Tag: UK

UK milkmen set to deliver business post to households alongside daily pints

Posted by | Apr 25, 2003 | |

Letters and parcels will soon become a regular feature of the morning milk delivery. Express Dairies, which runs 3,500 milk rounds across the country, has won a long-term licence to compete with Royal Mail, delivering business post to households. The new licence, which will have a minimum life of seven years, will allow Express to deliver up to 46m postal items each year. It replaces an interim licence, granted by regulator Postcomm last summer, which allowed Express to deliver up to 4.6m packets and letters from businesses to households.

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UK Postcomm issues long term licence to Express

Posted by | Apr 23, 2003 | |

Postcomm today granted its third long term postal licence to Express Ltd, which will use its milk delivery network to provide postal services to business customers. The licence covers bulk mail, consolidation and enhanced document exchange services. The new standard licence, which will have a minimum life of seven years, replaces the interim postal licence formerly held by Express, which will now be revoked.

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Home Shopping Opportunity Missed

Posted by | Apr 22, 2003 | |

A new report on Home Shopping from Mintel’s Retail Intelligence argues that retailers are missing out on a big opportunity in home shopping. However, the study finds the European home shopping sector continuing to lose retail share, with the few areas of sector growth failing to offset the slow declining big book mail order sector. While overall retail sales are predicted to grow by 16% between 2000 and 2005, mail order is expected to show an increase of just 8.2%, representing 2.7% of total retail sales in Europe by 2005. British shoppers are spending more per capita on home shopping than any other European country.

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Closure looms for UK Royal Mail underground railway

Posted by | Apr 22, 2003 | |

A little-known underground railway carrying letters and parcels beneath London’s streets is to be mothballed at the end of May, according to a leaked memo circulated to Royal Mail employees. The 75-year-old Mail Rail network, which runs from Paddington to Whitechapel, has fallen victim to cost cutting. Its closure will come under attack this week from London assembly members, who say alternative uses for the line should be explored, including transporting valuable items such as money or jewellery. Talks to try to save the railway have been under way since November, with the Communication Workers Union staunchly opposing the closure.

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DTS puts spotlight on events

Posted by | Apr 21, 2003 | |

DTS, the garment logistics and pre-retail service specialist, has launched a new division for the entertainment industry – Event Logistics. The company is offering a professional logistics support and management service for TV, film and stage events, concerts, exhibitions and parties in the UK and abroad. Four dedicated trailers back the service.

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