Tag: Europe

Palletways: Capital Growth

Posted by | Aug 1, 2007 | |

Palletways London, which was created by the Palletways Group two years ago to provide a hub facility for depots in the capital and the South East, is expanding its operations on the back of significant growth in the business.

Palletways London, which is based at a 40,000 sq ft hub facility in Greenford, has appointed Martyn Young as its new general manager. Previously with TNT, he will be responsible for the expansion program, which will see the Palletways London hub operation extend to the South West and comprise some 30 depots. Originally the hub serviced 16 depots in the South East, from Colchester to Southampton.

Young’s appointment comes as Palletways London is experiencing significant growth – in the last three months alone the number of pallets of goods handled by the hub each day has more than doubled.

Palletways London is investing in its IT systems to enhance the service to customers and the 30 Palletways depots across the south of the country that now take their customer collections to the hub for onward delivery across the region.

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New Postal Strikes – Small Businesses Paying the Price

Posted by | Aug 1, 2007 | |

Small and medium sized businesses spend millions of pounds on their post every day, and are the ones paying the price as the postal strikes continue.

Each day on average, over GBP 2 million of post is sent by small and medium sized businesses; and the strikes could cause cash flow problems, customer relationship problems, or even the failure of a business if payments or invoices are delayed by even just a few days.

Natalie Evans, Head of Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “Most smaller sized businesses have no option but to use Royal Mail and collectively spend millions of pounds each day on their post. This series of strikes is doing nothing but cause delay and frustration for those who rely on the postal service and the sooner it is resolved the better.”

With strikes continuing until at least the 8th August (with different sites at different times), the problem is not likely to get better anytime soon. You should make sure that customers and suppliers are aware of potential delays, and try to plan ways around the problems (E.g.: Paying directly into a bank account instead of sending a cheque) to ensure your cashflow is affected as little as possible.

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Vietnam bans strikes in key sectors

Posted by | Aug 1, 2007 | |

Vietnam has banned strikes in key public services and in sectors that are “of extreme importance to the national economy,” the communist government said on its website on Wednesday.

Industrial action will be prohibited in power stations, the oil and gas sectors, airports and train stations, the postal service, newspaper delivery, and water supply, irrigation and drainage services, it said.

The list of companies and state agencies, released in a decree by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, is subject to revision “depending on the socio-economic circumstances,” said the official government website.

Government ministers and local authorities would meet every six months with employers and trade unions in the sectors banned from strike action “to hear and handle legitimate requests from the workers,” the website said.

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Tenth Market Study On Licensed Postal Services

Posted by | Aug 1, 2007 | |

In the context of the debate surrounding the consequences of a partial opening of the letter market, and the necessity to gather basic data for further decision-making, for instance, in connection with market dominance, Section 312 of the Federal Net-work Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway regularly conducts market studies on both companies licensed in accordance with the Postal Act and those holding so-called old-type licences.

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Statement – Update on further strike action by the Communication Workers Union

Posted by | Aug 1, 2007 | |

Royal Mail said that more than 80 pct of its people were working normally last Tuesday 31st with only a very small backlog of mail, despite strike action called by the Communication Workers Union. Out of a daily mailbag of around 82 million letters, only 1.4 million were delayed by the strike. The company remains fully operational despite the rolling strike action called by the union.

Strike action does not change Royal Mail’s absolute need to modernize, as all our major rivals have already done, if we are to be able to compete successfully in an increasingly challenging marketplace and continue to provide great customer service into the future.

Royal Mail remains ready to meet the union leadership yet again at any time to explain our position and the reality of the open marketplace in which we now operate.

The union’s stated position that it wants to cause the maximum disruption to Royal Mail, and therefore its customers, is completely at odds with its public stance of supporting the postal service.

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