Tag: UK

Target spends £2m on move to Bicester depot

Posted by | Jul 20, 2004 | |

Target express is investing more than £2m in a 2,790sq m depot in Bicester. The depot scheduled to open in january will amalgamate Targets existing depots in Abingtn and Aylesbury which will close. staff from the sites will transfer and Trget says additional jobs may well be created once the site is running. Darren Batty, general manager of Abington depot says; the more central location at Bicester, a major distribution site with excellent transport links, will allow us to offer an improves service to the whole region.

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Royal Mail UK move threatens Crown post offices

Posted by | Jul 19, 2004 | |

Crown post offices, the 600-strong network of large high street branches, could be sold off, converted into shops or even closed under a review being conducted by Royal Mail.

If the post offices, many of which are landmarks in towns and cities, do disappear, it would mark one of the biggest shake-ups in the organisation and would infuriate unions and Labour backbenchers. The future of Parcelforce is also unclear, because consultants drafted in to advise Royal Mail on strategy are believed to have suggested its closure.

Royal Mail is discussing the possibility of an overhaul of its operations with various consultants. A review by McKinsey, the management consultants, has recommended that the Crown offices should be closed, or converted, and that Parcelforce should go.

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TNT Network Logistics wins new HarperCollins contract

Posted by | Jul 16, 2004 | |

HarperCollins has renewed its distribution contract with TNT Network Logistics until the end of 2008.

The two companies have been working together since July 2001 when TNT Network Logistics took over the outbound distribution of palletised loads from the HarperCollins warehouse near Glasgow. The second phase included collecting inbound books from the printers in the UK and direct deliveries to HarperCollins’ customers in the UK.

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UK Mail bullish over business post gains

Posted by | Jul 16, 2004 | |

UK Mail predicts it will be handling nearly half a million business letters a day by the end of next month, as new customers join existing clients PowerGen and mobile phone network Singlepoint in switching their services to the private postal operator.

The company, which claims it will generate up to GBP15m worth of revenues this year from a standing start two months ago, revealed it had secured the PowerGen business this week. It is expected to handle up to 35 million items for the utility giant, mainly bills and marketing literature. UK Mail is also understood to be working for Singlepoint, which was bought by Vodafone last year, although it declined to confirm the appointment. In addition, the postal operator is believed to be targeting government agencies.

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UK Royal Mail wins Man Utd account

Posted by | Jul 16, 2004 | |

Manchester United, the world’s richest football club, has hired Royal Mail to help maintain and expand its network of members.

The football club has signed a three-year deal with the postal operator, which will see it handle data capture and database management for the club’s One United scheme. Royal Mail will also oversee fulfilment and a customer management centre looking after communications between Man Utd and members of the loyalty club.

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