Tag: Europe

Nearly all post on time

Posted by | Mar 5, 2007 | |

Nearly 95% of first class mail posted in Notts reaches its UK destination the next working day, according to new figures.

The Royal Mail figures put performance in the NG postcode area second only to Derby in the Midlands.

Postwatch, the watchdog for postal services, welcomed Royal Mail’s latest quality of service results.

Across the Midlands in the first nine months of this financial year, Royal Mail achieved the minimum target of delivering 91.5% of first class post the next working day in all of the region’s 16 postcode areas.

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Royal Mail chooses DQM to manage Home Movers mailing service

Posted by | Mar 5, 2007 | |

Royal Mail has chosen DQM Group to manage and deliver its Home Movers mailing service.

The service allows brands to send promotions within a Royal Mail branded re-direction envelope to people who tell Royal Mail they are moving home. According to Royal Mail around 100,000 people move home each month.

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DPD Masterlink investment plans for 2007

Posted by | Mar 5, 2007 | |

DPD Masterlink investment plans for 2007 are expected to total 6 million euro. At the beginning of spring the company plans to set up a new, 5,000 square metre depot in Gdansk. This investment will cost approximately 2.5 million euro. The new depot will be built in compliance with the company’s strategy of seeking to purchase properties when establishing new branches, instead of renting the existing infrastructure. The costs of the investments planned for 2007 will be covered partially from the company’s own capital and through leasing agreements.

Employee numbers are also expected to continue to grow. At the end of 2006 DPD Masterlink employed 3,600 people. By the end of 2007 total employee numbers are expected to rise to around 5,000.

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Hermes plans B2C service in Austria

Posted by | Mar 5, 2007 | |

Hermes Logistik, the German B2C parcel delivery subsidiary of German retailer Otto Group, is reportedly planning to set up its own service in Austria in competition to Austrian Post.

The Otto Group has cancelled its contract with Austrian Post for domestic delivery of parcels from its subsidiaries Otto Austria and Universal, German newspaper Die Welt reported, citing Austrian Post sources. These two companies alone could account for 10 million parcels a year, or about 25% of the country’s total B2C parcel market, it wrote.

Instead, Hermes Logistik would set up its own network to distribute parcels of the Otto Group companies, which focus on fashion and electronic, from this spring, Die Welt reported. Hermes could set up a network of ParcelShops like in Germany as alternative drop-off and collection points. The company was also in talks to take over parcel delivery for mail-order group Quelle in Austria, it added.

Hermes declined to comment on its plans for Austria, Die Welt said. However, the company already said last year that it aims to create a European B2C distribution business, and was considering entering markets such as Italy, Spain or Austria.

In Germany, Hermes Logistik has grown rapidly in recent years and now has a share of about 24% of the B2C/C2C market, according to CEP-Research information. It expanded beyond domestic distribution last autumn with the launch of deliveries to European destinations through a partner network.

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Fibernet wins Correos fibre-optic network contract

Posted by | Mar 4, 2007 | |

Fibernet, owned by Teldat, has won a contract to renew Correos’, postal operator, fibre optic network in Madrid, Spain, reports Cinco Dias. The deal forms part of the plan to modernise Correos’ network and equipment. Investment of EUR 887,780 will see new optical transmission equipment installed. Correos will also have the configurations necessary to create high-capacity communications links. The new network will allow Correos to optimise processes and use multimedia systems such as videoconferencing. The implementation started in February, and will last for two months.

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