Tag: UK

Norfolk based Star Transport has joined PalletFORCE

Posted by | Jun 29, 2007 | |

Norfolk-based transport company Star Transport has joined PalletFORCE, one of the country’s fastest growing palletised distribution networks, in the long-term interests of the company and its customers.

Star was previously a member of another network for nine years, but decided the timing was right to switch networks. Although Director Howard Marriott looked at a number of replacement networks, the PalletFORCE name came up repeatedly through word of mouth from contacts in the industry.

“PalletFORCE clearly has an excellent reputation,” Howard Marriott explained. “By what other hauliers have said, the Network is quick to resolve any problems and cares enough to really look after its members. And because it is owned by those members, there is an added incentive for everybody to pull together in the interest of delivering top-quality service.”

Star agreed to become a Shareholder Member Depot for parts of the IP and NR postcodes after meetings with the Network confirmed this opinion. Since joining, Marriott says, “first impressions have been very good.”

A family-owned business with over forty years of experience, Star operates out of a 40,000 sq ft depot in Thetford. Its sixty-strong fleet comprises a mix of rigids and 44 tonners.

Read More

Asociación Española de Empresas de Mensajería partnering with UKIP Media & Events

Posted by | Jun 29, 2007 | |

The spanish association of couriers companies (“Asociación Española de Empresas de Mensajería – AEM” ) signed an agreement with the British company UKIP Media & Events for the organization of the Courier and Parcel Logistics Expo 2007. The international fair, in its second edition, will be healed in Barcelona during the 2, 3 and 4 October of this year.

The event will be in parallel to the 11 edition of Post Expo, which includes an exhibition zone for the operators and suppliers of the delivery mail and courier sector and auditorium, where experts of the sector will present different conferences regarding the evolution and trends of the delivery mail and courier sector.

The decision of organizing the Courier and Parcel Logistics Expo 2007 in Spain represents an opportunity for the delivery mail and courier sector and also the recognition of the AEM work in its 24 years of history.

Read More

Pricing in Proportion and Packetpost Returns

Posted by | Jun 27, 2007 | |

In February 2007, Royal Mail made an application to extend Pricing in Proportion (PiP) to Packetpost Returns.

Packetpost Returns is a service that allows packets to be returned from customers with the postage cost being borne by the original sender.

Royal Mail’s application proposed moving away from the system under which the price per item paid by the original sender is based on the average weight of the mail returned. Instead, Royal Mail proposed that an item returned through this service should be treated and charged as a packet under its PiP framework.

Royal Mail has also requested that Packetpost Returns, consistent with the greater alignment of these prices to those of normal Packetpost, should be included in the same controlled services group as Packetpost.

Postcomm conducted a consultation exercise focused on users of Packetpost Returns and other interested parties and carefully considered the points made in the responses. Following the consultation, the Commission decided to:

– allow Royal Mail to introduce a PiP price structure for Packetpost returns;
– require Royal Mail to give at least 3 months notice of the price changes following this decision;
– and reject the application to include the product in the same controlled services group as Packetpost.

Royal Mail has not yet made it clear when it will implement the new price structure for Packetpost Returns.

Read More

Amtrak Aims to Double International Business

Posted by | Jun 27, 2007 | |

Amtrak, a leader in the UK express and home delivery market, expects to double its international business in the next twelve months.

“We have offered a fast, reliable and cost-effective international service for years, but surveys show that most people associate us with UK deliveries only,” says Managing Director Alan Jones. “So we need to ensure that both existing and potential customers understand our full range of service offerings.”

Amtrak gained significant new expertise when appointing Kelvin Yorath as General Manager of International Services. With over thirty years in the international market, he has spent the last 18 months overseeing Amtrak’s new global services including the introduction of easy to use tariffs, clarity of billing, strong network partnerships as well as the upgrade of IT systems to allow on-line booking, track/trace and POD information.

“It has been quite a challenge, introducing the improvements and ensuring that customers are aware of them, but we are adding new international customers every day now,” Kelvin Yorath says.

“Our customers are serviced in the UK by our 75 strategically located local depots and two national hub locations. It has never been easier to send a document, parcel or pallet to any destination worldwide with Amtrak.”

Amtrak offers four strategic International services:
Airtrak – worldwide air express for delivery of documents, parcels and freight
Roadtrak – European single and multi-parcel delivery service
Palletrak – European single and multi-pallet delivery service
Global Response Services – dedicated vehicles, part/full load, world mail, sea freight, and logistics.

Read More

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

P&P Poll

Loading

What's the future of the postal USO?

Thank you for voting
You have already voted on this poll!
Please select an option!



View ResultsHide Results

Post & 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.

Subscribe to the Magazine

 

Pin It on Pinterest