Tag: Europe

Palletline opens new London base, and expands network

Posted by | Dec 7, 2004 | |

Palletline has announced that it will lease an 80,000 sq.ft site in Greenford, Middlesex in support of its sustained commitment to a nationwide continuous quality improvement programme. The Greenford site will house Palletline’s first wholly-owned commercial depot serving the London area, and provide a new location with excellent road links for Palletline’s Southern Hub, channelling Palletline traffic into and out of London and the South East.

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Ceska Posta granted sole basic postal licence

Posted by | Dec 6, 2004 | |

The Czech IT Ministry has granted the national postal service Ceska posta (CP) the sole licence to provide basic postal services in 2005, the ministry’s press department announced Friday. CP, which lost its monopoly as of January 2004, was the only applicant for the licence for this year. Providing basic postal services means guaranteeing delivery of letters and packages of up to 100 grams across the entire country. CP expects to deliver over 600 mln letters and postcards in full-year 2004.

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New London base supports quality at Palletline

Posted by | Dec 6, 2004 | |

The announcement this week of the decision by Palletline Plc to lease an 80,000ft2 site in Greenford, Middlesex further underlines the company’s sustained commitment to a nationwide continuous quality improvement programme.

The Greenford site will house Palletline’s first wholly-owned commercial depot serving the London area, and provide a new location with excellent road links for Palletline’s Southern Hub, channelling Palletline traffic into and out of London and the South East.

The move is an integral part of Palletline’s current drive to enhance service quality and consistency across the network, overcoming issues facing collections and deliveries within London and the surrounding areas.

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German publishers to compete with Deutsche Post

Posted by | Dec 3, 2004 | |

According to reports, German publishing groups Axel Springer and Georg von Holtzbrink signed contracts last week regarding the acquisition of a majority in Pin, a German company that provides postal services. Each of the two publishing companies acquired a stake of 30 per cent in Pin, although the groups hope to later increase their combined stake to 75 per cent. The supervisory board of Springer have yet to approve the deal. In acquiring the stake, the companies are hoping to build up a service to rival that of Deutsche Post, the German postal services operator. The monopoly that this company currently has on the market for the delivery of letters is due to come to an end in 2007.

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French competition authority reduces La Poste fine

Posted by | Dec 3, 2004 | |

The French competition authority, Conseil de la Concurrence, has reduced by 90 per cent the fine imposed on the French post office, La Poste, for anti-competitive practices. The regulator has decided that La Poste, which was found guilty of thwarting competition by granting discounts to corporate customers, should pay a smaller fine because it has agreed to change its practices.

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