Conceptualising Market Entry and Framing The Commercial Response of European Universal Service Providers
Conceptualising Market Entry and Framing The Commercial Response of European Universal Service Providers
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Business forum reveals hidden green opportunity of GBP 150 billion in UK supply-chain
The business opportunity in sustainability amounts to around GBP 150 billion per year, according to Base (Business and A Sustainable Environment), an environmental UK forum for business. Speaking yesterday, Gordon Brown MP underlined the economic benefits that the new market in sustainability could offer UK plc.
The research published by base demonstrates for the first time the extent of environmental requirements being applied by major companies and public sector bodies to their supply-chains in the face of concern about climate change. This means that up to GBP 150 billion-worth of contracts annually could be available to the businesses which are informed about and act on these requirements.
Base, which is backed by large businesses, government departments and third sector organisations, has been set up specifically to provide practical information to commercial organisations about how to understand and capitalise on the green profit opportunity. It will bring together large organisations with environmental programmes and obligations, and potential suppliers. Tom Burke, the chairman of base, said “It is becoming increasingly clear that business is going to have to play a bigger role than it has so far if we are to succeed in tackling climate change. However, because there has been little coherence in the approaches adopted by different public authorities to sustainability, the business environment has been subject to diverse and sometimes conflicting policy currents on these issues until now.
Read MoreTNT says unclear if it ever had data
Dutch mail company TNT said there was no way of verifying if a shipment with personal data of 25 million Britons and believed lost was actually sent through the mail system it operates.
TNT runs an internal mail system for HM Revenue and Customs, the tax authority, that carries up to 100,000 mail items each night.
Chancellor Alistair Darling told parliament on Tuesday that two discs containing information on 25 million Britons had disappeared after being sent through the mail system.
TNT said the system offered the option for the sender to choose a service that offers full track and trace of a shipment, but for the shipment in question, that option was not selected.
“General mail does not carry a track and trace mechanism and hence it has been impossible, in this instance, to conduct an audit to identify if the item entered the system,” the company said.
TNT said it was cooperating fully with the tax authority and the Metropolitan Police in the investigation into the missing computer discs.
TNT shares were down 3.3 percent at 25.62 euros by 3:40 p.m.
“It’s embarrassing, it was sensitive mail,” ING analyst Axel Funhoff said.
Funhoff said it was unlikely, however, that TNT would lose customers as a result.
Consultation Starts On Changes To Post Office Network – Post Office Ltd announces plans for Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland
Post Office Ltd today opened a period of local public consultation on its Area Plan for Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland. The formal period of public consultation is six weeks but this has been extended by ten calendar days for this plan to allow for the Christmas and New Year breaks. In line with the criteria and factors set by the Government in its Response document, DTI, The Post Office Network, Government response to public consultation May 2007 the Area Plan proposes future provision of Post Office® services through a network of 318 branches across the area, resulting in the closure of 52 existing branches.
Under the proposals, more than 99.2pct of the area’s population will either see no change to their nearest branch, or will remain within one mile (by road distance) of an alternative branch.
In addition to the 311 branches which are proposed to remain in the area, Post Office Ltd is proposing to establish 7 outreach services, which would use innovative ways to continue to provide Post Office services- particularly in smaller communities – where the existing branch is proposed for closure.
Possible types of outreach service in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland could include a mobile service visiting small communities at set times, a hosted service operated within third party premises for restricted hours each week, or a partner service within the premises of a local partner (such as a pub landlord).
The detailed Area Plan proposal for Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland area is now available. Consultation is due to end on 10 January 2008.
Read MoreDHL and RAC Auto Windscreens work 'through-the-night'
RAC Auto Windscreens, the leading automotive glazing supplier in the UK, has selected DHL Exel Supply Chain to optimize its deliveries to fitting centers across the UK.
DHL offers the company a comprehensive solution including a ‘through-the-night’ service platform that guarantees all 127 fitting centers daily deliveries of windscreens and laminate glass before 8.00am.
The re-engineered supply chain will significantly improve delivery times – leading to increased stock availability at the start of each working day and higher technician productivity at the fitting centers. The use of custom-made stillages – a steel roller cage tailored to carry windscreens and laminate glass – will drastically reduce the level of damages incurred before the introduction of stillages by DHL Exel Supply Chain.
DHL drivers will collect the windscreens from RAC Auto Windscreen’s central warehouse at Witton, Birmingham, for direct delivery or to DHL’s outbase facilities in Manchester, Avonmouth, Luton and Mossend. At these outbases the stillages will be reloaded onto rigid vehicles for onward delivery to the remaining fitting centers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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