Deutsche Post AG plans to cut its parcel delivery prices for private clients by an unspecified amount in order to compete more effectively with rivals, chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel told Handelsblatt. ‘We want to offer our private clients more attractive products at lower prices,’ Zumwinkel told the newspaper.
He did not specify by how much the German mail carrier’s prices would fall.
UK Pallets sent 4 of its directors, including recently promoted MD Mark Hazelgrove, home on gardening leave last week. The move is part of plans to restructure the business, Managing Director Terry Richards told Motor Transport this week. ‘There have been no sackings as rumour suggests – we are just restructuring. We are certainly not moving our of pallets‘ he says.
Read MoreDavid Burtenshaw, chief executive of Lynx Express until its acquisition by UPS in 2005, is planning a new career in business advisory. Burtenshaw has been assisting the integration of the two companies. He will continue to be available as a consultant to UPS on an ongoing basis.
Alan Cramley has retired from the pallet sector after stints with Pall-Ex and most recently Fortec Pallet, where he was business development director.
Read MoreExecutive summary
Part 1
Introduction
Royal Mail
The European Framework
The universal postal service in the Postal Services Act
Postcomm
Audit scope, Criteria and Methodology
Part 2
The current performance regime
The need for a performance regime
The design of the current performance regime
Shortcomings of the current performance regime
Additional measures of quality of service
Incentives on Royal Mail
Royal Mail’s performance
Part 3
The proposed performance regime
A more consumer focussed performance measurement system
Defining the universal postal service further
Greater clarity in implementation
The future of the proposed regime
Appendices
Audit criteria and methodology
Results of the National Audit Office survey of domestic users of postal services
Correlations
International benchmarking
Research examined during the audit
Timescale for 2006 Price Control
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Trans-o-flex, the German express company, has signed a contract with T-Systems to increase the security of its IT Network. The carrier has also opened a new €5.5 million depot in Saarland, on the French border.
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