Tag: Europe

North Star Network launched

Posted by | May 24, 2007 | |

North Star Network aims to establish a database of’couriers’ from sales reps to students to deliver items all over the country at a rate of 56p per mile.

Founder David Gillooley said a typical example would mean someone travelling by train to London from Liverpool could earn pounds 107 from a journey that was being made anyway.

The 44-year-old from Aigburth who gave up a career as an architectural designer to set up his www.northstar-network.co.uk website in the city’s Rumford Court said his venture provides the opportunity for people to earn extra cash while doing almost nothing.

“We have a growing network of people from all walks of life. It’s free to join and we charge 50% less for same day deliveries – a massive saving.”

Would be ‘couriers’ register their details for free and can be asked to deliver items, mainly hand held goods, on behalf of North Star’s clients who need fast, guaranteed deliveries.

Goods can be handed over at a prearranged location, from a supermarket store lobby or coffee shop, even a service station.

He said his inspiration for setting up the website came from America where, for many years, students or travellers looking for cheap ways to move across the US solved the problem by driving vehicles to specific locations for owners who were moving there.

The business was formed towards the end of 2006 and Mr Gilloolley said it is growing in popularity: “We are getting loads of registrations. We’re up to 250 at the moment from as far north as Aberdeen to Plymouth on the south coast.

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The UK Market for Courier Services Will Increase by 27% Between 2007 and 2011

Posted by | May 24, 2007 | |

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c57786) has announced the addition of Courier Services: UK to their offering.

In this new report, we analyse the UK market for courier services for a five year review period (2002-2006) and a five year forecast period up until 2011. The market is segmented into core sameday services, technical courier services, international courier services and home delivery service. The report also includes a PESTE and SWOT analysis in order to provide a complete picture of the market.

The UK market for courier services will increase by 27% between 2007 and 2011. Major sectors of the market will continue to remain saturated, however courier companies will continue to specialise in technical courier services and specialist home deliveries.

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DPD expands its express services in Germany

Posted by | May 24, 2007 | |

DPD is increasing its commitment to express shipping with a range of new service options and additional productfeatures. To provide customers with a maximum level of flexibility DPD has, since 1 April, been offering a wide spectrum of new express services.

The resulting total of 122 possible combinations now enables DPD to optimise its new express service, a development which began on 1 February when the CEP service provider launched its new 8:30 express delivery and Saturday service – the initial phase of an ongoing process to extend the companys existing 10:00 and 12:00 services.

With our express offer we are responding to the very varied needs of our customers, ensuring that we have the right service for every customer requirement, explains CEO Hans Fluri.

DPD provides the full spectrum of modern express shipping – from the ID check to confirm the consignees identity and pick-up and exchange options, via ad-hoc shipments and delivery to specific departments, right down to a proactive text messaging service. With this enhanced service portfolio the parcel service provider is positioning itself firmly in one of the strongest growth segments of the CEP market.

DPD is expanding its service range on the basis of tried and tested quality factors: uncomplicated and efficient operational processing and closeness to the customer. Because we operate in close contact with our customers and know exactly what they want our new express services will enable us to conquer the market, is Mr Fluris conviction. This express expansion with its targeted movement into new core segments is an important stage in our growth strategy.

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Royal Mail fails to address database issue

Posted by | May 24, 2007 | |

The soap opera plotline concerning the “ownership” of postal addresses has taken another twist. According to leaked letters seen by the Guardian, the latest set of negotiations between government-owned agencies over payment for address data has broken down.

The saga provides a graphic example of an issue at the heart of Technology Guardian’s Free Our Data campaign – the bureaucracy and waste that ensue when state bodies treat vital data as an asset that must be made directly profitable.

The lifecycle of 23 Acacia Avenue – and every other postal address – begins with the local council, which is responsible for assigning a street name and number to new properties. Other government-owned agencies then draw on this information for their own purposes, including the creation of proprietary databases of addresses. If councils later want to use such databases, they must pay for the right – even if they provided the original data.

Arguments over the rights of one arm of the state to use another arm’s address database have soaked up much government time and money over the past five years. The current row is over a database of postcodes, the Postcode Address File, run by Royal Mail.

This is profitable, making GBP 1.58m on revenues of GBP 18.36m in 2005-06 (Royal Mail’s postcode database reveals its profitable side, April 26). Councils in England and Wales spend about GBP 2.5m a year on postcodes (paid to Ordnance Survey and commercial businesses, as well as Royal Mail).

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