Parcelnet grows with Redcast acquisition
Parcelnet grows with Redcast acquisition
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DPD targets express, B2C and international growth
Hans Fluri DPD is aiming to grow faster than the overall German CEP market with new express, international and B2C services, joint CEO Hans Fluri said today. The intercontinental network will be developed in stages.
DPD wanted to expand into new parcel segments using the strengths of its German domestic parcel business but without risking this core business, he told journalists at the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich. “We have a clear growth strategy,” he said. DPD is the domestic B2B deferred parcel market leader.
The new domestic Express service, offering next-day delivery by 08:30, 10:00, 12:00 or 18:00, had increased the German operator’s express volumes by 40% compared to last year since its launch in April, Fluri said. The company is initially actively targeting 1,000 of its 70,000 German customers for express shipments, he noted.
DPD, currently number two in the German international deferred parcel segment, wants to grow its overall international business, which increased by about 18% in 2006, by about 10% a year over the next 4-5 years, Fluri told the press briefing. The EU would be the “top priority”.
The Intercontinental service would focus on reliable deferred delivery through the growing DPD network of subsidiaries, ventures and franchisees in 38 countries and other delivery partners.
DPD also wants to target the fast-growing German B2C market by building up a network of about 2,000 Parcel Shops to be used as delivery points. But there are no short-terms plans for any final-mile delivery service or use of automated parcel collection points, he pointed out.
Read MoreTNT flies in to help charity auction showpiece
A three-year crusade to create a unique memento of rugby history and raise thousands of pounds for one of Britain’s best-loved charities was facing disaster before express delivery giants TNT stepped in.
Champion fundraiser Russell Burton spent three painstaking years collecting all but two of the signatures of all the players and coaching staff involved in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final.
Each member of the English and Australian squads had signed the matchday programme so that he could auction it on behalf of Mencap – the UK’s leading learning disability charity.
With the deadline for the London auction looming, Russell still required two Aussie names to complete the precious programme. It was despatched to the other side of the world but then it became snagged in bureaucratic red tape in Japan. At that point Russell, from Basingstoke, Hants, called TNT to try and get the one-off souvenir back in time to go under the auctioneer’s hammer.
TNT flew the programme free of charge, back to the UK just in time for TV chat show host, Michael Parkinson, to successfully bid for the item at London’s Whitehall Palace.
Read MoreRoyal Mail commenting on the statement from the CWU
On 6 March, the CWU wrote to Royal Mail setting out a series of demands which included an increase in basic pay from £323 a week to £395 in 2007, and a reduction in the working week. The demands in aggregate were equivalent to a cost to the company of just over £1 billion, equivalent to a 27% increase in basic pay.
Royal Mail today set out its position in a letter to MPs and peers, a copy of which is available in the Royal Mail Website.
Commenting on the statement from the CWU, a Royal Mail spokesman said:
“The company’s position is very simple – Royal Mail has absolutely no option but to change and modernise the business, urgently. That involves a £1.2 billion investment in the business – the opposite of the ’cost-cutting frenzy’ the union talks about and it is designed to ensure Royal Mail can compete successfully in an increasingly tough market. “We wrote to the union last week after the ballot result was announced offering to meet at any time to explain the company’s position – and we remain very willing to meet the union at any time to do so.”
A. Salvatori and Son Join Pall-Ex
Based in Preston, Kent, this 80 year old family business A. Salvatori and Son join Pall-Ex to cover the Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells post codes.
This depot operates from a 10-acre site in Preston, near Canterbury and has a second site in Europe. The company echoes the Pall-Ex principle of a comprehensive distribution service has extensive storage facilities including a capacity of 5000 tonnes controlled temperature storage.
A company representative commented “We have recognised the advantages of Pall-Ex membership, and decided to join based on Hilary’s team’s extensive experience. We believe to have found a quality union in Pall-Ex. Customer service is of uppermost importance to us and we know we will be able to maintain high standards by working in partnership with Pall-Ex.”
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