Tag: Europe

Business Post begins trial of parcels by rail

Posted by | Apr 24, 2006 | |

Business Post Group PLC has begun using rail to move parcels from the English Midlands to Scotland. Rail freight carrier English, Welsh & Scottish Railway said in a statement that Business Post had begun an eight-week trial of its services to send parcels from Walsall in the West Midlands to Aberdeen every night. EWS said the parcel carrier is cutting costs by using trains as buying rail capacity on its services is cheaper than using lorries and avoids road congestion. The rail freight firm said it already has a contract with Business Post’s rival DHL.

Read More

Poczta Polska determined to retain position

Posted by | Apr 23, 2006 | |

Poczta Polska is taking steps to drive rival companies out of the market before its liberalisation, which will take place in 2009. At present, the state-controlled enterprise holds a monopoly on letters and postcards delivery, worth ZL6bn. However, it was unable to compete effectively on the courier delivery market, as a result of which its market share fell from 100 percent to 3 percent. UPS Polska Director General Krzysztof Zdziarski admits that his company is looking forward to entering the letter delivery market as soon as the opportunity arises.

Read More

New UK Post Office chief stamps his authority

Posted by | Apr 23, 2006 | |

Alan Cook, the newly appointed boss of the Post Office, has been touring Britain meeting the nation’s sub- postmasters and mistresses. In Wilstone, Hertfordshire, almost the entire 320-strong village population turned out to meet Cook, who joined the Post Office seven weeks ago. “They knew we were coming,” he said. If the former “man from the Pru” had any doubts about the importance of his new job, the reception from the Wilstone villagers left him with no doubts. Cook is the man charged with securing the future for the country’s 14,500 post offices. It is a tough task: not only is the network losing about Pounds 100m a year, but its position as the government’s cashier -doling out cash to pensioners, mothers and the unemployed -is being eroded as benefits are paid directly into bank accounts. If Cook is to save the nation’s post offices, he has to find a new role for all the sub-postmasters and mistresses across the country.

Read More

Company bosses to meet mail chiefs over 'late post' damage to business

Posted by | Apr 22, 2006 | |

Business owners in central Edinburgh are to meet postal chiefs over a series of late mail deliveries they claim are hampering their companies. The Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce has arranged a meeting between representatives of the postal service and its members, many of whom have been receiving mail up to 1.5 hours late for more than a fortnight. The Royal Mail has confirmed that businesses in EH2 and EH4 – which includes Princes Street and large portions of the New Town – have been receiving mail as late as 11am due to a reorganisation of shifts at an Edinburgh sorting office. While the Royal Mail guarantees all deliveries by noon, it makes a special commitment to deliver post to “recognised business areas” by 9:30 am. Businesses say that early delivery time is crucial in maintaining competitiveness in a fast-moving marketplace.
The meeting comes after repeated criticism of Edinburgh’s postal service and in the wake of a report by consumer watchgroup Postwatch that found nearly a tenth of letters to the capital do not arrive on time.

Read More

Multi-million pound deal marks TNT UK new arrival

Posted by | Apr 21, 2006 | |

TNT Document Services has secured a multi-million pound five-year contract extension from Land Registry. The new division – TNT Document Services, formerly known as Cendris UK – part of TNT Express Specialist Services (TESS), deals with transactional print, scanning, offshore data capture, data management and digital archiving. TNT Document Services has enjoyed a long-standing commercial partnership with Land Registry that has already encompassed the electronic scanning of 18 million property title plans in England and Wales and 16 million supporting documents and 90 million items. The latest five-year agreement was sealed at a contract signing ceremony attended by the Land Registry’s Chief Procurement Officer, Tim Leaver and Bob Black, Chief Operating Officer of TNT Express Services UK, at Land Registry Head Office in Lincoln Inn Fields, London.

Read More

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

P&P Poll

Loading

What's the future of the postal USO?

Thank you for voting
You have already voted on this poll!
Please select an option!



View ResultsHide Results

Post & Parcel Magazine


Post & Parcel Magazine is our print publication, released 3 times a year. Packed with original content and thought-provoking features, Post & Parcel Magazine is a must-read for those who want the inside track on the industry.

Subscribe to the Magazine

 

Pin It on Pinterest