Tag: France

Ingenico announces the appointment of Philippe Lazare as Group CEO

Posted by | Jul 18, 2007 | |

Ingenico SA, a leading global supplier of transaction and secure payment solutions, today announces the appointment of Philippe Lazare as Chief Executive Officer of the Group. He succeeds Amedeo d’Angelo who has overseen the successful turnaround of the Group.

Mr Lazare’s appointment signals the Group’s determination to equip itself to build on the strong foundations provided by the turnaround of the past two years. Mr Lazare brings to the Group his extensive international and domestic business management experience and strong skills in the areas of business integration, logistics and cost control that will be key to ensuring success as Ingenico looks to increase the pace of its development.

Mr Lazare has been a member of the board of Ingenico since February 2005. His experience has been gained in a range of industries including the automotive, avionics, international airline services, leisure and property sectors. He joins Ingenico from Groupe la Poste, the French postal services company, where he was Deputy Managing Director and a member of its Executive Committee, General Manager of its retail operations and Chairman and CEO of Poste Immo, its real estate subsidiary.

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La Poste Bank launches SwifNet

Posted by | Jul 17, 2007 | |

La Poste Bank has launched a new service for the exchange of information with its corporate clients through a service called SwiftNet. This service has been available since June.

SwiftNet Companies will facilitate the following services:
Services client-bank: transmission of bank orders, money transfers
Services bank- client: transmission of bank account, reports, etc.

Swift is the standard system for international bank-to-bank payments. Bank customers instruct their bank to make a Swift payment, and the bank makes it on their behalf, direct to the receiver’s bank account, via a purpose built secure bank network which spans the globe.

The SwifNet service is a priority for companies which have international operations but it also has a potential market for individual users.

From 2008, Swifnet will allow to exchange the SCT (SEPA credit transfer). The SEPA Credit Transfer Scheme will enable payment services providers to offer a core credit transfer service whether for single, bulk and/or repetitive payments. As of 1st January 2008, it is intended that the SEPA Credit Transfer Scheme will replace Credeuro.

La Poste Bank, a subsidiary of La Poste Group was created the 1st January 2006. Last year, it reported:
– 29 million of clients
– EUR 4.613 billion contribution to the GDP
– EUR 372.4 million of net results
– 570,000 corporate clients
– 17,043 contact points

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Patrick Aguirregaviria appointed new Head of Courier Services in France

Posted by | Jul 16, 2007 | |

DHL Express has named Patrick Aguirregaviria its new Head of Courier Services in France, reporting directly to chairman and managing director Stéphane Corthier.

Patrick will be in charge of all production functions, marketing and client relations in the courier area both abroad and France-wide.

Patrick has been marketing director since 2006, developing the national and international express and courier markets and previously spent four years as France operations director on the country’s steering committee.

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Distribution company celebrates first anniversary in Bristol

Posted by | Jul 13, 2007 | |

Local distribution company John T Evans Haulage Ltd is celebrating its first anniversary in Bristol since it opened a new GBP 1m (25,000 sq) warehouse facility in Avonmouth last year.

The 25-year old company is a member of Palletways, Europe’s leading palletized freight network. John T Evans opened its Bristol operation last May with 18 employees and has since grown to over 25 members of staff with a fleet of 14 vehicles. Its location in Bristol is an important part of the company’s business development plans to increase its current turnover of GBP 6m to some GBP 10m over the next three years.

As one of the largest members in the Palletways network, John T Evans manages over 250 incoming pallets a day and delivers 150 outgoing pallets for over 50 customers in Bristol and the surrounding areas. Through the Palletways network, the company offers its customers next day and economy distribution services for one to six pallet consignments across the UK & Ireland, as well as to mainland Europe, including the Benelux countries, Denmark, Germany and France.

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European postal operators take stock of Parliament’s improvements

Posted by | Jul 11, 2007 | |

12 European postal operators take stock of the European Parliament’s improvements brought to the proposal for a third postal directive.

The European Parliament has adopted, with a broad majority, amendments bringing significant changes to the initial proposal of the Commission.

Taking into consideration the great uncertainty of universal service financing and the risks of social dumping, the European Parliament has proposed substantial improvements on these two points and asks for the postponement of the date of realisation of the Internal Market in order to cope with them. The repeated reference to the economic role of universal postal services as well as to their contribution to the territorial and social cohesion is to be welcomed. It recalls one of the original objectives of the Community postal policy, thus balancing the liberalisation process.

However, the postal operators from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland and Slovakia want to stress that the postponement alone does not address the many legal, economic and technical questions which remain as acute as ever.

It is therefore extremely important to deepen the discussions on those points.

As a consequence, the signatories call the Council to follow the cautious approach adopted by the European Parliament and to enrich the directive proposal by addressing the remaining issues in order to properly manage the next liberalisation steps.

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