Tag: Netherlands

Draft bill regarding VAT in the German postal market: TNT Post demands improvements

Posted by | Sep 24, 2008 | |

TNT Post in principle welcomes the fact that the German Federal Government is revising the VAT regulation in the postal market. This is a necessary step because the current VAT exemption for Deutsche Post AG is contrary to EU law and impedes competition. However, the present draft bill will not encourage competition in the postal market.
Inexact phrasing that is open to various interpretations enables Deutsche Post AG to maintain its VAT exemption. Through this VAT exemption, the German State has foregone tax revenues of up to EUR 500 million per year. There is no substantive reason for the long transitional period up to 1 January 2010.
Although the draft bill is a step in the right direction, it will not encourage fair competition conditions. TNT Post therefore calls upon the legislature to make improvements to the draft bill.
The current VAT exemption for Deutsche Post AG protects half the total volume of mail in its favour and thus distorts competition. The European Commission already opened an infringement procedure against the German State in early 2006. Together with the excessive minimum wage for postal services (a cost increase of over 20 pct) and the lack of price control (Deutsche Post AG discounts of up to 26 pct), the VAT disadvantage suffered by the new postal service providers (a cost disadvantage of 19 pct) prevents fair competition in the postal market.

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Postal Union hopes to use new delivery project early next year

Posted by | Sep 24, 2008 | |

Q-Post chairman al-Ali with UPU and other delegates at the meeting of the interim working group in Doha yesterday

Members of the quality steering committee of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) expressed confidence that the radio frequency identification project (RFID), aimed at improving the quality of postal delivery, would be successfully implemented in several countries across the world, most probably by early next year.

Experts, associating with the UPU’s initiative, are currently in Doha as part of the global monitoring system’s (GMS) interim working group’s third meeting in the city. The meeting will conclude tomorrow.

As part of the project, meetings are scheduled to be held also in Washington, Rio De Janerio, Lisbon, Botswana, Helsinki, and Japan. Some of the meetings have already been completed.

He said the core group had come out with some effective solutions which he said could be beneficial to all UPU members, in particular those in the developing world.
Jan Sertons (TNT, The Netherlands), Kai Perasalo (Itella, Finland), Antonio Caeiro, (UPU, Portugal) and Sakae Kamibayashi (Japan Post Service) are among the experts attending the meeting.

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TNT captures 'can do' mentality in new strap line

Posted by | Sep 22, 2008 | |

TNT launched it new global strap line ‘sure we can’ capturing its ‘can do’-mentality. Furthermore, TNT launched its new Express and Group websites which are the first touch points that will carry the new strap line. Over the next several months TNT will start to apply ‘sure we can’ to all its vehicles, such as the trucks and planes, as well as to communication materials and campaigns.
TNT website has also been given a complete makeover including both the Group site as well as the Express country sites. These sites have all been updated to improve the intuitiveness, relevance and accessibility for visitors and to refresh the look and branding in line with TNT’s new ‘sure we can’ strap line.
For all of the sites an innovative site structure was implemented which is expected to increase the accessibility and usability substantially. The enhanced navigation and content is also expected to deliver an improved customer experience and further encourage customers to use its full range of convenient business tools including tracking and self service shipping tools such as myTNT. Several new applications were added to TNT’s Group site such as videos featuring Peter Bakker explaining topics such as ‘sure we can’, TNT’s strategy and Planet Me. The search functionality of the TNT websites has improved by means of advanced search functionalities and an improved general archive. The renewed websites aim to be best in class in terms of accessibility and usability and to stay fully web standards compliant.

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TNT sustains leadership in Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes

Posted by | Sep 4, 2008 | |

TNT reached the highest score included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) for the industrial transportation sector and the sector ‘industrial goods and services for the second year in a row. These are the conclusions of a report published today in Zurich by SAM, which assessed the sustainability reporting and performance of over 1,100 companies. TNT reached the overall score of 92 pct out of a possible 100 pct. In addition, TNT got the highest score in each of the three dimensions (Economic, Environmental, and Social) that make up the index.
TNT achieved the best scores (100 pct) in the following areas: customer relationship management, fuel efficiency, codes of conduct/compliance, and risk and crisis management.

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