Promoting competition and high-quality customer service
Presentation at IEA by Nigel Stapleton, Postcomm.
Postcomms UK model, vision & strategy.
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Rival to Royal Mail stamp starts trials
DX Services, Britain’s longest established private mail business, is to start trials next month of a new blue and white stamp for business mail in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
If successful, the stamp, believed to be the first official competitor to the Royal Mail stamp, will be made available throughout the UK later this year. DX Services, a FTSE 250 company whose clients include Clifford Chance, Linklaters and several major banks and insurance companies, said that the stamp would be the same price as a Royal Mail first-class stamp.
Its unique selling point will be the guarantee to deliver mail before the start of the next working day.
Read MoreFortec grows in packaging
FORTEC Pallet Distribution Network, a leading next-day palletised freight delivery organisation, reports an influx of new business from manufacturers, importers, retailers and distributors in the packaging sector.
These are businesses looking to expand their customer base by providing low-cost guaranteed next-day deliveries nationwide, but held back by lack of transport or economic resources.
Says Alan Cramley, Fortec Pallet’s network development director: “A lot of small and medium sized businesses in the packaging sector are becoming aware that they could expand their customer base overnight by utilising the resources of the Fortec Pallet Network through its nearly 60 licensees located around the country.”
Read MoreTPN hub capacity doubles to 10,000
The Pallet Network signed a five-year lease with ProLogis on a brand new hub this week. TPN chairman Richard Eldred says the prestige warehouse just off J1 M6 near Rugby covers 22,000sq m and is more than twice the size of the present hub near Leicester. Minor modifications are to be made to allow more ground-level access and TPN will start using the new site from January 4, 2005. Capacity will be 10,000 pallets on a night shift, he says.
Read MoreMAT to launch European pallet network
MAT Group’s new owners plan to launch a European palletised freight service – and hope to link up with a UK pallet network. Continental full load and groupage operations built up over 30 years provide an excellent platform for the service, says chairman Brian Rosier. And UK pallet networks might feel more comfortable with privately-owned MAT than some of the corporate giants that offer European coverage.
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