Palletforce awards
Essec based Online Roadways has won an award from the Palletforce network award for the highest sales last year, and also finished in the top three for overall performance.
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Watchdog slams UK Royal Mail over Home Mover offensive
Watchdog Postwatch has attacked Royal Mail over a new service which allows brand owners to surreptitiously piggyback the Home Movers Service. The new scheme, currently on trial, will give Royal Mail an extra revenue stream. It allows companies to use the same envelopes as the Home Movers Service, although they will not contain the redirected post. Royal Mail plans to charge marketers around 68p per insert, with further negotiations for bulk mailings. Postwatch says it has not been notified about the new service and is unimpressed with the move.
Read MoreChristian Salvesen to sell their German business
Christian Salvesen PLC today announces that it is in discussions regarding the possible sale of its German industrial logistics business to its Managing Director for Germany, Mr Torben Sigenstrøm.
Read MoreUK Royal Mail likely to avoid big fine over complaint
The prospect of Royal Mail paying a hefty fine for anti-competitive behaviour receded yesterday after the Office of Fair Trading decided not to investigate a “super complaint” brought against the operator by Postwatch, the consumer watchdog, last month. The OFT referred the complaint to Postcomm, the regulator, meaning the issues raised “no longer have the status of a super-complaint”, Royal Mail said. Under the Enterprise Act, yet to come into full force, Postcomm is not empowered to deal with the complaint in such a way.
Read MoreUK mail consolidation complaint referred to Postcomm
The super-complaint from postal watchdog Postwatch has been referred by the OFT to the industry regulatory body Postcomm. The complaint, made on 18 March, related to Royal Mail’s Mailsort service. This provides a discount for businesses that carry out their own initial mail sorting for large volumes of mail. The complaint alleged that Royal Mail was abusing its dominant position in the market for delivering letters to favour its own mail consolidation business over its Mailsort service.
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