Tag: UK

Palletline aims for new members

Posted by | May 27, 2004 | |

Palletline, which is owned by its members, is looking to recruit new member companies after years of little change to its number. Palletline, which appointed AD Humpherson to take over some CV postcodes from Palletline Distribution, is on the verge of announcing a new member in the North of England and says it is in discussions with several other firms as part of an on-going review policy. Palletline’s shareholder membership model remains unaffected. New members will still pay an initial bond on joining, which become shares after six months.

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UK Royal Mail misses quality of service targets

Posted by | May 27, 2004 | |

Royal Mail last year delivered nine out of ten First Class letters the next working day, but has missed its year-end quality of service targets.

The full year cumulative result for year ending March 2004 for First Class mail was 90.1 per cent, against a target of 92.5 per cent.

Chief Executive Adam Crozier said: “I accept that our quality of service has not been good enough. Every letter is important to us and we are urgently working to improve our quality of service for customers.”

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Postal banks put their stamp on financial services market

Posted by | May 26, 2004 | |

Germany’s Deutsche Post is the centre of attention with the initial public offering (IPO) of 50 percent of its subsidiary Postbank–and subsequent possible acquisition by Deutsche Bank–due to take place in June. However, there have been changes afoot in other countries, with some postal services continuing to make major inroads into their countries’ financial services markets.

“The postal systems around the world are dinosaurs, but there’s a lot of potential there,” says Stuart Castledine, a partner with Calleva, a consultancy advising a number of postal banks on the development of their banking services. “Postal administrations are not new kids on the block. Many of them have been going for 150 years.

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New General Manager appointed for LYNX@Home, the LYNX Express home delivery division

Posted by | May 25, 2004 | |

Experienced LYNX Express Commercial executive Neil Turner has recently been promoted to the position of General Manager for LYNX@Home, the company’s recently launched home delivery division. His new position, which is based at the company’s head office in Nuneaton, will add his knowledge and focus to the LYNX@Home sales environment, from his broad spectrum of experience from both within LYNX and his previous accountancy roles at BASS.

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