Freightroute has joined the Fortec pallet distribution network.
The company runs a pallet operation in its own right between its headquarters in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, and five other depots. It was previously with Pall-Ex for six years.
“Their plans for the future did not fit with our own strategy, ” said Andrew Harrison, Freightroute commercial director.
Read MoreThe Bank of Ireland has made a quiet start to its financial services joint venture with the UK Post Office by trialling its first product this month – a personal loan available at 200 branches in the British midlands.
Read MoreThe Royal Mail in the UK has announced the launch of SmartStamp, a digital postage stamp that can print stamps onto envelopes directly from a desktop computer.
The new offering is aimed at small firms and lets a company’s employees print the image of their choice – such as the company logo – onto an envelope and be used as a postage stamp. The Royal Mail provides the software required to create stamps and print them.
Pricing starts at GBP50 per year with the cost of stamps being deducted from a prepay account.
Read MoreUnions representing workers at An Post are expected to examine the accounts of the postal company over the next two weeks to investigate management’s claim that it is unable to pay the 3% increase due under the Sustaining Progress agreement.
Under the terms of the national partnership deal negotiated by the government, employers and trade unions, companies that decline to make agreed increases have to demonstrate their inability to pay.
Read MorePostmasters, under growing pressure to make ends meet, have been dealt another blow with the news that stamps will be available online.
The SmartStamp, unveiled by Royal Mail last week, means that going to the post office for stamps could become a thing of the past.
People who subscribe to the new service – costing GBP4.99 a month or GBP49.99 a year – will receive a CD-rom allowing them to print personalised stamps bearing their own logo on to labels or directly on to envelopes.
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