Tag: Parcelforce Worldwide

Parcelforce Worldwide admits to clerical error

Posted by | Aug 7, 2003 | |

Parcelforce Worldwide today said that because it had made a clerical error, charities would get GBP75,000 as a good will gesture. Five charities will each get GBP15,000 because Parcelforce Worldwide didn’t make sure that the increase in the price of clearing VAT-able parcels through UK customs was updated correctly in all the official publications. Parcelforce Worldwide increased its customs clearance fee to GBP7.75 on 2 April 2002, from GBP6.25.

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Parcelforce Worldwide launches GBP1 million ad campaign

Posted by | Mar 12, 2003 | |

Parcelforce Worldwide is launching its first above the line advertising campaign for six years following a major restructure of the business that has firmly positioned it as one of the UK’s leading express delivery companies.

The four week GBP1 million campaign, which launches on 17 March, focuses on national press and national and regional radio stations. The creative theme developed by Soup –‘There when you need us’– demonstrates that Parcelforce Worldwide understands and identifies closely with the needs of the modern business customer.

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Consignia will deliver – Allan Leighton

Posted by | Apr 15, 2002 | |

There’s been a lot said recently about Consignia’s problems but I wouldn’t have accepted the job of Chairman if I didnt believe it can have a successful future. Simply put, our objective is to be the best Post Office in the world. We’ve already made some crucial changes to put the business back on the road to profitability. There’s still a long way to go and we need to cut costs further, drive up our revenues and improve our product profitability. But our strategy will not just make us profitable again, but also improve services to our customers and make the company a better place for its dedicated employees to work in.

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Geopost & TNT comment on Parcelforces woes

Posted by | Dec 4, 2001 | |

Colin Millbanks, head of French-owned GeoPost UK, dismissed remarks by Consignia chief executive John Roberts that ‘our costs are running ahead of income’. Said Mr Millbanks: ‘It is not about costs. Parcelforce Worldwide does not charge enough in the marketplace. ‘It is offering ridiculous rates that are endangering the position of the other players. Tom Bell, managing director of TNT Express Services in the UK, agreed that Parcelforce’s ratecard was ‘wrongly calibrated’.

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