Pallet-Track is aiming to increase sales by 20% with the launch of sales forums for its members. The network has invested £30,000 in the initiative which will be headed up by sales and marketing director Andrew Spencer and also by a specialist consultant.
Read MorePalletways has begun operating a pallet hub in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, covering the Benelux countries, Western Germany and Northern parts of France. These areas are served by 13 member companies, but Palletways has a three-year recruitment programme to have 61 members feeding into the hub by the end of 2008.
Read MoreThe Pallet Network says it is to focus on developing its European operations this year and next, but that it will not attempt to keep up with its rivals’ increasingly complex information technology. Managing director Adam Leonard, speaking at the new hub at Rugby to which the company relocated in January, said the network is in talks with potential partners based in Germany, France and Switzerland. It recently launched TPN Ireland and already has a service to Benelux. Leonard said the network moves around 3,500 pallets a night. “Growth will be controlled by the members but we would like to achieve 4,500 pallets by the end of the year,” he says.
Read MoreSystemPlus, the German-based road haulage alliance, has launched a new time-definite service with guaranteed delivery times in key European markets.
Since the start of April, the group has offered a noon delivery service in Denmark, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. Other countries are in the pipeline. In Germany, noon and 10am services have been standard for several years.
Business Post proposes to announce its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2005 on Tuesday 17 May 2005 and today issued a trading update reporting expected increased turnover in Express, a reduction in turnover growth for Pallets and excellent progress for UK Mail. Business Post expects its turnover for the year ended 31 March 2005 to be in line with expectations but pre-tax profit (before goodwill amortisation) to be slightly below consensus market expectations of approximately GBP21.5m. The Board’s overall outlook for the year ending 31 March 2006 remains unchanged.
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