Tag: Europe

GO! GENERAL OVERNIGHT (Hungary) Logistic Ltd. founded – a new Hungarian member of the international GO! courier service

Posted by | Oct 16, 2006 | |

Based on the agreement between GO! General Overnight Service GmbH of Germany and Hungarian professionals, GO! GENERAL OVERNIGHT (Hungary) Logistic Ltd. was established, which will make the exceptionally high quality service portfolio of the international GO! courier service available in Hungary, too.

GO! General Overnight was founded in 1984 in Germany, as the result of the merging of 15 regional couriers. Over the past 20 years GO! expanded its partner network and services first in Western Europe, then globally and by today it is one of the leading brands of the logistics industry/market regarding CEP (courier, express and parcel logistics) services. Building on its regional partners and enforcing its strict quality assurance system, the GO! network offers services of internationally consistent quality, while it is capable of meeting the special requirements of the local markets.

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TPG Post changes name to TNT Post

Posted by | Oct 16, 2006 | |

The Hague, Royal TPG Post today officially changes its name to Royal TNT Post. The new name was first announced on 14 September 2005. Many measures have since been taken to prepare the company for the rebranding. To celebrate the transition from TPG Post to TNT Post, a pre-franked envelope will tomorrow be distributed door to door, enabling people to send a letter or card free of charge as a gift from TNT Post.

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Union angered by Royal Mail shake-up plans – Industrial action threatened as managers are told they must reapply for their own jobs

Posted by | Oct 15, 2006 | |

The Royal Mail is forcing managers to reapply for their jobs, putting it on a collision course with a leading union and at risk of industrial action.

The state-owned postal service is reviewing its management structure, and has asked a number of managers to reapply as part of the process.

A spokesman said: “Royal Mail is facing tremendous challenges and changes. This effects everybody in the company. Our managers, just as much as our postmen, are committed to making sure that we’re delivering customer service and the right leadership.

The Royal Mail has 1,500 delivery offices, each of which has at least one manager. Insiders say the Royal Mail is seeking only to shake up the management structure, and is not looking to cut jobs.

But Amicus, which represents Royal Mail managers, is worried that jobs will still be lost and has not ruled out industrial action.

Brian Scott, assistant national secretary, said the union had already held meetings with the Royal Mail but so far had failed to come to an agreement.

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Royal Mail rival plans to employ its own postmen

Posted by | Oct 13, 2006 | |

Royal Mail’s biggest rival wants to put its own postmen and women on the streets across the country within five to ten years in the biggest assault on the state-owned postal group’s business.
TNT, which has the largest share of the competitive postal market with 1.2 billion items this year, is expected soon to begin a trial of its own delivery system in a city centre and then follow that with deliveries in the UK’s main cities. Peter Bakker, chief executive of TNT, said the growth of TNT in the UK meant that it wanted to have its own delivery network “sooner rather than later” and that this could be achieved in five to ten years if growth continued at its present rate.

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Post offices are heading for extinction

Posted by | Oct 13, 2006 | |

Post offices are in desperate need of Government support and direction if they are to survive, the network’s watchdog warned last night.

Postcomm believes the post office is becoming increasingly irrelevant as the number of services it provides are reduced – destroying its role as the social hub of a community.

The claims back up our Don’t Sound the Last Post campaign – which has now collected more than 12,000 signatures – and calls on the Government to do more to help keep post offices open.

Postcomm’s report, Post Offices at the Crossroads, paints a grim picture of the current state of the network.

The postal services regulator looked at 14,000 post offices around the country and found that the network lost GBP111 million last year despite a GBP150m subsidy to rural offices – which is being withdrawn in 2008.

It said the Department for Work and Pensions and the DVLA were withdrawing services from all post offices, which has already led to a GBP168m revenue loss over the last year.

The report also found that the rural post office network was in particular financial trouble, with only 1,500 of the 8,000 rural offices making money.

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