TNT sees growth in UAE business
In 2001, TNT Express recorded a year-on-year revenue growth of 19 percent in UAE revenue and forecasts a 17 percent revenue growth in the region this year.
Read MoreTag: UK
Editorial: Competition in the Post
If the Royal Mail, or Consignia as it now prefers to be known, provided a quality service, there would be little need to consider big changes this week in the market for delivering letters.
Consignia does not provide such a service. It has failed to achieve its first-class mail delivery target in each of the past six years. Its 200,000 employees are responsible for more strikes than any other industry. It made its first operating loss last year. And the departure of Neville Bain as chairman has left a management vacuum, which the government, Consignia’s sole shareholder, has been slow to fill.
Shake-up planned for UK postal deliveries
— Ananova has reported that “householders may have to wait until mid-afternoon to get their post delivered under cost-cutting plans being considered by the Royal Mail. The Royal Mail says it needs to make savings of £1.26bn a year and admits a series of reforms may need to be introduced to help them hit their targets. A spokesman for Consignia, formerly the Post Office which owns the Royal Mail, says prioritising deliveries so businesses receive their post before residential customers is one of the plans under consideration.”
Read MoreConsignia Rail Freight Deal Close to Agreement
Consignia is close to agreeing a deal with Railtrack that would remove the threat of the mail group shifting UK deliveries from rail to road. The renamed Post Office is expected to announce next month that it will continue to be a major user of the railways, through contracts with the freight company EWS.
Read MoreA short history of the postcode
The postcode in its present form as a mixture of six letters and digits, was first used in Norwich in October, 1959. This was the world’s first experiment with postal address codes designed to allow sorting by machine. By 1974, the postcode system covered Britain.
The earliest form of postcode was introduced in London in 1857. Sir Rowland Hill, the inventor of the penny post, divided London into districts denoted by compass points, ‘N’ for north, ‘S’ for south and so on. The first provincial city to be divided into postal districts was Liverpool in 1864.
Read MorePost & Parcel Magazine
Post & Parcel Magazine is our print publication, released 3 times a year. Packed with original content and thought-provoking features, Post & Parcel Magazine is a must-read for those who want the inside track on the industry.