Tag: UK

Key steps to DM/postal services: Time to deliver

Posted by | Dec 7, 2006 | |

Although Royal Mail still dominates the UK’s postal services market, deregulation has triggered strong growth in competition. Private operators have signed access agreements to allow mail they have collected and sorted to be fed into Royal Mail’s network for delivery.
Royal Mail made 1.2 billion access deliveries in the past year, compared to just 87 million the year before. In the five months to August 2006, access volumes continued to swell, and the latest figures from regulator Postcomm show that access deliveries now account for 10.5 per cent of Royal Mail’s total letters volume.
Royal Mail’s launch on 21 August of its Pricing in Proportion charging structure, reflecting that size and not just weight will determine a mailing’s delivery costs, has given companies further food for thought. For those considering a switch from Royal Mail to a rival access operator, there are now many more issues to consider. And there is certainly some confusion.
“In my experience, the big mailers aren’t confused because they have experts in their business who understand it, and can look at a new player when it comes along,” says Triangle Management Services’ associate director of mail Geoff Lambert. “But once you come down below the top 100 or 200 mailers, it’s true that people haven’t quite been able to understand what’s going on because they don’t have the expertise in-house.”

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Pall-ex signs up new Northern Ireland member to its network

Posted by | Dec 7, 2006 | |

Pall-Ex is set to strengthen its network further in Northern Ireland following the appointment of new member Reid Transport. Based in County Antrim, Reid Transport is one of Northern Ireland’s leading logistics companies.

Established in 1980, it recently re-located to a 75,000 sq ft purpose built logistics centre outside Ballymena to provide a faster and more efficient service to its customers. The company has an impressive fleet of over 60 vehicles ranging from Sliding Roof Euroliners and Refrigerated Trailers to Low-loaders.

It was specifically chosen to become the latest member of Pall-Ex – the UK’s leading “hub and spoke” palletized freight operator – because of its location close to Northern Ireland’s motorway network and its reputation for quality.

Adds Stephen Wallace, Group Sales Manager at Reid Transport: “We have been looking for some time to give our customers total UK coverage with their consignments and after meeting with Pall-Ex quickly realised that their network offered the most effective solution possible to our requirements.

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The 'Big Orange's' Green Revolution

Posted by | Dec 5, 2006 | |

TNT has today taken a major step forward in its efforts to make the planet greener and cleaner.

TNT Express and TNT Logistics, in partnership with Smith Electric Vehicles, has unveiled the world’s first high performance 7.5-tonne zero emission electric vehicle, due to go into service in London.

Two TNT vehicles, both ‘Newton’ models, will be the first ever in their class that can compete with their diesel equivalents – but without the polluting effects of ‘controlled’ (i.e. nitrogen oxide and particulate matter) and CO2 emissions.

TNT’s vehicle will operate from the company’s Barking depot, while the TNT Logistics model will be based at its Starbucks operation in Basildon, Essex.

If the green trial proves successful, TNT will consider adding 200 other zero emission vehicles to its fleet to serve in other urban locations in the UK. This would result in significantly reduced controlled and CO2 emissions and consolidate TNT’s position at the top of the ‘green league’ in the transportation sector.

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Postal strike called off

Posted by | Dec 4, 2006 | |

A 24-hour strike by hundreds of Royal Mail sorting staff in Exeter has been called off just hours before the walk-out.

Around 400 members of the Communication Workers Union were due to stop work at the mail centre in Exeter Devon at 2pm on Monday.

Royal Mail was bringing in 450 managers to help maintain the service.

But a Royal Mail spokesman said they had been told the dispute was now off.

The stoppage was due to take place over a dispute over working practices at Exeter.

CWU spokesman Phil Chadwick said although the action had been called off, it could be on again next Monday if agreement was not reached at talks with the Royal Mail.

But he said good positive progress had been made in talks with the Royal Mail.

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TNT analyst conference confirms Focus on Network strategy – New initiatives to strengthen competitive position TNT Post in the Netherlands

Posted by | Dec 4, 2006 | |

Today at a meeting with analysts in London, TNT will present an update on its ‘Focus on Networks’ strategy. TNT has made good progress in all aspects of its strategy over the past year, with the sale of the Logistics division completed, the sale of Freight Management announced and share repurchases approaching Euro 2 billion nearly completed. Furthermore TNT has begun to accelerate growth through strategic acquisitions in China and India and continued delivering strong results from its mail and express divisions.

TNT Express, the express division of TNT, strives to further strengthen its number one position in Europe. The integration of the recent acquisition of TG+ in Spain, is well on track. Outside the European market TNT Express aims to achieve leading positions in selected intercontinental routes, as well as building number one positions in the major emerging markets. The acquisition of Speedage in India is completed and the acquisition of Hoau in China is awaiting final approval by the local authorities. The last element of growth for TNT Express is the expansion into the broader express market through “Special Services”. Overall, the medium term revenue growth guidance of between 10 – 15%, with margin levels reaching 10% from 2007 onwards, will be confirmed

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