Bowker joins Pall-Ex
WH Bowker, one of the UKs largest privately owned transport companies has jointed the Pall-Ex network.
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Stowaway fines ruled unlawful
Fines on lorry drivers carrying stowaways have been branded “legislative overkill”, throwing the government strategy on illegal immigrants into disarray.
Read MoreBelgian Post delivery figures & targets
A recent survey by IPSOS into the quality of the postal service indicated that in September and October 2001, just 74.6 per cent of letters were distributed one day after having been posted, and 96.4 per cent were delivered two days after having been posted. La Poste is contractually obliged to ensure that 90 per cent are delivered the following day and 97 per cent two days later
Read MoreBelgian Post Office fined 2.5m Euros by EU for abuse of dominant position
The European Commission said Wednesday it was fining the Belgian postal service 2.5 million euros (2.23 million dollars) for unfairly using its monopoly powers to compete with the private British courier service Hays.
Read MoreDeutscher Packetdienst registers high losses in France and will close in January
Deutscher Paketdienst (DPD), a German parcel forwarder, announced yesterday that it would close down DPD France, its French franchise subsidiary, on 15 January 2002. It closed the year 2000 with losses and was also set to register losses this year.
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