Tag: UK

Pall-Ex Managing Director Named Entrepreneur of the Year, by Ernst and Young

Posted by | Jun 27, 2007 | |

Hilary Devey, Founder and Managing Director of Pall-Ex, has achieved further recognition for her company in a prestigious awards ceremony.

Named as Entrepreneur of the Year for Business Services in the Southern Regional heat, Hilary was delighted to receive the award for her extraordinary abilities. Organized by Ernst and Young, there was some serious cross industry competition for the much coveted award, including entrepreneurs from the manufacturing, securities and engineering industries.

Judges were impressed with Hilary’s determination to succeed, which had an enormous impact on her personal life during the formation of the company. Starting a company single-handedly, from re-mortgaging her own house to raise start up capital, and lobbying local council for the right to trade was no easy task, but this hard work established the nationwide business she now leads.

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DHL Express signs two-year GBP 36m contract with RS Components

Posted by | Jun 26, 2007 | |

DHL’s new contract with RS Components builds on a long-standing strategic partnership
DHL Express confirms that it has signed a contract worth GBP 36 million over two years with RS Components, Europe’s leading distributor of electrical, electronic and industrial supplies. The contract marks a new stage in the long-standing relationship between the two companies, which is based on ever-improving service levels and new product initiatives.

The contract signed by Chris Muntwyler, CEO DHL Express UK and Ireland, Klaus Goeldenbot, UK General Manager RS Components, and Frank Peplinski, General Manager RS Supply Chain, ensures that DHL will continue to be RS Component’s express delivery distributor in the UK and Europe for the next two years.

RS Components is one of DHL’s large customers in the UK and the company has built much of their existing client base around DHL’s reliable transportation service. DHL provides a domestic delivery service to RS that involves deliveries to RS customers the length and breadth of the UK – around 15,000 deliveries are made using this service every day. DHL delivers a further 1,500 packages a day to RS customers in Europe, from Scandinavia to southern Europe.

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Postcomm agree to Royal Mail request

Posted by | Jun 26, 2007 | |

Postcomm has agreed to Royal Mail’s request to suspend until the end of its current financial year the payment of compensation to bulk mail customers, and to ensure that the company is not subject to a downward adjustment to its allowed revenues (known as the ‘C factor’), where industrial action has taken place and quality of service figures have dropped.

The reason for this decision is that Postcomm wishes to ensure that – against a background of Royal Mail’s current financial position, including its substantial pension deficit – the possibility of having to pay compensation and/or earning reduced revenue next year does not discourage the company from taking the steps needed to modernise its business, which will be to the benefit of all mail users.

Postcomm’s agreement to these suspensions is subject to some important safeguards for customers:

-A final decision on the amount of any relief will not be made until after the end of this financial year (31 March 2008) when Royal Mail’s final quality of service figures will be known. In making its decision at that point, Postcomm will expect Royal Mail to be able to demonstrate that the industrial action (a)arose as a result of carrying out its transformation plans and not for some other reason, and (b) had a direct causal link to quality of service failures.

-After the end of the financial year, Postcomm will convene an open meeting at which Royal Mail will present the main points in its application. Participants will be able to ask for further explanation of the justification for agreement by Postcomm to Royal Mail’s request.

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Palletways extends palletized freight services into Switzerland

Posted by | Jun 26, 2007 | |

Palletways, Europe’s largest provider of express distribution services for small consignments of palletized freight, has appointed its member in Switzerland as part of the expansion of its Central European Network which also covers the Benelux countries, Germany, Denmark and northern France.

Palletways will provide a 48/72-hour distribution service to and from the regions covered by the Central European Network.

Palletways Central European Network is the company’s second pallet operation in mainland Europe. The company also provides express distribution services for small consignments of freight carried on pallets across Italy and is soon to establish an operation covering Spain and Portugal.

Adam Shuter, European Development Director at Palletways, said:

“The expansion of the CEN into Switzerland is part of our long-term aim to create the first pan-European pallet network. The development will open up the Swiss market to manufacturers and suppliers of goods across the countries in which we operate and provide them with a quicker and more costs effective route from/into Switzerland than ever before. It will also allow producers and suppliers of goods in Switzerland to access a major marketplace across Central Europe.”

Palletways Central European Network now has 30 members and more will be recruited to enable future growth.

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TomTom and Vodafone UK To Introduce the World’s Most Advanced Travel Time Information System for Superior Navigation in the UK

Posted by | Jun 26, 2007 | |

TomTom, the world’s largest navigation solutions provider, and Vodafone UK today announce that they will jointly develop a new traffic information system that will deliver superior travel time information.

This exclusive agreement will see TomTom’s in-house patented technology use information from the Vodafone UK network to provide accurate, real-time information on the speed and direction of cars travelling on all major roads across the UK. As a result customers will have a better understanding of the exact traffic situation and be able to plan and change their route instantly to avoid traffic congestion.

Details of the service will be made available at launch which is expected to be in the first half of 2008. All current and future TomTom users will be able to benefit from the service, once it is available. The solution will also be available for road authorities and businesses, who may use it for dynamic traffic control measures and improved fleet management.

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