Tag: UK

TNT/Royal Mail: GLS sale would suit both sides

Posted by | Jun 10, 2005 | |

TNT has expressed interest in acquiring Royal Mail’s European parcel unit GLS Holding, among other global targets, to expand its express delivery network and increase market share. Although Royal Mail has yet to make a comment, a possible sell-off could work well with the group’s plans for semi-privatization.

According to the German magazine WirtschaftsWoche, TNT may be planning a series of acquisitions, one of which could be Royal Mail’s subsidiary General Logistics Systems (GLS), CEO Peter Bakker said in an interview.

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Palletline strengthens management team

Posted by | Jun 10, 2005 | |

Palletline has strengthened its management team with three key appointments:
Colin Enticott is promoted into a new role as general manager operations. Enticott has been with Palletline for five years.
Clive Brooks steps up to another new role as national service development manager. Brooks has previous general management experience at Europa, a Palletline member, and almost twenty years’ experience of depot operations.
Mark Warwick moves from regional service development manager to general manager London.

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UK PPA warns lifting of postal controls will hit B2B sector

Posted by | Jun 9, 2005 | |

Business-to-business magazines that depend on doorstep distribution could suffer under plans to end price controls on press postage, the Periodical Publishers’ Association (PPA) has warned. The current Presstream system, which forces Royal Mail to keep prices low for subscription-based magazines, will be unregulated from April 2006 under proposals from the postal services regulator, Postcomm. Postcomm said it believed publishers would be protected from soaring prices because there was sufficient competition in the market to keep charges low.

But Ian Locks, PPA chief executive, said: “The competitive playing field for the Presstream service is set within the context of the postal delivery of magazines.

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CCI queries Irish An Post over 12c price move

Posted by | Jun 9, 2005 | |

Businesses are digging in their heels against another expected rise in postage prices, saying it would be the death knell for An Post.

The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI) has urged the Communications Regulator to reject outright the current request by An Post to increase the price of a stamp from 48c to 60c.

It warned that businesses will turn to competitors when the sector opens up early next year if prices are hiked any further. “The company is undoubtedly under pressure,” said Sean Murphy, CCI Head of Research and Public Affairs.

“It is continuously failing to meet next day delivery targets set by the regulator; mail volumes are falling, previous price increases have failed to yield adequate revenue returns, and the European postal market liberalisation is well under way and due to intensify,” he said.

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Top UK firms lose out on mail consolidation services

Posted by | Jun 8, 2005 | |

Companies waste GBP251 million each year in international postage costs because they fail to use consolidation services.

This is according to research by mail communications specialist Corporate Mailing Matters (CMM) into the UK’s top 4,000 companies.

The study showed that for the top 500 companies failing to use mail consolidation – whereby discounts are received for pre-sorting post – equates to almost GBP280,000 per company annually.

Simon Harris, international business development manager at CMM said: “People believe Royal Mail is the be all and end all off postal services, but it’s not. I’m surprised people are still using Royal Mail when there is so much more out there.”

The research also claims that only five per cent of large companies use consolidation services, although it predicts this will rise to 40 per cent over the next three years.

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