Tag: Europe

Deutsche Post: New Head of Corporate Communications in March 2009

Posted by | Oct 7, 2008 | |

Christof Ehrhart (42), currently Head of Global Corporate Communications for the European Aeronautic Defence und Space Company (EADS), will become the Head of Corporate Communications at Deutsche Post World Net as of March 1, 2009. He thus succeeds Manfred Harnischfeger (64), who will leave the company to retire as of June 30, 2009, pursuant to contract. Harnischfeger will remain in contact with Deutsche Post World Net as a consultant.
In his new position, Ehrhart will be in charge of Group-wide internal and external communications, corporate sponsoring and worldwide brand management for Deutsche Post World Net. He will report directly to the Chairman of the Board of Management, Frank Appel.

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CitySprint takes over PBS Deliveries

Posted by | Oct 6, 2008 | |

CitySprint has today (6th October 2008) acquired Birmingham based courier company PBS Deliveries for an undisclosed sum. This deal expands its unique wholly owned national network whilst further strengthening its established Midlands operations.
CitySprint, with 31 locations, a fleet of over 1500 couriers and is the only national courier that provides its customers with live, real time online tracking of their shipments in progress.
Despite the current economic turmoil CitySprint is continuing with its successful strategy for growth by focussing on organic expansion and strategic add-on acquisitions. CitySprint is determined to use this strategy to maintain its strong foothold in the industry and to continue to grow its market share.
CitySprint believes that by further strengthening its capacity in the UK, and therefore its ability to support its customers, it will be able weather the economic storm as clients look towards a stable and reliable provider.
PBS customers will now benefit from access to considerably enhanced OnLine services. CitySprint operates the largest GPS enabled fleet in Europe which means that its customers benefit from real-time information at the touch of a button. CitySprint has taken the bold step of offering complete transparency to its customers about the courier services they use. From the point of booking CitySprint’s customers can view, through CitySprint’s CourierLocator facility on their website, a real time map location of the courier doing their SameDay Courier delivery and a step by step job progress audit and electronic proof of delivery through QuikTrak.

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FedEx Express opens new station to process shipments within Mexico

Posted by | Oct 6, 2008 | |

FedEx Express announced the start of operations for FedEx Express Nacional, a domestic overnight service in Mexico, and the opening of the Toluca Hub Multiplex, its new center of operations for domestic shipments.
The service covers all 32 Mexican states with the support of two new centers of operations in Toluca (Multiplex) and San Luis Potosi, the latter to open in early 2009.
The express shipping market in Mexico is valued at USD 822 million and is projected to grow to USD 1.5 billion in the next 10 years, according to the Mexican Civil Parcel and Shipping Association.
FedEx begins domestic express operations today from the Toluca Hub Multiplex. The new facility has the capacity to process 6,000 shipments per hour with 48 new employees. FedEx expects the sorting capacity and the number of employees to increase during the next few years.
Toluca Hub Multiplex is the FedEx Express domestic service distribution center in Mexico’s Federal District metropolitan area and measures 3,780 square meters. It is located close to the two largest industrial parks in Toluca.

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3,000 more post offices could close if Royal Mail loses pensions contract (UK)

Posted by | Oct 4, 2008 | |

Three thousand more post offices could close if the Government does not award a major benefits contract to the Royal Mail in the next few weeks.

The latest uncertainty to the post office network hinges on whether the Department for Work and Pensions extends the Post Office Card Account (POCA) after 2010.

The card account is a lifeline for many branches as it pays out benefits and pensions to four million people and cannot be used in other banks or shops.

Pressure is already building on ministers with over 170 MPs signing a Commons motion urging the Government to keep the contract with the Post Office.

Ministers are insisting that any decision is taken on commercial grounds. PayPoint, the UK’s biggest payment network, with 20,000 outlets in shops across the country, is believed to be the favourite to replace the Post Office in supplying the pension and benefit service.

But they are very worried about the fall-out from taking away the contract from the Post Office.

The Department for Work and Pensions said the contract would be awarded in “early Autumn” but declined to comment further.

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Royal Mail gets itself a CoPilot

Posted by | Oct 3, 2008 | |

Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform has received a boost with the announcement the Royal Mail is rolling out a customised version of ALK’s CoPilot Live Professional satnav onto 25,000 of its GPS-enabled Intermec CN3 handsets.
The software will enable Royal Mail drivers to take the most efficient route to their destination and also enable customers to see the position of their tracked products in near real-time. This feature will be available to Special Delivery and Recorded Signed For items.
The 25,000 Windows Mobile devices are GPS enabled Intermec CN3 handsets and CoPilot Live Professional will be fully integrated with its on-board job despatch, management and proof of delivery application, Delivery Connect, from Blackbay.
The Delivery Connect system has a button which launches CoPilot, which is then automatically populated with the address details of the destination. On arrival at the destination, the navigation system reverts back to the Delivery Connect for signature capture and proof of delivery.

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