Tag: Europe

Deutsche Post hoping for change in legal obligations after loss of monopoly

Posted by | Feb 1, 2006 | |

German national postal services provider Deutsche Post is hoping to streamline its costly post office network when it loses its monopoly on letter deliveries at the end of 2007. Deutsche Post believes that the law on the legal obligations of the monopolist (PUDLV) should simply set out a minimum number of post offices to be run by the group, rather than telling the group where exactly to site post offices and boxes. The group also hopes to alter the number of deliveries made in the week.

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Irish An Post to raise price for heavier items

Posted by | Feb 1, 2006 | |

Postal charges for heavier items are to be increased from later this month. The new charges announced by An Post yesterday will apply to letters, large envelopes, packets and parcels weighing from 50g to 100g. The current standard 48 cent charge for letters of up to 50g will remain unchanged. However, in a statement last night the regulator for the communications sector, ComReg, criticised An Post for comments on the charges which appeared to suggest that ComReg had approved the increases. “An Post has claimed that rates for posting large envelopes and packets weighing up to 50g will increase from Monday, March 20th, 2006, as required by ComReg. ComReg has not required An Post to increase these prices,” it stated. It said of the 20 principal postage rates quoted by An Post in a newspaper advertisement to be published today, only three are subject to ComReg’s prior approval. Under the increases introduced by An Post, postage for letters weighing between 50g and 100g will increase from 48 cent to 60 cent.

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Palletways connects the dots in Europe

Posted by | Feb 1, 2006 | |

Palletways has completed the process of joining up the domestic IT systems across all the European countries served by the company’s networks, making it the first pallet network to offer a truly integrated delivery service to a vast European marketplace.

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TNT UK wins contract with Universal Music

Posted by | Feb 1, 2006 | |

TNT has won a GBP2.5m contract with Universal Music Operations Ltd to make overnight deliveries to independent retailers and major High Street chains stocking music and film CDs and DVDs. The Universal contract follows a successful trial period where TNT executed deliveries for Universal’s Scottish retail network in the second half of 2005. TNT’s nationwide distribution of the CDs and DVDs start in February, when more than 500,000 items will be dispatched to High Street names including HMV, Matalan, WH Smith and independent retailers every week.

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Belgian Post considers IPO in 2009

Posted by | Jan 31, 2006 | |

Belgian postal service company De Post/La Poste considers launching up to 25 pct of its shares in an initial public offering (IPO) in 2009, it was reported on January 30, 2006. The consortium between Denmark’s postal services provider Post Danmark A/S and UK private equity group CVC Capital Partners Ltd plans to keep at least 25 pct minus one share in De Post/La Poste. The company also considers establishing a separate unit for parcel distribution services, which are currently provided by its subsidiaries Taxipost and Kilopost.

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