Tag: UK

Internet orders for delivery to home rose by 46 per cent.

Posted by | Sep 14, 2006 | |

Argos total sales were up 13 per cent, new stores contributed nearly 8 per cent. 13 new stores opened in the period. Like-for-like sales increased by 5 per cent. Argos Direct, the delivery to home operation, grew by 13% in the period and accounted for 25 per cent of Argos’ sales. Within this, Internet orders for delivery to home rose by 46 per cent, representing 8 per cent of total sales. An additional 10 per cent of sales were reserved by phone or the Internet for later collection in store. Sales at Homebase increased in the six months to 31 August 2006 by 1 per cent in total, of which 4 per cent came from new stores. Homebase opened a net seven stores in the period bringing the total to 304, of which 156 had a mezzanine floor.

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Britain's Royal Mail issuing 6 stamps to honor Beatles

Posted by | Sep 13, 2006 | |

The Royal Mail is saluting the Beatles in January by releasing six commemorative stamps illustrated with memorable album covers.

The set includes an image of “With the Beatles,” released in 1963, which was the group’s second album. In the United States, it was the first Beatles album to be released and was titled “Meet the Beatles.”

Others in the series include “Help!” (1965), “Revolver” (1966), “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (1967), “Abbey Road” (1969) and “Let It Be” (1970).

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DHL in NHS supply deal

Posted by | Sep 13, 2006 | |

DHL has signed an agreement with the NHS to increase its share of the medical supply market. DHL will take over 1,650 staff from the public sector NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency, which it expects will result in GBP22 billion (USD41 billion) worth of goods to be delivered, providing some GBP1.6 billion in revenue. The new company will be known as NHS Supply Chain.

The NHS is expected to save 5per cent (around GBP1 billion) of turnover over the life of the project, according to the Department of Health.

Currently, DHL supplies around 45per cent of non pharmaceutical supplies, with the remaining NHS organisations operating alone or in consortia. According to DHL, it hopes to increase its share to between 70per cent and 80per cent, using Novation, the largest US medical supplies company, as a subcontractor.

The deal has attracted criticism from the largest trade union, Unison, which has said “This is taking an award-winning not-for-profit business that shares the savings it makes with the NHS and handing it over to a profit-making one.”
DHL has signed an agreement with the NHS to increase its share of the medical supply market. DHL will take over 1,650 staff from the public sector NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency, which it expects will result in GBP22 billion (USD41 billion) worth of goods to be delivered, providing some GBP1.6 billion in revenue. The new company will be known as NHS Supply Chain.

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TNT makes sweet music

Posted by | Sep 12, 2006 | |

Business-to-business express deliverer TNT has struck the right note with a significant deal to deliver the hottest names in home entertainment to the customers in double-quick time.

TNT Express Services UK & Ireland sealed the three-year deal with the Pinnacle-Arvato Group to deliver more than 100 million home entertainment products a year to more than 2,000 UK retail outlets.

Mega delivery: Danny Geach, TNT Technology Express Business Development Manager, who helped win the Pinnacle-Arvato deal, says 100 million products will be distributed each year

The express delivery giant has won the contract from the Pinnacle Arvato Group to make overnight deliveries to independent retailers and major High Street chains, stocking music , film entertainment and computer games.

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Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Zip Mail Limited

Posted by | Sep 12, 2006 | |

Postcomm today began a 30-day consultation on the proposed issue of a new long-term licence to Zip Mail Limited.

Under the new licensing framework that took effect from 1 January 2006, Zip Mail’s licence would:
allow it to provide all types of postal service;
be issued for a rolling ten year period;
require the company to comply with codes of practice on mail integrity (safety and security of the mail) and common operational procedures
(designed to ensure the multi-operator market works well in practice).

The consultation document and proposed licence can be found on the Zip Mail Limited consultation page. Printed copies are available from Postcomm at Hercules House, 6 Hercules Road, London, SE1 7DB. The closing date for responses is 12 October 2006.

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