Tag: UK

UK Business Post and Royal Mail sign first access agreement

Posted by | Feb 10, 2004 | |

Business Post and Royal Mail have signed the first agreement of its kind in Europe to enable access to Royal Mail’s local sorting and final delivery network.

From April 2004, the Business Class service run by Business Post’s subsidiary,
UK Mail, will offer large mailers (initially, businesses mailing over 4,000 and,
typically, over 10,000, pre-sorted letters a day) two day mail delivery with
track-and-trace up to the point of handover to Royal Mail, and flexibility of
collection.

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Two newcomers join UK’s fast-growing pallet network sector

Posted by | Feb 9, 2004 | |

Two newcomers have joined the UK’s fast-growing pallet network sector.
Pallet-Track, set up by Jack Corrie, has its hub in Wednesbury, in the West Midlands, and is aiming for volumes of 1,500-2,000 pallets a night by the end of the year.

Pallnet is the other new kid on the block. It plans to find a niche as a European network and will open a central hub in Lyon in May, customer services manager Elizabeth Swain said.

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GeoPost UK invests new workshop facilities

Posted by | Feb 8, 2004 | |

Parcels company invests over Pounds 2m in new Birmingham workshop facilities to service its expanding trailer fleet.

GeoPost has bucked an industry trend by investing Pounds 2.1m in an in-house maintenance facility for its Birmingham fleet. The seven-acre site, near to its West Midland hub, now comprises ten bays.

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MPS criticise UK post office on closures

Posted by | Feb 7, 2004 | |

Post Office bosses have been told to improve consultation during their urban closure programme following complaints from the North-East.

Tyne Bridge MP David Clelland raised the issue in Parliament after the Post Office announced plans to close 17 outlets across Tyneside.

Despite widespread campaigning to save many of the post offices they were still closed.

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