Tag: UK

Dealing with the difficult(GeoPost Corp’s mode of operations)

Posted by | Apr 15, 2004 | |

Looking after a fleet the size of GeoPost’s means taking cost – and risk – seriously. Toby Clark talks to Charlie Shiels, who has to keep the parcels moving.

Charlie Shiels is responsible for the GeoPost fleet – under the livery of both Interlink and and Parceline – and has the unusual title of director of risk and transport – perhaps reflecting the importance of managing safety and security issues in such a large operation. Having been a specification and purchasing engineer at Exel Logistics in the late eighties, he worked for British Airways and Argos, before joining Parceline/GeoPost as general manager transport in 1994. Now a member of GeoPost UK’s senior management team, the 41-year-old is a member of both the Institute of Road Transport Engineers and the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers. Motor Transport met him at his office in the massive Interlink/Parceline hub in Smethwick, just off the M5.

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TNT moves up a gear

Posted by | Apr 15, 2004 | |

It has taken a ‘ten-pound Pom’ more than two years to get the express freight and logistics group back into profit.

Roger Corcoran has a way with words. Not that he speaks much – at least not publicly. Since taking the reins at the express freight and logistics group TNT Australia in September 2001, media engagements have been few and far between. But now, with TNT’s local operations finally in the black for the 12 months to December 31, 2003, it is time to talk. Corcoran wants to set the record straight. It is not all backslapping. Not at all. He seizes the opportunity to reflect on the past. Those deeply flawed strategies that took TNT to the brink a few years ago – and, make no mistake, TNT was another Ansett in the making when Corcoran was appointed managing director – are openly acknowledged and painfully dissected before he tackles the present and future. Indeed, in one sense, discussing the past almost seems a cathartic experience for Corcoran.

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UK Royal Mail reintroduces collection tabs

Posted by | Apr 15, 2004 | |

Postwatch is delighted that Royal Mail has agreed to reintroduce collection tabs to its postboxes. The tabs will be reinstated during the rest of 2004.
Postwatch began its campaign to have collection tabs reinstated in September 2002. Commenting on Royal Mail’s u-turn Peter Carr, Chairman of Postwatch, said: “This is good news for customers. We are delighted that our perseverance has paid off. We are very pleased that our campaign, which was supported by the industry’s regulator Postcomm, persuaded Royal Mail that collection tabs were necessary. Royal Mail deserve recognition for accepting they got it wrong and for taking steps to put things right.”

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UK postal workers union attacks newspaper subscription plans

Posted by | Apr 14, 2004 | |

Postal workers union the CWU has attacked Royal Mail plans to dispense with the Newspaper Registration Service. The service is a cut-price method to send newspapers through the post at a reduced rate. It was set up in the mid-1800s to enable publishers to reach readers living in remote areas. By registering their newspapers with the Royal Mail, users get first class deliveries for second class rates. Communication Workers’ Union general secretary Billy Hayes is calling on ministers to intervene to reverse the planned scrapping of the service.

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