Tag: UK

Interparcel takes off on the web

Interparcel, an online firm offering discounted parcels services with most of the leading international carriers, says it has taken 50,000 orders in its first eight months of trading. “Business is booming,” says director Mark Walters. He says that more than half of transactions are with businesses, rather than private mailings. Walters and managing director Alan Ruston, an information technology specialist, formed the business after leaving mailing house Pharos International, where they had helped develop a similar system. Interparcel is based near Gatwick.

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Parcel2Go sees market for a parcels wholesaler

Parcel2Go, which wholesales parcel services over the web, plans an aggressive sales campaign to win traffic from carriers. And it’s keen to gain contracts from transport and distribution firms, provided they have at least ten parcels a day to ship from their depot.

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Depuy settles on Target

Depuy UK, a provider of orthopaedic equipment and part of Johnson & Johnson has made Target Express its sole carrier for UK deliveries. Target has been building its share of Depuy work over five years.

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MAT/TPN deal started with MT

The Pallet Network has linked with MAT Group to provide an international palletised distribution service. MAT’s Grays, Essex depot is also on board as a UK member of the network. The deal is the direct result of a report in Motor Transport in August 2004 of Brian Rosier’s purchase of MAT. “It’s taken a year to make it happen,” TPN chairman Richard Eldred says. Meanwhile, 15 members have bought shares in TPN from existing shareholders, typically in tranches of (pounds sterling)5,000 to (pounds sterling)10,000, Eldred says.

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MAT/TPN deal

The Pallet Network has linked with MAT Group to provide an international palletised distribution service. MAT’s Grays, Essex depot is also on board as a UK member of the network. The deal is the direct result of a report in Motor Transport in August 2004 of Brian Rosier’s purchase of MAT. “It’s taken a year to make it happen,” TPN chairman Richard Eldred says.

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