Tag: Germany

German chancellor Merkel rejects minimum wage for postal employees this year

Posted by | Jul 15, 2007 | |

German chancellor Angela Merkel told newspaper Handelsblatt she has rejected a move by her Social Democratic (SPD) coalition partners to create a minimum wage for employees in the postal sector this year.

However, she said companies in the sector could request to have their industry included in the minimum wage codex by March next year.

‘Inclusion in the wage codex assumes that various competitors can agree amongst themselves,’ she added

But the newspaper added that an intra-industry agreement was unlikely, because several competitors pay considerably lower wages than the former state monopoly, Deustche Post AG.

The SPD wants to create a minimum wage for the industry’s workers, whose wages it maintains are under threat from foreign competitors active in Germany.

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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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DHL poised to review GBP 25 m pan-European ad account

Posted by | Jul 11, 2007 | |

DHL is understood to be reviewing its pan-European advertising account. It is understood that the pitch, which is being run out of Germany, is still in early stages.

Ogilvy Stockholm is the lead agency on the account although Ogilvy Primary Contact, Ogilvy’s business-to-business division in the UK, handles some work. It is thought that the review is being handled by AAR Gmbh in Germany.

Lisa Morgan, director for marketing communications at DHL Express Europe, denies there is any review. She adds: “I do work with Ogilvy Sweden for pan-European campaigns and am not reviewing our account. Our corporate branding and advertising department is based in Bonn. They are responsible for all global brand communications for DHL and are in touch with many agencies/companies in this respect.”

An Ogilvy spokesman says the agency is unaware of any account review.

Last year, DHL appointed Harrison Troughton Wunderman (HTW) to handle direct marketing in the UK without a pitch, while Vizeum handles media. It is not thought that they will be affected by the review.

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Germany's Sparkassen in talks with Pin Group for possible in-branch mail service

Posted by | Jul 10, 2007 | |

Germany’s Sparkassen savings banks are currently in talks with Luxembourg-based carrier service Pin AG over a possible cooperation which may include offering postal services at Sparkassen branches, reported Spiegel magazine, citing a spokesman for the DSGV, the German savings bank association.

At this point it is still open as to what form the agreement could take, but the report speculated that the DSGV might be looking into offering a service to compete against rival Deutsche Postbank AG and its parent company Deutsche Post AG, which offers customers postal services at its branches.

The report said it was also not clear whether Sparkasse or Pin AG employees would operate such a service.

Earlier this week, German media house Axel Springer AG bought a controlling share in Pin AG, raising its holding in the mail service provider to 71.6 pct from 23.5 pct.

Pin AG chief executive Guenter Thiel has said that his company plans to have a branch network as large as that of Deutsche Post’s by mid-2008.

The company handles about 2.3 mln mailings a day and expects to more than double its annual sales this year to 350 mln eur.

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Germany's Sparkassen in talks with Pin Group for possible in-branch mail service

Posted by | Jul 7, 2007 | |

Germany’s Sparkassen savings banks are currently in talks with Luxembourg-based carrier service Pin AG over a possible cooperation which may include offering postal services at Sparkassen branches, reported Spiegel magazine, citing a spokesman for the DSGV, the German savings bank association.

‘It is true that on a regional level talks are going on about a possible cooperation,’ the spokesman told the magazine.

At this point it is still open as to what form the agreement could take, but the report speculated that the DSGV might be looking into offering a service to compete against rival Deutsche Postbank AG and its parent company Deutsche Post AG, which offers customers postal services at its branches.

The report said it was also not clear whether Sparkasse or Pin AG employees would operate such a service.

Earlier this week, German media house Axel Springer AG bought a controlling share in Pin AG, raising its holding in the mail service provider to 71.6 pct from 23.5 pct.

Pin AG chief executive Guenter Thiel has said that his company plans to have a branch network as large as that of Deutsche Post’s by mid-2008.

The company handles about 2.3 mln mailings a day and expects to more than double its annual sales this year to 350 mln eur.

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