Tag: Europe

AK Worthington makes the switch to PalletForce

Posted by | Jan 13, 2005 | |

Manchester based AK Worthington began operating for PalletForce last week after leaving Palletways. MD Julian Richards says PalletForces shareholder membership structure was a key factor in the decision.
Members are allowed a greater involvement in the overall operation of the network and it also safeguards service levels. Our network volumes have decreased by 50% but we see it as investing ina a network which has great potential, he says.
Worthington also switched poscode areas from WA, which it served for Palletways, to M for PalletForce.

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Spanish Competition Court imposes 78.8 Mln Euro fines in 2004

Posted by | Jan 12, 2005 | |

Spanish competition court Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia (TDC) imposed 78.8 mln euro (USD103.3 mln) fines in 2004, a seven fold year-on-year increase, it was reported on January 12, 2005. Fines were imposed on 33 companies, three business associations, one professional organisation, and one fishermen association breaching the competition rules in Spain. The second largest fine of 15 mln euro (USD19.7 mln) was imposed on state-run postal services provider Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telegrafos SA (Correos).

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Correos signs agreement with Telefonica

Posted by | Jan 11, 2005 | |

Spanish postal services operator, Correos, has signed an agreement with Telefonica, the Spanish telecommunications group. Under the terms of the agreement, Correos will accept payment Telefonica customers at all 1,857 of its computerised branches throughout Spain.

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French tobacconists protest against La Poste

Posted by | Jan 11, 2005 | |

Demonstrating French tobacconists in the southwestern region of Gironde seized a mail sorting centre on Friday to protest about unfair competition from French postal operator La Poste. The tobacconists said that local post offices are encroaching on their business by selling additional products such as mobile phone cards and greeting cards, while tobacconists obtain a profit margin of just 3 per cent from selling postage stamps, along with an allegedly meager compensation for offering basic postal services when a nearby post office closes.

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