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 Aiming to provide the highest levels of service quality for all its markets, palletised distribution specialist Palletline Plc has announced the appointment of a new Member Company to cover Dumfries & Galloway in South West Scotland, bringing additional resource and expertise to the Palletline network. Palletline has introduced a series of high achieving companies into its well-established network over the past 12 months. The latest recruit is T P Niven Transport & Storage Ltd, based in Palnackie, Castle Douglas, whose credentials are well proven – the company lifted the road haulage industry's prestigious Scottish Haulage Company of the Year award at the recent annual Transport News Scottish Rewards event. Founded in 1926, T P Niven is a family owned freight transport business with a reputation for quality, reliability and flexibility – three of the key operational philosophies of the Palletline network. Membership of Palletline is the company's first venture into the overnight pallet distribution market, although Managing Director Jim Niven has been considering the move for some time. Read the rest...
 Pall-Ex is celebrating its network expansion with two new members. Pall-Ex has announced Oxfordshire haulier DA Clayton Ltd and Suffolk’s Karl King Transport Ltd will join its 90-strong member network spanning the length and breadth of the UK. DA Clayton’s established base location provides rapid direct access to the M40 corridor on the M1 and M4 and will enhance Pall-Ex’s award-winning service as well as echoing its commitment to excellence in customer service. Karl King Transport operates in excess of 100,000 sq ft for warehousing at its Suffolk base from which it has evolved as a market leader in the de-vanning storage and delivery of customer goods entering the UK through the Haven ports of Felixstowe, Ipswich and Harwich over the past two decades. Read the rest...
 Retail solutions specialist Torex has implemented a nationwide next day courier service from APC Overnight for its mobile computing support division. The Torex Mobile POS Support department supplies Motorola, Intermec and other Mobile POS terminals to a range of customers throughout the UK. Since using the parcel network, Torex has improved its customer service levels and has a clear view of shipping costs. This also enables the company to compile accurately priced new business proposals based on guaranteed next day deliveries. “We chose APC Overnight because we needed a more flexible, guaranteed next day delivery service that would better suit the needs of our customers. We are a demanding customer because our clients need our products to run various functions with the mobile computers in their stores. Late delivery of new equipment could cause major problems for them. Also, in the event of a mobile computer failure, or when faced with routine repairs, we have to be sure that the exchange equipment is delivered to them when they expect it,” says Helen Slaven, Vice President of Retail, Torex. Read the rest...
 Royal Mail today welcomed the agreement reached with the Communication Workers Union on business transformation which paves the way for a strong and successful future for Royal Mail and its people and helps secure the Universal Service. The company said it is extremely grateful to Roger Poole for his help and support in overseeing discussions with the CWU over the last three months and also thanked the union for the constructive nature of the talks. The Agreement - Business Transformation 2010 and Beyond - means Royal Mail Letters can continue with its much-needed £2 billion modernisation, including the introduction of new automated machinery and delivery equipment and changes in the way our people work. It also ensures a fair reward for our people that reflects the vital part they play in the transformation of Royal Mail. Read the rest...
CitySprint, the UK’s largest privately owned SameDay Courier network, has relocated its Southampton ServiceCentre to larger premises in line with increasing demand in the area. The new ServiceCentre is located at the Solent Industrial Estate, Hedge End. Mark Houghton, Southampton ServiceCentre Manager explains: “CitySprint has had a presence in Southampton for over ten years and provides courier services to a broad range of local companies. Due to increasing demand we had outgrown the previous ServiceCentre and it was time for us to move. The new 3500sq ft ServiceCentre is much larger than the previous one and gives us greater warehousing capacity for our clients. In addition, we are now even closer to the city centre and to the motorway. We are confident that our new Southampton ServiceCentre will enable us to provide even greater service levels to our growing customer base’As a result of the move, CitySprint will be looking for additional self-employed couriers in the area to join the team at the Southampton ServiceCentre. In addition to its Southampton ServiceCentre, CitySprint has a network of 30+ ServiceCentres across the UK. This cross-country coverage is unique in the courier industry and enables CitySprint to provide a truly national or local service like no other same day courier company. Through its network of regional ServiceCentres and ServiceCentre based customer services teams CitySprint is able to provide its clients with local knowledge and expertise, regardless of where they might be based. CitySprint’s clients also enjoy the personal relationships they are able to develop with account managers and ServiceCentre staff at their local ServiceCentre. They can feel confident that if there is ever an issue, or if they simply want to discuss their job, they know they can pick up the phone and have a real person to speak to. Go to page >> |
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