FedEx Turkey, the local unit of U.S. freight carrier FedEx Express, offers services through the website Paketim.com, it was reported on November 11, 2005.
FedEx Turkey customers can receive up to 45 pct discounts in shipping prices when using Paketim.com. Express orders within Turkey are delivered the same day and express shipments to the USA, Canada and Europe are forwarded on the next day.
Read MoreTNT has taken note of the Council of Ministers’ decision to request advice from the Council of State regarding the proposal for a new postal act. In light of the proposed full liberalisation of the postal market in the Netherlands, the present Dutch Postal Act will need to be amended. TNT is a proponent of postal liberalisation, provided a level playing field is created in Europe. According to the Postal Memorandum, liberalisation in the Netherlands will have to keep in step with the rate of liberalisation and actual competitive opportunities in Germany and the United Kingdom. TNT has established that a level playing field does not exist at present. Compared to Royal Mail and Deutsche Post, new entrants to the UK and German postal markets are still disadvantaged by the VAT system. Other issues include licensing conditions, anti-competitive regulation of network access and rates, and market obstruction by both national postal companies. These problems do not exist in the Dutch market, which means that competition is already developing rapidly.
Read MoreParcels carrier ANC’s income from franchises fell 85.9% in the year ended 31 March 05 to just £75,000, down from £619,000 the year before. The company reported a 6.3% increase in turnover to 125.8m and pre-tax profit rose 13.3% to £2.6m. It has also made a loss on disposing its In-Boot business which it acquired in 1997.
Read MoreInitial City Link has reported an £11.22m increase in turnover to £119.45 for the year ended 26 Dec 04. Pre-tax profit was £17.01m in 2004, compared with £15.15m the previous year, an increase of 12.3%. Its directors view the future with confidence, the report to Companies House says.
Read MoreThe Print Factory (TPF) has secured a two-year contract to print Sky’s transactional mail, in a deal worth in excess of pounds 5m, and bought a new London site.
The Sky contract will be printed by TPF Direct, the firm’s dedicated direct marketing and transactional mail division. The division was set up after the firm began handling Sky’s transactional mail on an ‘informal basis’ last year.
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