Tag: UK

TNT Mail UK teams up with Express Dairies to deliver mail

Posted by | Jun 8, 2004 | |

Mail and logistics company TPG N.V.’s UK subsidiary TNT Mail has signed a two-year agreement with Express Dairies, a trading division of Arla Foods UK plc, the UK’s leading dairy company, which will see Express Dairies delivering addressed heavier weight letters and packets for TNT Mail’s customers. The agreement with Express Dairies enables TNT Mail to deliver large non- time sensitive mail items to over six million UK households. The partnership will offer businesses a service for large bulk letters and heavier addressed packages.

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UK Postcomm spells out universal postal service

Posted by | Jun 8, 2004 | |

Postcomm have defined five areas of service, currently provided by Royal Mail, which the company needs to provide as the universal postal service. This means these services must be provided at an affordable flat rate price.

In future the universal service will be made up of the following five postal services:
Priority and non-priority mail services.
A non-priority parcels service up to 20 kilos.
A registered and insured service.
A range of support services to ensure the security and integrity of mail.
International outbound service.

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UTi Worldwide acquires international healthcare distributors

Posted by | Jun 7, 2004 | |

UTi Worldwide Inc. have announced that a partnership, 74.9% owned by UTi and 25.1% to be owned by a South African black economic empowerment organization, has completed the acquisition of International Healthcare Distributors (Pty.) Limited (IHD) for the purchase price of $40 million in cash, including a loan of $17 million from UTi to the partnership.

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TNT Logistics wins contract from BDF Nivea

Posted by | Jun 7, 2004 | |

TNT Logistics has won a contract from BDF Nivea, part of the beauty products company Beiersdorf, in Brazil. The logistics company will take over reception, checking, storage, separation, shipping and distribution management activities for all finished Nivea brand imported or domestic products made at the Itatiba plant in the state of São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

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UK DX Mail could be GBP250m bid target

Posted by | Jun 7, 2004 | |

The private equity firm HG Capital is understood to be preparing a pounds 250m bid for the DX Mail business of the recruitment specialist Hays, which last week said it was planning to demerge it as a separately listed stock market company. DX specialises in business-to-business mail services in the UK and Irish Republic, delivering more than 1 million items a day and employing 1,200 people. The company expects to benefit from the recent deregulation of the UK postal market.

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