Tag: UK

Fortec completes barcoding facility

Posted by | Sep 13, 2004 | |

The Fortec Pallet Distribution Network expects to complete the construction of a new barcoding facility this month, adjadcent to its central hub facility near Rugby. After entering the scanning facility – one and half times the size of an artic lorry – vehicles will pull back their curtains and then a freight checker on either side will move up and down the walkway to scan loads. Fortec development director Alan Cramley said this would remove potential bottlenecks at the hub entrance.

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Crozier cuts back UK Royal Mail board

Posted by | Sep 13, 2004 | |

Royal Mail’s chief executive, Adam Crozier, has cut its management board from 11 to eight members in an attempt to make it more efficient. Paul Rich, marketing director, Paul Bateson, managing director of logistics and Vanessa Leeson, managing director of Parcelforce, have left the board, as Mr Crozier seeks to prepare Royal Mail for competition. They will remain with the company. Mr Crozier has also tightened his grip on the company by replacing Elmar Toime, Royal Mail’s executive deputy chairman, as chairman of the management board, although he remains a board member. Mr Crozier took over day-to-day running of the letters business from Mr Toime in May. Royal Mail declined to comment, but a source close to the company said: “This is Adam Crozier consolidating his authority. He took direct control of the largest bit of the business and is forming a smaller, tighter board. It would be really wrong to blame the quality of service on these three individuals.”

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More rises likely as Guernsey Post losses continue

Posted by | Sep 13, 2004 | |

Managing director Mike Hall said that the commercialised utility expected to record another loss this year. And postal charges are likely to increase again within 18 months. The company last week revealed that it turned a £1.6m. profit in its first year of freedom from States control into a loss of more than £800,000 in the year to the end of September 2003. But Mr Hall said that the utility, which was battling against rising costs passed on from the Royal Mail, should break even in 2005.

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UK Royal Mail trio pay the price for postal failure

Posted by | Sep 12, 2004 | |

Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier will this week dismiss three key figures from his front-line management team in an aggressive response to a recent slump in service standards. Crozier has also tightened his personal grip on the company by installing himself as chairman of the committee which has day-to-day responsibility for the running of Royal Mail. Sources close to Royal Mail said marketing director Paul Rich, logistics chief Paul Bateson and Parcelforce boss Vanessa Leeson had been removed from the management board, leaving it with eight members. Former Football Association boss Crozier has also replaced Royal Mail’s executive deputy chairman, New Zealander Elmar Toime, as chairman of the committee following rumours of a difficult working relationship between the two men. In May, Crozier took day-to-day control of Royal Mail’s letters business from Toime.

Among the directors who remain on the management committee are Post Office chief executive David Mills, finance chief Marisa Cassoni and human resources director Tony McCarthy.

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UK Royal Mail facing VAT showdown

Posted by | Sep 12, 2004 | |

Five private mail companies are preparing to take the Treasury to court over its pledge to preserve Royal Mail’s special VAT-free status. TNT, the Dutch courier company, will front the challenge, which could end up in the European Court of Justice. TNT is supported by Hays, Deutsche Post, UK Mail and Express Dairies, which is also looking to expand into post deliveries. The companies believe they are unable to compete with the state-owned Royal Mail on equal terms because they must charge 17.5 per cent VAT on deliveries. “This creates an uneven playing field,” said Angus Russell, TNT’s legal adviser. “We must bite the bullet and challenge this. TNT will take the lead.”

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