Tag: Europe

CR-UK to encourage public to join forces

Posted by | Feb 6, 2007 | |

Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) is launching an integrated campaign, including nearly 18 million door drops, to support its ‘Lives Back’ campaign.

A total of 17,848,916 door drops will be sent out as part of the campaign in a series of five deliveries, the biggest of which (7.6 million packs) takes place on 12 February. Postal sector rankings have been used to identify the most responsive sectors and radio spots will contain a ‘Look out for your mailpack’ call to action.

Anthony Newman, direct marketing director at CR-UK, said the ‘Lives Back’ campaign “marks a new direction for the charity’s marketing activity. We hope that it will motivate people to help beat cancer together”.

Cancer Research UK launched in 2002 after the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign with Imperial Cancer Research Fund. It now has more than half a million regular UK donors and in 2005-06 spent GBP 257m on scientific research into the disease.

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New DHL Logistics location in Ludwigsau

Posted by | Feb 5, 2007 | |

DHL Exel Supply Chain is constructing a new distribution centre for mail-order customers in Ludwigsau near Bad Hersfeld (Germany). The centre will deliver to customers in Germany and Europe starting summer 2007. Construction is expected to start at the beginning of February this year.

The new distribution center will be operated by DHL subsidiary GPL a mail-order logistics company handling bulky and transport-sensitive goods. GPL has belonged to the contract logistics division of DHL since 2005 and has been under the umbrella brand of DHL Exel Supply Chain since the beginning of the year.

The logistics center will replace the previous property, located in nearby Bad Hersfeld. Its lease contract will end in summer. The business in Bad Hersfeld as well as the employees will be transferred to Ludwigsau.

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Letter bomb in London wounds one

Posted by | Feb 5, 2007 | |

A letter bomb exploded Monday in the mailroom of a London company that administers the capital’s traffic congestion charge, slightly wounding a female worker, the police said.
The padded envelope exploded at an office belonging to Capita Group, which administers the £8, or USD16, daily fee meant to cut down on traffic in central London. The company also collects television licensing fees and developed the database for the Criminal Records Bureau, combining data from 43 British police departments, and has significant contracts with the government.
“We can confirm that there has been a small explosion at our Victoria Street office this morning,” said a Capita spokeswoman, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with company policy.
Scotland Yard said the wounded woman was an employee of Capita.
Capita was formed in 1984 and has more than 26,000 employees in the Britain, the Channel Islands, Ireland and India.

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Citipost launch new Downstream Access Unsorted Packet Service

Posted by | Feb 5, 2007 | |

Citipost DSA Ltd, a leading player in the UK Downstream Access market, has officially launched its Unsorted Packet service for organisations sending packets up to 1kg, across the UK. The company state the new service will offer businesses a cost effective, reliable and easy to use packet solution saving time, money and hassle.

A number of benefits listed include flexible collection times, a two to three day delivery service, complete service and management reporting,all set up in only two weeks for businesses that regularly send over 1,000 unsorted packet items on a daily, weekly, monthly or ad hoc basis. Citipost DSA collects the packets from clients, process these on-site, fully supported by leading technology and processes and ensure delivery into Royal Mail for the final mile delivery.

Steve Hibbert, CEO of Citipost DSA, says, “Our Unsorted Packet service is an exciting development for Citipost DSA in terms of expanding our client reach and company network. We listen to our clients and continually provide new, innovative services that deliver to make sure we help customers extend their reach and reduce costs. We’ve already secured a number of key clients who are already benefiting from substantial cost savings.”

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Motor Transport – Fastest growing Top 100

Posted by | Feb 5, 2007 | |

This year’s Top 100/Fastest Growing list shows just how much the industry has changed in the past year. New names dominate the first four positions. Exel was purchased by the German post office and has become DHL Logistics. Kuehne + Nagel now occupies the third position after it bought ACR Logistics. It was previously 9th in our listing. ACR itself was formerly Hays Distribution. And even more remarkable is the rapid rise of UPS in the UK in the number four slot, up from 6th after the purchase of Lynx Express. TNT Logistics is in 5th place, up from 7th and was purchased by venture capitalist Apollo Management.

There are just so many changes. Fast growing Innovate first purchased Grampian Country Foods and has now snapped up Corby Chilled. The assets of MacFarlane were purchased by Stephen Cooke who formed MacFarlane Transport Holdings. There was a management buy-out at NFT Distribibution, and Feige Merlin became Harrier and is now no more. United Freight Distribution purchased part of Sandy Bruce Trucking in August.

Add to that Wincanton snapping up the Lane Group and RDL and 2006 comes to an end showing considerable change. The long expected consolidation of the industry is now taking place. The big companies are getting bigger but smaller companies are also successful. Companies that have come through the years of steady increases in fuel prices and have survived are now well placed. To be successful you have to pass the cost increases on to customers. And the successful companies have succeeded in doing just that.

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