If you have to tell others that you’re interesting, it’s likely the opposite is true. This is the situation that Consignia finds itself in – repeatedly.
The name change itself tells much of the story. The two businesses that most people, had they a wish to, could define as ‘the postman’ and ‘the post office’ have reinvented themselves under a modern-sounding umbrella brand for a new competitive era.
Read MoreConsignia, the state-owned postal services group, is considering drastic changes to its distribution network that could lead to a big reduction in its use of mail trains.
A review of the company’s transport needs is understood to be seeking substantial savings in the cost of distributing 80m letters a day, of which about 20 per cent go by train.
The review is led by Paul Bateson, managing director of logistics, who was formerly an executive at TNT, the road-based logistics group. It is expected to report by Christmas as part of the company’s attempts to cut its Pounds 8bn costs by about Pounds 1.2bn.
Read MoreRoyal Mail has launched a new charter air
service dedicated to transporting its mail to Germany. The Stansted to Hahn
flight will be operated by Channel Express using a Boeing 737-300, the
carrier said in a statement. Scheduled passenger flights are normally used
to carry the postal operator’s international mail.
There’s no lack of choice in carriers for packets and parcels. The trick is to find the ones that offer the best match according to the order of importance of speed, economy, reliability, comprehensive UK coverage, proof of delivery, handling returns, tracking-and-tracing, add on services and convenience.
Read MoreRetailers in the UK are planning a major overhaul of their delivery strategies to ensure the home shopping boom continues, according to a survey released today by Consignia. The survey of 100 companies, which includes some of the UK’s largest home shopping retailers, revealed that 70% regard reliable delivery as the most important influence on the future growth of the market and delivery at a time and place convenient to the consumer was ranked as the second most important factor by 58% of respondents. Unsurprisingly, one of the most popular options for driving future growth in home shopping was time-window deliveries. This was seen as the most likely ‘last mile’ delivery service to fuel future growth by 67 per cent of those surveyed. For retailers operating on-line, the figure was 71 per cent.
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