Tag: Europe

Corriere Executive re-brands to GLS

Posted by | Apr 26, 2006 | |

The GLS subsidiary in Italy has re-branded from its Italian name of Corriere Executive to GLS in the latest move towards establishing the group name in all European subsidiaries. The GLS brand, which was already partly used by the Italian company during a co-branding phase following its acquisition by the Royal Mail subsidiary in 2001, replaced the Executive logo and symbol on the company’s vans, driver uniforms, office signs and corporate publications with effect from April 1. The formal company name was already GLS Italy.

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207 companies active in Romanian postal services market

Posted by | Apr 25, 2006 | |

The Romanian postal services market currently comprises 207 active companies authorised by the market regulator ANRC, ANRC said on April 25, 2006. Of the total, 160 companies offer non-value added services and 196 offer value added services. Of the total 196 companies offering value added services, 118 offer insurance services for parcels with especially valuable contents, 108 companies offer a registered mail service. 151 companies offer collection protection insurance and 126 companies offer special courier services.

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Bayer, Deutsche Post in document logistics agreement

Posted by | Apr 25, 2006 | |

Bayer Business Services and Deutsche Post have entered into a document logistics agreement covering invoice receipt processing. Bayer said the deal will strengthen its integrated services for finance and accounting. The framework agreement calls for Deutsche Post to provide international handling of services such as processing and scanning of incoming invoices, reading invoice data, reconciliation with master, order and goods receipt data, and physical archiving.

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Allan key to savings from integrating new DHL logistics arms

Posted by | Apr 24, 2006 | |

DHL logistics boss John Allan is learning German, but he relied on old Scottish to sum up the E 220m (USD271m) of savings his team will extract from the billion euro turnover business by spring 2007: ‘Many a mickle makes a muckle’ or every little bit helps. Mr Allan stresses that his three hours a week battle with German grammar is fulfilling a lifelong desire, and is not a Deutsche Post head office edict from the parent company in Cologne: ‘Deutsche Post is an international company and the working language is English. It is a case of wanting to learn German, rather than needing to.’ It was in September last year when Germany’s letters to logistics kraken Deutsche Post confirmed the City rumour-mill by offering GBP3.7bn (USD6.7bn) to acquire UK-based supply chain and forwarding giant Exel, with the latter’s chief executive chosen to head the new division and to lead the integration. ‘I was asked to stay on,’ says Mr Allan, who states that his presence gives ‘continuity’ to the integration process, just as it did when his Ocean Group merged with the ‘old’ Exel in 2000 to create what was then the largest UK-headquartered global logistics player.

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Surprise profits of EUR16m at Irish An Post

Posted by | Apr 24, 2006 | |

A dramatic turnaround in the fortunes of An Post will be announced later this week. Figures revealed to the Sunday Independent will show that the troubled semi-state firm made an operating profit of EUR16m in 2005. The surprise profits are due to be presented to the Cabinet at its first post-Easter meeting this week. They compare very favourably with a 1.8m operating profit in 2004 and with a loss of 43m in 2003. The figures represent a considerable success for Donal Curtin, the company’s chief executive, who is leaving An Post in June. Mr Curtin took over the company at a time of serious industrial relations problems and severe losses, but will leave it in a relatively healthy financial condition.

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