Tag: UK

Swiss Kuehne & Nagel To Carry Out UK House of Fraser Home Delivery Services

Posted by | Feb 14, 2007 | |

Swiss logistics company Kuehne & Nagel International AG started to carry out the home delivery services for made-to-order furniture of UK department stores operator House of Fraser as of the beginning of February 2007, Kuehne & Nagel reported on February 8, 2007.

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Under the terms of the contract, Kuehne & Nagel will be responsible for the warehousing and for some 30,000 deliveries annually to customers across UK and Ireland. House of Fraser will make cost savings through reduced inventory by a closer alignment of order to delivery time and through the support of Kuehne & Nagel’s information technology (IT) and booking processes. The logistics company will integrate House of Fraser business into its furniture distribution

network which is used by other unnamed UK furniture retailers for more than 175,000 deliveries annually.

Kuehne & Nagel (www.kuehne-nagel.com) employs 45,000 at 830 locations in more than 100 countries worldwide. The company provides seafreight, airfreight, contract logistics and overland businesses and IT-based supply chain

management services. Its UK and Ireland organisation operates at 80 locations and employs more than 10,000.

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New deal for BT bill payers at the UK Post Office®

Posted by | Feb 13, 2007 | |

Post Office Ltd and BT have signed a new 5-year deal which allows four million BT customers to continue to benefit from the convenience of paying their phone bill at Post Office® branches.

The agreement will enable BT customers to pay their bill by cash, cheque or debit card at any of the UK’s 14,000 Post Office® branches. Over 94 per cent of the UK population lives within a mile of a Post Office® branch.

Customers can also continue to save towards their quarterly bill by making regular payments using their BT payment card in Post Office® branches too.

Nearly 25 million people visit the Post Office® each week, making over 270 million bill payments every year for a wide range of utilities and local councils. It’s free to pay almost any bill at the Post Office®.

In addition to paying bills, customers can access a wide range of other services at their local Post Office®, such as banking and financial services including free cash access over the counter, travel services including travel insurance, passports and commission-free currency, and mail and postal services.

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UK Online Fraud Report 2007

Posted by | Feb 13, 2007 | |

UK Online Fraud Report 2007 – get your free copy now!

The CyberSource UK Online Fraud Report features data and views from 150 online retailers, covering issues such as manual review, adoption of new tools and predictions for 2007. Learn how fraud is affecting your peers and how they are dealing with the problem.

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Royal Mail preparing for election season

Posted by | Feb 12, 2007 | |

Royal Mail is in talks with Government authorities throughout the UK about their postal voting needs during the national assembly and local elections this spring.

A range of postal voting services are available to local authorities and national assemblies to help them with their time-critical election campaigns, with a range of delivery and return services that meet their specific needs. These include pre-sorted election returns to a specified selection, such as by ward or constituency, separation of election mail from normal postal items as well as timed deliveries and the return of postal votes on the polling day evening.

Royal mail has also developed a best practice guide to postal voting, which includes advice and information on the design and production of an election mailing through to distribution and returns as part of a four-stage plan to managing the process. This is available at www.royalmail.com/postalvoting

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Royal Mail offers free For Dummies® book on UK direct mail

Posted by | Feb 11, 2007 | |

The Royal Mail is offering free copies of “Direct Mail For Dummies®” which “provides the practical help and techniques you need to make mailshots work for you and your business”.

The 132-page book – it isn’t simply a PDF – includes tips and techniques for direct mail success, and is aimed at those with little or no experience of direct mail.

The title covers planning, execution and management of a successful mailshot. Appropriately for the Royal Mail, “it explains why direct mail is so successful and shows you how it can benefit your company in terms of customer relationships and your bottom line.”

While it is not directed at the charity sector, its content is likely to be just as relevant to charity staff as those at for-profit organisations.

To receive a free copy you simply need to register your contact details with the Royal Mail.

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