Tag: Europe

Aramex wins innovative logistics pitch

Posted by | Oct 25, 2007 | |

Aramex will provide global logistics for Terraplana, creator of fashion products from recycled materials.

Aramex won the business following a three-way competitive pitch and is now responsible for all aspects of the Terraplana group’s import and export business, worldwide.

“The diverse nature of Terraplana’s products means we are providing a wide range of value-added logistics including pick and pack, storage and e-commerce distribution on a global basis,” says Aramex’ UK managing director air & ocean, Jim Armour.

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Bulgarian postal workers ready to go on strike over lack of reform

Posted by | Oct 25, 2007 | |

Employees of state-owned postal operator Bulgarian Posts were ready to go on strike over a lack of reforms and restructuring in the company, leaders of postal workers’ trade unions said on October 24, as quoted by Dnevnik daily.

The trade unionists’ reaction was in reply to the absence of Bulgarian Post’s executive director Entsislav Harmandjiev from a round table discussion on the restructuring in the sector. The principal owner of the company, the Transport Ministry, was not represented at the forum, either.

The syndicates said postal workers had been preparing for months to go on strike because of the government’s lack of vision for the future of the operator. Bulgarian Posts were not present at the discussion because they had nothing to say to their employees, trade union leaders said. They had asked Harmandjiev many times to present them a strategy for the company’s development but he always offered them just rearranged versions of strategies drafted by previous managements. The current management obviously had no strategic vision for the development of the company and that was demotivating the employees and reason for many of them to resign.

All conditions existed for the liberalisation of the postal services market in Bulgaria after January 2009, said Oleg Zlatarksi from the State Agency on Information Technologies and Communications, which defined the state policy in the sector.

The services, which are currently reserved only for Bulgarian posts would be liberalised after the end of 2008, and in all the other services there were private operators on the market already, he said.

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GLS Netherlands started Express service

Posted by | Oct 24, 2007 | |

The GLS Netherlands express service guarantees the deliveries of parcel in a national level by 17:00 of next day. The customers can also book the delivery service by 9:00 and 12:00. GLS Netherlands also will extend the delivery on Saturday.

GLS also guarantee the money back in case of delays or deliveries in a different time as booked. “The company insures each parcel for a EUR 1000 value” said Aart Bon, Managing Director GLS Netherlands.

GLS Netherlands also offers a free software “Label – Lite 0.3”, which allows the customer to label the parcels and scheduled the express deliveries.

“GLS wants to offer more service to small and medium enterprises, which prefers One-Stop-Shopping, said Mr. Bon. “The additional express services means an important expansion of our portfolio”.

The national express services launched in October 2007 expand the range of service of GLS in The Netherlands; in addition to parcel delivery services, freight and warehousing services.

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UK Post Office moves into broadband market

Posted by | Oct 24, 2007 | |

The Post Office, part of the Royal Mail Group, is launching a new, national broadband service on Monday 29 October, specifically designed to attract late adopters of broadband services and those looking for a better, fairer and easier broadband option.

OFCOM has predicted that broadband uptake is set to rise by up to 80 per cent by 2012 . According to their research, the over-50s and cash economy represents an untapped high value market, valued by the Post Office at GBP 478 million.

Post Office Broadband provides national coverage at a universal price, avoiding now common ‘rural surcharges’ imposed by most other ISPs. Users will also have the option to pay for the service in cash at any of the 14,000 Post Offices nationwide, a payment alternative not offered by any other nationwide ISP.

The new services are primarily targeted at the ‘NETSKI’ generation of 50-65 year olds with a high disposable income who are going online for the first time – and customers wanting to pre-pay in cash.

Two high quality, fast broadband packages are available from the Post Office, offering users headline speeds of up to 8MB. Broadband Standard and Broadband Extra can also be bundled with the existing Post Office HomePhone service. Subscribers will be able to simply plug in and go while technical support from UK call centres will be on hand 24/7.

A five year deal with BT Wholesale’s network guarantees Post Office Broadband a national reach – from John O’Groats to Lands End – of over 99.6 per cent of the country, while network support, kit maintenance and back office support is also provided by BT. This infrastructure supports the Post Office’s commitment to provide its users with a reliable and fair broadband service.

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