Tag: UK

GeoPost UK challenges Royal Mail with two-day mailplus service

Posted by | Nov 10, 2005 | |

GeoPost UK has become the latest firm to challenge Royal Mail’s bulk mailing service, with its new operation, mailplus. The service, which the firm claims is up to 10% cheaper than Royal Mail’s Mailsort 2, is for mailings of more than 4,000 items. “It will also has the same kind of sortation levels as Mailsort, so there are 120, 700 and 1,200 services,” said mailplus general manager Jon Wilkins. “As a result, it’s very easy for users to switch.” Smethwick, West Midlands-based mailplus’ two-day offering sits between first and second class.
Mailplus uses sister firm Parceline’s network of 1,704 vehicles to collect pre-sorted mail and take it to Parceline’s West Midlands “superhub”. It is automatically sorted and then delivered to one of the Royal Mail’s 69 delivery centres around the UK for “final mile” delivery, enabling it to offer 100% UK coverage.

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Paul Kehoe appointed Chief Executive of DX Services

Posted by | Nov 10, 2005 | |

DX Services plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Kehoe as Chief
Executive with effect from 14 November 2005 when he will also join the Board.
Paul replaces Peter Brougham, who steps down from the Company on 11 November
2005. Paul (46) joins DX from a career in the Aviation and Business Services sectors. Most recently he was Operations Director and an executive Board member of airports owner TBI plc, the largest regional airport operator in Europe, and
managing director at Belfast International & London Luton Airports.

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Pall-Ex director joins Palletways member

Posted by | Nov 10, 2005 | |

Former Pall-Ex director Glynis Hargreaves has joined Palletways with Barking-based Multi-Link, one of three new network members. Multi-Link began operating the E postcodes on October 31 after joining the network from Pall-Ex. Sales manager Hargreaves says: “We did N and NW for Pall-Ex which was too far away from our depot.” Network newcomers are TS International, operating parts of the LL and SY postcodes, and Dove Collections for the TN postcodes, previously covered by Laser Transport.

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Amtrak customer messenging

Posted by | Nov 10, 2005 | |

Home delivery parcels specialist Amtrak has taken a leaf out of the gift market and now allows customers to have a message printed on the outside of its parcels. Customers ente the message when booking a parcel delivery online an it is printed within a box on the bar-code label.

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Wincanton relaxed on Deutsche Post takeover of Exel – interview with Chief Executive

Posted by | Nov 9, 2005 | |

Wincanton PLC, the pan-European logistics group, is relaxed about the competitive implications of Deutsche Post AG’s agreed 5.5 bln eur takeover of Exel PLC that will create a world leader in air and sea freight forwarding and contract logistics, according to chief executive Paul Bateman. He said the deal won’t make the combined group any bigger in terms of UK logistics as Deutsche Post currently doesn’t have a presence. ‘On the Continent yes they will be bigger but I would guess that on the track record of Deutsche Post acquisitions ‘watch this space and see if they make any progress’. Last month Klaus Zumwinkel, Deutsche Post’s chief executive, admitted he was disappointed with the integration of DHL, which it acquired in 2002, in both France and the UK. Bateman noted that, unlike Wincanton, Deutsche Post has a presence in both America and in Asia and delivers letters and parcels.

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