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20pc profit boost for DPD
DPDgroup, parent to DPD and Interlink in the UK, saw operating profit rise 20 per cent to £106.1m in the year to 4th January 2015 from £88.4m the year before. The group, which changed its name from...
View ArticleDX celebrates 40th anniversary
DX is celebrating its 40th anniversary years in business. It was founded by Pauline Lyle-Smith who had experienced the benefits of a document exchange in Australia, and the 1971 postal strikes drew...
View ArticleFedEx cleaning scheme for better fuel economy
FedEx Express says it is reducing fuel consumption in its aircraft with a new fuselage cleaning procedure. In the Eco-Shine moist cleaning method, cleaning crews use brooms with micro-fibre rags to...
View ArticleRoyal Mail adds 1,200 collection points
Royal Mail has extended its Local Collect network with the addition of 1,222 Royal Mail delivery offices. The service is already available at 10,500 Post Office branches across the country. Amazon is...
View ArticleFedEx expects go-ahead for TNT takeover
FedEx and TNT believe that the European Commission will not try to block the €4.4 billion takeover agreed in April. In a statement, the two companies said: “The internal deadline of the European...
View ArticlePanther to assemble furniture
Panther Warehousing, the two man delivery specialist, is gearing up to launch a new service, Deliver and Build, for self-assembly furniture. It will trial the service later this year in the run up to...
View ArticleRoyal Mail opens ten temporary sort centres
Royal Mail is opening ten temporary parcel sort centres for the Christmas period to handle a a significant proportion of its seasonal parcels. Some 3,000 seasonal workers will be based in the parcel...
View ArticleFedEx extends TNT offer period to January
FedEx has extended the acceptance period for its TNT share offer to 8th January 2016. It said the period has been extended because not all offer conditions, in particular those relating to competition...
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UPS unveils £120m London Gateway scheme
UPS has revealed details of its plans to build a £120 million sorting and delivery centre at DP World’s London Gateway Logistics Park. Logistics Manager reported that UPS was seeking planning...
View ArticleASOS extends Royal Mail contract
ASOS has awarded a new delivery contract to Royal Mail extending a 15 year relationship. The deal also extends Royal Mail’s capacity to handle returns by 25 per cent. Royal Mail currently handles...
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UPS to hire 1,300 drivers for Christmas
UPS expects to hire 1,300 driver helpers to support the anticipated increase in package volume that will begin in November and will continue through January 2016. “With the usual increase in online...
View ArticleCitySprint wants hundreds of additional couriers
CitySprint plans to take on hundreds of additional couriers in the run up to the festive season. CEO Patrick Gallagher said: “We know how important this time of year is for our retail customers, so...
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Buswell steps down as UK Mail chief executive
UK Mail chief executive Guy Buswell has stepped down from the board and will be leaving the company with immediate effect. Peter Kane, non-executive chairman who founded the company, will become...
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Retailers brace for Black Friday
Retailers and carriers are braced for today’s Black Friday rush, in the hope that their preparations will avert the problems seen last year. Some big names like Argos, Amazon and eBay, have spread out...
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Cyber Monday could dwarf Black Friday
Black Friday might have gone smoothly, but leading logisticians are warning that Cyber Monday could be a lot busier. CitySprint chief Patrick Gallagher warned that high levels of online buying on Black...
View ArticleFrance fines express operators €672m
Twenty express logistics companies have been fined a total of more than €672 million (£490m) by the French Competition Authority for price fixing between 2004 and 2010. The largest fine was for Geodis...
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FedEx gets EU go-ahead for TNT takeover
The European Commission has given unconditional approval for FedEx’s €4.4 billion takeover of TNT Express. Following an investigation opened in July 2015, the Commission has concluded that the...
View ArticleRoyal Mail sees 6pc Christmas rise
Royal Mail handled 130 million parcels in December – six per cent more than 2014, and for the first nine months of its financial year UK parcel volumes were up four per cent on the year before. CEO...
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Hermes to build £31m Midlands hub
Hermes is to build an automated parcel distribution hub at Rugby, which at £31 million, will be the largest single investment ever made by Hermes. Hermes CEO Carole Woodhead, right, COO Martijn de...
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Mike Cooper appointed CEO of Yodel
Mike Cooper has been appointed chief executive of Yodel. Cooper will start his new role at the parcel carrier on 1st Febuary. Before joining Yodel, Cooper worked at Arriva plc for nine years as deputy...
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