flights so the business can grow. Belgian daily Het Nieuwsblad quoted “high-placed” sources at DHL as saying DHL would keep its headquarters and its courier service in Zaventem, near the Brussels capital, but that the airport would lose out on an expansion of DHL’s European sorting center.

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Deutsche Post agrees with Ver.di on plans to integrate DHL

Posted by | Sep 14, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, has reached an agreement with Ver.di, the trade union for the service sector in Germany, regarding the integration of its logistics subsidiary DHL into Deutsche Post World Net.

It is not yet clear how many jobs will be lost as a result of the plan; according to earlier reports, 1,600 of the 10,000 jobs at the company in Germany could be affected. Neither Deutsche Post nor Ver.di has confirmed these figures.

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Deutsche Post managers receive “German Image Award 2004”

Posted by | Sep 14, 2004 | |

This year, the Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Post AG, Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel, and his head of communications, Prof. Manfred Harnischfeger, are to be awarded the “German Image Award 2004”. Presented by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the F.A.Z-Institut and PRIME research, the award is for an especially positive media image.

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Deutsche Post director says interested in stake in Italy’s post operator

Posted by | Sep 12, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post AG director Peter Kruse said his company could be interested in taking a stake in Italy’s postal operator Le Poste in any privatisation by the government. In comments cited by Il Sole 24 Ore Saturday, Kruse said that first there will have to be a political consensus on privatising the postal operator, like there has been in Germany. ‘We have still not seen any official announcement, but it is surely the case that we are ready to consider it attentively,’ he said, referring to any privatisation in Italy. Deutsche Post is watching developments in other European countries, he said.

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UK Royal Mail facing VAT showdown

Posted by | Sep 12, 2004 | |

Five private mail companies are preparing to take the Treasury to court over its pledge to preserve Royal Mail’s special VAT-free status. TNT, the Dutch courier company, will front the challenge, which could end up in the European Court of Justice. TNT is supported by Hays, Deutsche Post, UK Mail and Express Dairies, which is also looking to expand into post deliveries. The companies believe they are unable to compete with the state-owned Royal Mail on equal terms because they must charge 17.5 per cent VAT on deliveries. “This creates an uneven playing field,” said Angus Russell, TNT’s legal adviser. “We must bite the bullet and challenge this. TNT will take the lead.”

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