Tag: Europe

Belgian postal regulator launches consultation

Posted by | Mar 15, 2005 | |

The Belgian postal and telecoms regulator, has launched on March 15 a consultation on “the current and future state of the postal sector in Belgium”. Results will help the Belgian government shape its postal regulatory policy. Part of the results will be posted on the IBPT’s website, ibpt.be. Two questionnaires have been sent out : one to the main postal stakeholders in Belgium (members of the “Postal Services Advisory Board” and private postal operators), the other to national regulatory authorities in Europe.The questionnaire to stakeholders aims to gather information on the current size and structure of the Belgian postal marketplace, understand their views and expectations as regards the future European and domestic regulatory framework and the role of the postal regulator.

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Major mover on the road less travelled – interview with head of TNTs Express Road Network

Posted by | Mar 14, 2005 | |

When a fourth Boeing 737 joined his fleet last year, Niky Terzakis, MD of TNT Airways, told IFW it would enable the whole of Europe to be connected at speed. He chose Portugal to Finland as the longest possible journey across the continent, and one that most road operators would think twice about undertaking.
By genuine coincidence, however, one of the first packages I studied during a recent evening tour of TNT’s Express Road Network (ERN) hub in Duiven, near Arnhem, was a batch of Tyco wiring harnesses which had begun their journey in Lisbon on 15 February. Two nights later, they had reached Arnhem via Benavente in Spain, one of the network’s 14 sub-hubs. In another two days they would arrive at their final destination of Turku, either on a direct trailer or via an “overspill” trunker through the Helsingborg sub-hub.

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La Poste raises Seur stake

Posted by | Mar 12, 2005 | |

Rough translation from Spanish:
Geopost, the express delivery subsidiary of French state postal services operator La Poste, has acquired a 60 per cent stake in Seur Madrid.

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Royal Mail and Marketworks unveil eBay trading solution for retailers

Posted by | Mar 11, 2005 | |

Royal Mail and eCommerce solutions provider Marketworks today announced a one-stop-shop solution for major retailers and home shopping companies who want to start trading on eBay.co.uk. Retailers can tap into eBay’s global trading platform, but still concentrate on core sales channels, by using the Marketworks and Royal Mail partnership to manage all aspects of an eBay operation – from storefront design, item listing and order management, online marketing activities through to product warehousing and goods fulfilment.

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ABN AMRO Bank, BNP Paribas, HSBC Bank plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc complete EUR 1 billion multicurrency revolving credit facility for TPG N.V

Posted by | Mar 10, 2005 | |

TPG is pleased to announce the successful completion of a seven-year EUR 1 billion Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility. The facility replaces the company’s existing EUR 600 million facility signed October 2003. It will be used as liquidity backup for TPG’s Euro commercial paper programme and for general funding purposes. The following banks also joined the transaction as Mandated Lead Arrangers, participating for EUR 100 million each: Citigroup, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., ING Bank N.V., JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. and UniCredito Italiano-New York Branch.

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