Management of Seur, the Spanish urgent delivery group, has reached an agreement with Geopost, logistics subsidiary of French post office La Poste, in order to prevent investment groups Bridgepoint and JP Morgan Partners from entering its shareholding.
Read MoreCourier services in Eastern Europe have blossomed in recent years and the major players have shown an active interest.
Read MoreKay Phillips has become chief executive of Geopost UK and Ireland, whose national headquarters is in Roebuck Lane, Smethwick and covers parcel brands Parceline and Interlink Express.
Ms Phillips takes over from Colin Millbanks who is retiring.
Read MoreLooking after a fleet the size of GeoPost’s means taking cost – and risk – seriously. Toby Clark talks to Charlie Shiels, who has to keep the parcels moving.
Charlie Shiels is responsible for the GeoPost fleet – under the livery of both Interlink and and Parceline – and has the unusual title of director of risk and transport – perhaps reflecting the importance of managing safety and security issues in such a large operation. Having been a specification and purchasing engineer at Exel Logistics in the late eighties, he worked for British Airways and Argos, before joining Parceline/GeoPost as general manager transport in 1994. Now a member of GeoPost UK’s senior management team, the 41-year-old is a member of both the Institute of Road Transport Engineers and the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers. Motor Transport met him at his office in the massive Interlink/Parceline hub in Smethwick, just off the M5.
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