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Demographics: The changing face of customers
Demographics: The changing face of customers
Read MoreRoyal Mail loses contract to TNT
Royal Mail has been dumped by Preston council bosses in favour of postal operator TNT. Preston Council’s postal bill was slashed by over GBP 17,500 in the move.
Preston Council is expected to approve plans to transfer all mail to TNT although Royal Mail will still deliver the bulk of the mail through what is known as ‘Downstream Access’ – this is where rivals can sort and handle mail but leave Royal Mail to deliver it.
Royal Mail has complained to Postcomm that Downstream Access allows its rivals to poach business contracts but leaving Royal Mail to do the legwork.
Read MoreTNT Post: collective mobility agreement applies to efficiency projects
TNT Post intends starting a number of new projects in 2008 to standardise the collection, preparation, and delivery of mail as far as possible. The intention is to work more efficiently and thus contribute to the annual savings targets that were already announced and are necessary to remain successful in the longer term within a declining but increasingly competitive postal market.
After coordinating with the trade unions and the Works Council, TNT Post has decided that the various “social instruments” should already take effect with regard to employees who are subject to these efficiency measures.
In anticipation of the new collective labour agreement, employees of TNT Post to whom these measures apply can make use of the provisions of the collective mobility agreement that has already been drawn up. This social plan comprises a wide range of measures making it possible to carry out the planned reduction in the number of employees in a socially responsible manner. The expectation is that the reduction can largely be achieved by means of natural attrition and voluntary redundancies.
The collective mobility agreement will only take effect at the point when a new and satisfactory collective labour agreement takes effect for the company. These negotiations are currently taking place with the unions.
Read MoreTNT's Asia Road Network expands into China
TNT announced the expansion of its Asia Road Network into China. TNT thus becomes the first integrator in Asia to operate an integrated road network linking over 120 cities in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indochina and China across 4,000 kilometres. The road network, which connects Singapore to Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Guangzhou, the capital of the Guangdong Province, will become fully operational early 2008 after completion of the last trials. The Asia Road Network connects to TNT’s international express network in China. Linking it to TNT’s Chinese domestic network will be a next step. This move will eventually allow TNT’s customers to benefit from seamless road connections in the region.
Introduced at the end of 2005, TNT’s Asia Road Network connects Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and China through the north-eastern border of Vietnam. Boasting 24×7 real-time Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) tracking of TNT’s container trucks, TNT has seen double-digit growth in overall volumes since the launch in 2005. The growth is largely driven by customers moving high-value goods such as electronic, automotive and computing components. The road service is two to three times faster than sea freight and offers customers, significant savings of up to 30 per cent compared to air freight.
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