Towards a free market in 2009 ? A post perspective
Presentation by Royal Mail Group at WME E06
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Presentation by TNT at WME E06/TNT
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Buying TNT
ith new takeover rumors swirling around TNT, the company did its part to satisfy the chatter, although hardly on the scale that has TNT’s name making the rounds on the mergers and acquisitions market. The Netherlands-based express, mail and logistics giant added two highly targeted postal businesses to its TNT Post operation, shoring up its outlook for the direction of the European distribution and delivery market.
But the additions of Italy’s TMW Italia and British courier JD Williams to the mail operation still left TNT with at least one far larger transaction in its business plan still undone.
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Read MoreJD Williams & TNT Post information
Catherine
Some info for the library re JD Williams becoming TNT Post:
1,500 couriers
Plan to have 80 depots
Hub will be in Nuneaton
Re-branding and full integration of JD Williams planned to be completed by 28th August 2006
Currently JD Williams trunking has been done by DHL – will in future be done by TNT Logistics – NOT TNT Express
There are 30 Regional Managers managing the courier network.
They will be targeting Packets – defined as things that will go t through a letter-box
and Parcels – things that won’t!!
He will be getting a colleague who will be working along side him and he will focus on the packets business and she (Cecile someone form Amsterdam) will focus on parcels.
Robin
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