GeoPost, part of the French La Poste, has expressed its interest in the Polish courier company Masterlink. “We would like to have a 100% stake,” said GeoPost’s vice-president Claude Begle. Masterlink is active on both the domestic and foreign markets, and is well known for its focus on specialized services.
Read MoreExpress parcels group GeoPost UK, Interlink Express and Parceline’s parent company, has won the prestigious Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Occupational Health & Safety Award for 2003. The company received the SILVER award at a special ceremony held at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham recently. The award recognises the company’s achievement in raising health and safety standards, and improving performance across its vast 134-depot nationwide network.
Read MoreParceline and Interlink Express’ parent company GeoPost UK is investing over £300 000 in upgrading and replacing its fuel tank facilities, in order to meet specifications stipulated in the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001 legislation, prior to the September 2005 deadline.
The legislation requires that ‘companies/persons in control of oil ensure that storage tanks are designed to certain specifications and, precautions are taken in preventing pollution of any waters’. GeoPost UK is half way through its three-year plan upgrading all fuel tanks located across its owned depot network
Read MoreGeoPost UK is one of the UK’s most successful parcel carriers and owner and operator of Interlink and Parceline in the UK. With over 50 million deliveries a year, reliable technology is a key factor in the smooth running of the business at GeoPost. While GeoPost already had a parcel management system in which delivery drivers used handheld computers, its existing system had reached the end of its useful life. A review of current technology suggested it could help to radically improve speed and ease of operation throughout the business. GeoPost and its Parceline subsidiary looked to Intermec Technologies and introduced 2,750 of its 700 Series hand-held computers, including the latest 700 Color machines, which offer both GSM and GPRS mobile connections. Intermec were the only company to provide a one stop shop for a total automatic identification data capture solution. And they were the only company able to meet all of GeoPost’s requirements.
Read MoreExpress parcel carrier Parceline has launched desk-to-desk, a new service delivering urgent parcels directly to a named recipient. The launch of this service shows Parceline’s focus on the premium end of the market and, if successful, could be the first step towards more personalized services in the express delivery market. The new desk-to-desk service is available to all Parceline’s Lasernet or EDI customers and ensures the delivery of urgent documents or parcels to a named recipient at a specified location within a particular organization. The idea behind this service is that it will drastically reduce the time it takes office workers to receive parcels by trusting the entire service to Parceline rather than to the internal mail system of the company in question.
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