FTC gives go ahead for FedEx / TNT deal
- 25th November 2015
The US Federal Trade Commission has given the go ahead for the deal between FedEx and TNT. The USD $4.8bn deal has yet to be formally approved by the European Union. The takeover by FedEx, hotly contested by rivals UPS, ...
Continue reading...Yodel invests in capacity into 2016
- 25th November 2015
National delivery company Yodel has opened three new super service centres around the UK that has boosted its capacity by 22% in the run up to Christmas. With four new ...
Continue reading....Royal Mail airmail Christmas deadlines
- 25th November 2015
UK postal operator Royal Mail has released its top 5 destinations for Christmas cards and parcels from the UK, while reminding people that they need to get their cards written ...
Continue reading....Bomb scare in DHL parcels at Cairo
- 25th November 2015
Egyptian security forces had to check some suspect parcels carried by DHL at Cairo international airport yesterday after officials suspected that they may contain explosive devices. No explosives were found. ...
Continue reading....Same Day delivery Glovo gets €2m startup funding
- 24th November 2015
Spanish same day delivery company Glovo has just been awarded €2 million in funding to help grow their business in Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid. As with UK businesses Quiqup and ...
Continue reading....Mat.se launched in-boot grocery delivery service
- 24th November 2015
Swedish online grocery delivery company is to launch an in-boot grocery delivery service to Volvo car owners in cooperation with packaging specialist iFoodBag. The service will be available in Gothenburg ...
Continue reading....Buy groceries off eBay? South Korea tries it out…
- 24th November 2015
Online auction website eBay has launched a food delivery service in South Korea in partnership with Homeplus. Customers will be able to have their groceries and food delivered on the ...
Continue reading....Swiss Post reports steady Q3 results
- 24th November 2015
Swiss Post Group reported Q3 profits that were slightly up compared to the same time in 2014, which is down to improving financial services by the Swiss national postal operator. ...
Continue reading....PCA Predict hit by Russian botnet
- 23rd November 2015
A B2B software specialist, PCA Predict (formerly Postcode Anywhere) was hit by a Russian botnet attack last week. Around 1.5 million emails were sent out that purported to be from ...
Continue reading....APWU lends support to Campaign for Postal Banking
- 23rd November 2015
The USPS is one of the only national postal operators in the world not to provide a banking service to the country’s citizens. The American Postal Workers Union has leant ...
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