Portex appoints Exel for logistics
Portex, medical device supplier and part of the Smiths Group, has appointed Exel to provide a range of European logistics services.
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TSL extends contract with TNT International Mail UK
TSL Education has doubled the size of its international distribution contract with TNT International Mail UK for its weekly supplement publications.
Read MoreThe Economic Impact of Express Carriers for UK plc
A report by The Aviation & Travel Consultancy and Oxford Economic Forecasting
1. Executive Summary: The UK express industry – enabling economic activity 4
2. Introduction: The economic impact of express carriers for UK plc 7
3. The size and reach of the express industry 8
4. The role of the express industry in facilitating UK trade 15
5. The role of the express industry in facilitating productivity and investment 25
6. The role of express services in facilitating the new economy 35
7. The express industry – a leading growth sector 45
8. The total contribution of the express industry to the UK economy –
a catalyst for growth 51
9. The economic impact of a ban on night flights 56
10. Annex: The OEF aviation-express-economy model
P:LIBRARYCourier Express ParcelsEconomic Impact of Ecpress Carriers for UK plc.pdf
Post Office rivals free to seek bulk work
PRIVATE sector and foreign postal organisations will today be free to apply for a long-term licence to deliver bulk mail in the UK, despite efforts by the Post Office to hold on to its monopoly.
The sweeping liberalisation of the postal market begins just days after the postal regulator, Postcomm, bowed to pressure from ministers, cross-party MPs and unions to postpone for a year its original plan to open postal services to full competition from April 2006.
Hays DX, UK Mail, a subsidiary of Business Post, TPG, operator of the Dutch postal service, and Deutsche Post, the German national postal group, yesterday confirmed that they would seek licences to deliver bulk mail from January next year.
Nine out of ten first class letters consistently arrive next day – Royal Mail reliability continues to improve
Royal Mail has now been delivering nine out ten First Class letters the next working day after posting for nine consecutive months, Consignia said today. The company announced that Royal Mail’s First Class mail quality of service result for February and March was 91.6 per cent against a licence target of 92.1 per cent. Second Class mail achieved 98.9 per cent, exceeding its target by 0.4 per cent and Special Delivery – Royal Mail’s guaranteed service – achieved 99.1 per cent, just ahead of target.
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