Kent based Sanderson & Hayward International (SSI) has moved to new and larger premises at Lympne Industrial park in Hythe. The new sites close proximity to the Channel Tunnel means that the company can now offer importers from continental Europe a guaranteed next-day delivery of consignments of one to four pallets, and a 48 hour service through its membership of Palletline.
Read MoreRoyal Mail has launched a new charter air
service dedicated to transporting its mail to Germany. The Stansted to Hahn
flight will be operated by Channel Express using a Boeing 737-300, the
carrier said in a statement. Scheduled passenger flights are normally used
to carry the postal operator’s international mail.
Postal chiefs are under fire over moves to scrap the 8am collection from thousands of mailboxes.
The policy has been introduced across Britain ‘by stealth’ over the past 12 months, it is claimed.
Royal Mail, renamed Consignia, admits it intends to scale back post box checks even though it is collecting more mail than ever before.
The company claims the cutback is an ‘efficiency-enhancing measure’ which will help improve services.
However, handling of the plan to axe early-morning collections was branded ‘secretive’ by Post-Watch.
A report prepared on behalf of Postcomm (by Arthur Andersen) in connection with the draft licence for Consignia. Advice from independent consultants on which products might be included within, or exclued from the scope of initial price control.
Read MoreUpdate on the BvDP postal liberalisation index including key data.
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