Hays, the services group transforming itself into a specialist recruitment business, has promised expansion of its mail operations after deciding to demerge the division, known as DX.
Colin Matthews, the chief executive who is leaving at the end of this month to take up the reins at water group Severn Trent, said Hays had decided against a sale of DX.
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Demerger of DX
Pallet networks are missing out on huge volumes by failing to give their members enough sales support, according to consultant John Day of AD Partnership. Day (pictured below), formerly general manager of Fortec who was joint-buyer of Auld Bros last autumn, says: “There is a lot of volume currently going through the parcel systems that they (pallet networks) could gain. With the Working Time Directive soon to kill off groupage, customers will turn to the pallet networks, therefore sales strategy is becoming crucial; but the networks leave it up to the licensees.”
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Read MorePostcomm has begun a 30-day consultation on the proposed issue of a long term licence to Special Mail Services Ltd (SMS) to provide bulk mail and consolidated mail services.
In September 2002 SMS took over the business of Special Delivery Services Ltd (SDS). SDS held an interim licence, which was restricted to a pilot scheme of a minimum of 12 months’ duration. The new SMS standard licence will have a minimum life of seven years.
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