Palletways has begun operating a pallet hub in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, covering the Benelux countries, Western Germany and Northern parts of France. These areas are served by 13 member companies, but Palletways has a three-year recruitment programme to have 61 members feeding into the hub by the end of 2008.
Read MoreThe Pallet Network says it is to focus on developing its European operations this year and next, but that it will not attempt to keep up with its rivals’ increasingly complex information technology. Managing director Adam Leonard, speaking at the new hub at Rugby to which the company relocated in January, said the network is in talks with potential partners based in Germany, France and Switzerland. It recently launched TPN Ireland and already has a service to Benelux. Leonard said the network moves around 3,500 pallets a night. “Growth will be controlled by the members but we would like to achieve 4,500 pallets by the end of the year,” he says.
Read MoreDHL Global Mail is further expanding its domestic mail activities in the United Kingdom, thereby strengthening Deutsche Post World Net’s international mail network. The goal is to offer business customers in all important United Kingdom trade centers domestic and international mail services, possible until now only in Greater London. Additionally, Global Mail’s British network will be expanded by additional regional distribution centers by year-end. The first new center, where operations have just started up, is located in Manchester and serves Northwest England.
Read MoreDeutsche Post World Net AG is not contradicting market expectations that the company’s full year dividend payment on 2005 earnings will rise to 0.65-0.70 eur per share from the 0.50 proposed for 2004. In an interview with Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper, Chief Financial Officer Edgar Ernst said: ‘We cannot say now what dividend we could offer … for 2005. But … if we perform better, then shareholders should profit more. ‘The financial markets expect a stable dividend payment quota of 35 pct. Based on our earnings forecast, this calculation means 65 to 70 cents … and we have not contradicted that.’
Read MoreRoyal Mail is pleased to announce the appointment of Alex Batchelor, currently Vice President Global Brand at mobile telecommunications company Orange, as Marketing Director UK reporting to Chief Executive Adam Crozier.
The appointment follows Royal Mail’s announcement in September that it would seek a new marketing director as it enters the next phase of its transformation and faces full competition in the marketplace from January 1.
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