Tag: Europe

Awards for city's TNT branch

Posted by | Jul 16, 2008 | |

The Edinburgh operation of business-to-business express delivery giant TNT has picked up two top honours at an international awards ceremony.

The company branch at Turnhouse Road picked up two trophies at the annual IFW Freighting Industry Awards, winning the Express Operator of the Year and Customer Care categories.

The Express Operator category was voted for by customers, while TNT’s winning Customer Care submission outlined 16 new customer-led initiatives the firm had put in place in the past year.

Edinburgh Depot general manager Ailsa Webb said: “This is a real coup for the business. We have won many honours in the past but this is the first time we have won two awards that are so clearly linked to our customers.”

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DPD launches new modeshift campaign

Posted by | Jul 16, 2008 | |

DPD has launched a new modeshift campaign promoting its product DPD Classic and committing itsself to sustainable development under the slogan “Why fly parcels in Europe?”.

As part of the new campaign, the multi-language website www.whyflyparcels.com represents different aspects of DPD’s sustainability strategy introducing the modeshift concept as well as the ECO Calculator. This web-based calculator which calculates the CO2-equiv. emissions representing all green house gases produced during the transportation of package consignments by road and in the air.

The company’s strategy for ecologically and economically sound trade is helping shippers make a better choice. With whyflyparcels.com DPD shows that flying parcels within Europe can create up to eight times more CO2 equiv. although air freight remains the ideal method of transport for goods are required urgently such as relief supplies, high-value goods or spare parts that need to be transported over great distances. The company points out that there are numerous non time-critical goods and that could easily be transported by road and not by air.

The ECO Calculator allows customers to compare the effects of the two transport modes by road and by air on climate change. The simulation is based on a totally virtual network and uses data to reflect the reality in a best possible way. It has been supported and assisted by an independent sustainable development agency O2 France relying upon expert sustainable development knowledge.

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EU launches state aid probe into former SNCF division Sernam

Posted by | Jul 16, 2008 | |

The European Commission said it is launching an investigation into aid granted by the French authorities to Sernam, the former road and rail transport services operator of France’s national railway company, SNCF.

The investigation will focus on the implementation by France of a 2004 commission decision authorising aid of 503 million euros to Sernam, which also required repayment of 41 million euros already received by the company.

The commission has received complaints Sernam was not sold in accordance with the conditions imposed by that same decision and the 41 million euros has not been paid back.

The launching of this in-depth investigation will allow all interested parties to express their points of view. It does not prejudge the Commission’s final decision.

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Postbank drops the most in trading with concerns over sale (GER)

Posted by | Jul 16, 2008 | |

Deutsche Postbank AG dropped the most in six months in Frankfurt trading on concern the company’s sale may be delayed.
Bonn-based Postbank declined 3.68 euros, or 7.3 percent, to 46.77 euros. The stock fell as much as 9.9 percent earlier in the day, the biggest drop since the initial public offering in June 2004, valuing the bank at 7.67 billion euros (USD 12.2 billion).
“In order to receive a satisfying price, we would consider it rational for Deutsche Post to postpone the selling process without a feasible German buyer right now,” Carsten Werle, a Frankfurt-based analyst at Sal. Oppenheim, wrote to investors. He lowered his recommendation on the stock to “reduce” from “buy.”
Deutsche Bank AG, a likely buyer, faces “unreasonable economic terms” in the current environment to raise financing for the acquisition, Werle said. A takeover of Postbank and the high cost would dilute Deutsche Bank earning by as much as 22 percent, Werle estimates. Deutsche Post, Europe’s biggest postal service, said on June 25 it is holding “exploratory” talks about a sale of its majority stake in Postbank.

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German cabinet approves minimum wage extension

Posted by | Jul 16, 2008 | |

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government approved a draft law on Wednesday that could nearly double the number of German workers protected by a sectoral minimum wage.
Labour Minister Olaf Scholz’s plan to enable more sectors of the economy to introduce a minimum wage has come under fire from employers and been a sticking point in the ruling coalition of conservatives and centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) for months.
Scholz from the SPD, and Economy Minister Michael Glos, a conservative, came to an agreement late on Tuesday and the draft legislation was approved by the cabinet on Wednesday morning, government officials said.

A sector-specific minimum wage already applies to about 1.8 million employees in Germany across seven sectors, among them construction workers and postal delivery staff.

A further eight sectors, ranging from temporary workers to security personnel and comprising about 1.6 million employees, have sought inclusion in the minimum wage framework.

Germany’s total workforce numbers around 40 million.

The draft law allows for an extension of the so-called “Entsendegesetz”, an existing law which enables sectors of the economy to set their own minimum wage, but does not specifically name which new sectors will be included.

A working group under Scholz’s supervision has been charged with reconciling coalition differences over the new sectors.

The SPD has pushed for a blanket minimum wage for all, but Merkel’s conservatives reject this.

Glos, a member of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), was a particularly robust opponent of Scholz’s plans but dropped his opposition after a conversation on Tuesday evening with Merkel.

Merkel has softened her opposition to the idea of sector-wide wage deals since taking power in 2005 and had pushed for a compromise.

Glos succeeded in winning some concessions, notably an agreement which ensures government-decreed minimum wages are not permanent. That would theoretically allow a new government to reverse the wage law.

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