Tag: UK

Royal Mail extends deadline for market research tender

Posted by | Oct 24, 2006 | |

Royal Mail has extended its call for tender for its market research roster until today.

The roster is reviewed every four years, and is worth between £20m and £25m including VAT over that period.

Agencies currently on the roster include Accent, BMRB, BPRI, Illuminas, Continental, Compass, Crucible, FDS, IFF, Moulton Hall, Prescient, Quadrangle, Spinach, Synetics and Aegis agency Synovate.

The contract covers commissioned and non-commissioned, qualitative and quantitative market research services.

The original deadline had been October 13. Further details of the contract can be viewed online.

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Mike Watson Transport joins PalletFORCE Network

Posted by | Oct 24, 2006 | |

Hampshire-based Mike Watson Transport (MWT) has joined PalletFORCE, one of the fastest-growing palletised distribution networks in the UK.

In order to meet the anticipated growth as a direct result of PalletFORCE, MWT is expanding its operations to accommodate a new dedicated 10,000 sq.ft warehousing depot in Alton, Hampshire, with a further two vehicles being added to the fleet. In addition, MWT is currently recruiting a new member of staff to join its haulage team, and expects continued growth over the coming months as a result of its participation in PalletFORCE.

MWT will cover the GU1 – 10, 23 and 26 – 35 postcodes, which incorporate Alton, Guildford, Petworth, Petersfield and Farnham.

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Post offices to get cash machines

Posted by | Oct 23, 2006 | |

Post offices struggling for survival were given a welcome boost today as a high street bank pledged to install cash machines at 100 sites.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said 100 of the 300 free-to-use cash machines it wants to install in the UK’s poorest communities will go in post offices.

It came just days after Prime Minister Tony Blair was told of the crisis facing the Post Office network, with closures expected across the country.

National Federation of SubPostmasters general secretary Colin Baker welcomed the move by RBS. Post offices have lost much-needed income as they are stripped of key services such as television licences and car tax which are now available online.

Mr Baker said some postmasters were even forced to use their savings to keep post offices open.

The crisis coincides with calls for more free-to-use cash machines in deprived areas where people with limited means struggle to access much-needed funds.

RBS, which owns NatWest, invited MPs and communities to nominate where its 300 new machines should go and today said it had linked up with the National Federation of SubPostmasters to install 100 in post offices.

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Light mail management reorganisation at Deutsche Post

Posted by | Oct 23, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, has reorganised the management of its letter division in response to increasing competition in this area of activity. Marco Demuth, head of sales in German letter business, is to be replaced by four managers, in order to improve customer orientation. The sales department is to be subdivided into a large customer division and divisions for business customers, commercial customers and private customers.

Ingo Bohlken is to replace Reinhard Pranke as head of German marketing, while Mr Pranke is to be responsible for the deregulation department. Jurgen Gerdes is also being groomed as the successor to Hans-Dieter Petram, head of letter activities at Deutsche Post, whose contract is due to expire at the end of 2007. A further department is to be created on the management board for the UK subsidiary Williams Lea, and Tim Griffiths, head of the UK subsidiary, is therefore to be appointed to the board. Klaus Knappik is to retain responsibility for international letter operations. Top management will be unaffected by the reorganisation.

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Free ATMs pledge could save post offices

Posted by | Oct 23, 2006 | |

Post offices struggling for survival were given a welcome boost today after a high street bank pledged that they would install cash machines at 100 sites.

The Royal Bank of Scotland said that 100 of the 300 free-to-use cash machines it wants to install in the UK’s poorest communities will go in post offices.

It came just days after Tony Blair was told of the crisis facing the post office network with closures expected across the country. National Federation of SubPostmasters general secretary Colin Baker welcomed the move by RBS yesterday.

The possible closure of post offices has become a burning issue in both rural communities and inner cities where customers struggle to access services.

Post offices have lost much needed income as they are stripped of key services such as television licences and car tax which are now available online.

Mr Baker said some postmasters were even forced to use their savings to keep post offices open.

The crisis coincides with calls for more free-to-use cash machines in deprived areas where people with limited means struggle to access much-needed funds.

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