A major investment by Geodis in the company’s UK operations centre at High Wycombe includes a new air cargo security screening system.
The new system will enable Geodis to provide its own clearance for clients in line with the National Aviation Security procedures.
Read MoreSupermarket giant Tesco have switched a delivery contract from the Royal Mail because of the worsening unofficial dispute which is crippling postal services across many parts of the UK.
Meanwhile private firms holding licences to deliver a limited amount of bulk mail were given permission to carry any mail they wanted because of the dispute.
Delivery of books ordered from Tesco online was given to private firm Parcelnet in a big blow to the postal organisation as it struggles to cope with the effects of wildcat strikes.
Read MoreThe information technology system developed by TNT Logistics UK and Rolls-Royce plc to manage and control inbound supply chains has gained its second prestigious technology award in four months.
The two companies have been presented with the Technology Award at the Supply Chain Awards 2003, organised by Motor Transport, the leading UK publication for the haulage, distribution and supply chain industry.
Read MorePostwatch welcomes the regulators decision to relax its licences to allow the
companies concerned to provide additional services to strike hit customers.
However Postwatch believes this will only provide limited assistance to a few
customers. Therefore Postwatch regard this as an initial step to be quickly followed by a recommendation to the Secretary of State that she use her statutory powers to suspend the licensing regime
Unofficial mail strikes have spread around England, with ministers refusing to rule out intervention if the strikes escalated.
Two-thirds of London’s 28,000 postal workers again stayed at home and wildcat industrial action erupted at Royal Mail offices in Milton Keynes, Coventry, Preston and Portsmouth.
The strike started in west London, triggered by the suspension of a van driver, but has since spread across London and the south-east.
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