Tag: Europe

German Hermes to enter mail delivery market 2008

Posted by | Sep 8, 2005 | |

German logistics services provider Hermes Logistik Gruppe, a subsidiary of the local mail order company Otto GmbH, plans to enter the German mail delivery market due to be liberalised in 2008, the company’s CEO, Hanjo Schneider, said.
Hermes will charge between 10 pct and 15 pct below the tariffs of current monopoly Deutsche Post, Schneider added. As from January 1, 2008, the Hamburg-based company will offer, through mail delivery firm Europost which it co-owns, a nationwide mail delivery network with own mailboxes at its 11,000 outlets. Currently, Hermes (www.hermes-logistik-gruppe.de) competes with Deutsche Post on the market for package deliveries for private clients. The company plans to triple its share on the private clients market to 15 pct by the end of 2005, Schneider said.

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Printers voice concern over UK mail pricing changes

Posted by | Sep 8, 2005 | |

It has been a long wait, but all systems are now go for Royal Mail’s plans for size-based pricing. Postcomm has given it the all clear and Pricing in Proportion (PiP), as it’s now called, will be phased in by August 2006. The announcement two weeks ago has been heralded as “the greatest change in postal pricing since the introduction of the Penny Black”. In the B2B publishing sector, it has also been the most controversial. PiP is likely to result in postal price increases for A3-sized magazines. They now come under the large letter format and that means a higher price bracket. “It will be the lighter-weight A3 titles that will suffer,” explains PPA director of circulation Nicola Rowe. And this could mean a rethink by B2B publishers over future magazine sizes. The magazine sector, which relies heavily on posting out issues, will be hit the hardest. “It hits us purely from a distribution point of view,” says William Reed production director Chris Reed. “It’s a matter of trying to find a solution to get around it.”

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UK postage cost rise to be offset by credit scheme

Posted by | Sep 8, 2005 | |

Large business postal users will be reimbursed for some of the extra costs incurred when changes to mail pricing come into force in September 2006.
Under the new pricing scheme smaller but heavier items will become cheaper while larger bulkier letters and packages will become more expensive to send. The changes are expected to affect prices on around 30 per cent of business mail. But business users spending GBP100,000 or more a year and whose postal charges rise by at least 50 per cent under the new pricing structure will be reimbursed 40 per cent of their additional postal charges by Royal Mail in the first year. They will also recoup 20 per cent of the costs in the second year, with reimbursement taking the form of postal credits. However, Nicola Rowe, director of circulation at the Periodical Publishers Association described the 50 per cent threshold as “unrealistically high”. She said: “We are disappointed that Postcomm has chosen to wash its hands of the mitigation scheme and to leave the detail to Royal Mail.

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UK Parceline GBP1.29m investment in Lancashire

Posted by | Sep 8, 2005 | |

Express parcels carrier Parceline has invested £1.29m in the region by taking on new, purpose-built premises in Millennium City Park, Preston. Previously located on Roman Way, Parceline is a trading success story, with a growing customer list of regional businesses, which makes this move to larger premises necessary. The new 4.3 acre site comprises a 31,646 sq ft warehouse as well as office space. Not only is it larger, but it also incorporates state-of-the-art technology to improve the efficiency of the operation.

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Poste Italiane could exceed year-end growth targets

Posted by | Sep 8, 2005 | |

The chief executive of Italian postal operator Poste Italiane, Massimo Sarmi, said yesterday that the group could also exceed its 2005 targets. Poste’s half-year results, to be released on October 3, indicate a growth trend, he said. Mr Sarmi confirmed the group’s target of annual revenue growth of 3.5 per cent in 2006-2008, accompanied by 5 per cent annual growth in EBITDA and 10 per cent in operating profit. The group also announced a five-year contract to provide correspondence managemet to Italy’s financial police force.

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