Palletline has entered into a strategic alliance with the Hazchem Network. This will enable its members to remain at the forefront of the industry by joining the first system dedicated exclusively to the distribution of palletised ADR.
Read MoreFor the sixth year in a row, a West Midlands parcel distribution company has won a top security award from the national body that represents the transport management sector.
Tipton based Nightspeed Secure Worldwide Express has won the ‘Secure Parcel Carrier 2005’ accreditation awarded by the Institute of Transport Management. Independent research has shown that loss and damage figures for parcels delivered by Nightspeed Secure Worldwide Express are the lowest in the industry.
Read MoreThe tenet that the customer is always right does not seem to have permeated the home delivery sphere, with many packages turning up at unspecified, inconvenient times. But with new entrants raising standards, the old school may be forced to mend its ways. Home shopping may be big business, but it is no longer the sole domain of big businesses, with everyone from Amazon to the local corner shop now offering an online or catalogue shopping experience. But while the rest of the retail world has been moving speedily towards home shopping solutions, it would seem that most delivery companies have been standing still. Home shopping exists to cater for consumers who are too busy to visit the high street, so it should come as no surprise that they may not be able to wait at home all day to receive a package.
Read MoreHull haulier Newland Express Transport has bought a double-deck trailer following a 20% growth in its pallet business.
A founder member of The Pallet Network (TPN) in 2000, Newland is now transporting 500-plus pallets a week to the TPN hub in Rugby. Major clients include British Aerospace and Smith & Nephew.
The smouldering cold war between the Royal Mail and Postcomm, the postal industry regulator, went nuclear last week when the watchdog published a radical plan for the future of the business.
The proposals, launched by Nigel Stapleton, the chairman of Postcomm, will impose strict limits on future price increases for stamps for the four years to 2010 and tougher penalties for delivery targets which could cost Royal Mail pounds 280m in refunds.
The plan led to a furious response from Allan Leighton, the Royal Mail chairman, who described it as a “kick in the teeth”, for his staff who have worked hard to turn the business around from making a loss of pounds 1m a day three years ago to a profit in 2004 of pounds 537m. He also warned the measures would push the company into a “spiral of decline” and damage its ability to compete once the mail market is opened up to full competition early next year.
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