Tag: UK

TPG wins EUR 113 million NHS Logistics contract in UK

Posted by | Jul 23, 2003 | |

Mail, express and logistics company TPG N.V., has announced today that it has, through its TNT Logistics division, successfully won a five-year EUR 113 million contract to distribute healthcare supplies for the English National Health Service on behalf of the NHS Logistics Authority. TNT Logistics has worked in partnership with NHS Logistics for the last five years. The UK business unit of TNT Logistics will continue to operate a dedicated vehicle fleet from NHS Logistics’ seven distribution centres. The contract employs over 300 people and 200 vehicles are operated throughout England.

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UK Royal Mail ready to post £500M loss on letters

Posted by | Jul 22, 2003 | |

Royal Mail made a loss of more than GBP500m last year on letters weighing less than 100g, which includes all first and second class letter post and bulk mail. The loss, which will be revealed when Royal Mail publishes regulated accounts in the next fortnight, could increase pressure for a further rise in the price of a postage stamp. Royal Mail will use the figures in its battle with the regulator, Postcomm, over plans to give rivals access to its local delivery network.

Postcomm has proposed access charges (the price Royal Mail can levy for delivering rivals’ post to the door) as low as 11.5p per item. However, the company says the imposition of such low charges would cost it a further GBP650m over the next three years.

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DHL expands its worldwide clearance system to Europe

Posted by | Jul 21, 2003 | |

DHL and Open Harbor, Inc., today announced the successful second pilot deployment of DHL’s Worldwide Clearance System (WCS) to DHL’s Ireland operations. Powered by Open Harbor’s real-time Web-based platform, DHL’s WCS standardizes customs clearance processes across hundreds of its locations and millions of customers’ clearance transactions each year.

“WCS will provide DHL with total customs clearance systems integration and real-time visibility into the global trade process,” said Jeffrey Bass, DHL’s WCS program director. “In Malaysia, we’re already recognizing a significant boost in operational efficiency. Our deployments of WCS in Cork, Shannon and Dublin should provide the model for other locations within Europe.”

Open Harbor’s automated solution collects and continuously updates regulatory data. The system now holds over 8,000,000 trade rules. Once fully implemented, WCS will provide every DHL clearance location with the latest information on international trade regulations.

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Canadian government moratorium on rural Post Office closures not being upheld

Posted by | Jul 21, 2003 | |

Canada Post Corporation, giving only two weeks notice, closed down the federally operated post office in McKerrow, Ontario, and sent a warning to rural Canadians throughout the country that rural post offices are once again being considered for closure. The moratorium on rural post office closures, introduced by the federal Liberal government in 1994, represented a strategic decision to preserve and promote Canada’s rural infrastructure and to ensure that rural communities across the country receive stable quality postal service. The Minister Responsible for Canada Post when the moratorium was put in place articulated the government’s commitment to rural Canada by stating that, “As long as this Government is in power, no rural post office will be closed”.

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Postwatch calls for clarification of the social role of rural post offices

Posted by | Jul 18, 2003 | |

Postwatch, the consumer watchdog for UK postal services, today called on the Government to clarify the social role that it expects post offices to play in rural communities and to provide appropriate funding if it wishes to help secure the future of the rural network. The industry regulator, Postcomm, has been asked to provide advice to Government by the end of July on the future of rural post offices from 2006. Postcomm has asked Postwatch for its views in advance of its submission to Government.

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