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3/11/2010 09:00 CET
TNT makes importing easier with new online import systemAmsterdam – TNT Express announces the worldwide launch of its new Express Import system which gives customers complete control over their import shipments. This web-based tool lets companies order the collection of import shipments from around 170 countries with quotations and billing in their local currency to better control shipping costs.
3/8/2010 09:00 CET
TNT Hoau completes day-definite road distributionGuangzhou, China – TNT Hoau, TNT’s road distribution arm in China, today announced the completion of its nationwide day-definite road distribution network. During the past two months, TNT Hoau extended the coverage to Chengdu, Chongquing, Zhengzhou, Xian, Yantai and Xiamen. The company now offers guaranteed day-definite ground delivery to 26 of the biggest cities in the country, using 246 day-definite linehauls. The network covers 800 depots throughout China, with a large concentration in the major economic regions, including the Yangtze river delta, the Pearl River Delta, and the Bohai Bay.
2/22/2010 08:00 CET
Trading conditions in Q4 2009 improvingTNT N.V. has published its 2009 fourth quarter and full year results.
2/8/2010 15:30 CET
TNT sets clear step forward in achieving its e-commerce strategyAmsterdam, TNT is expanding its e-commerce activities with the acquisition of e-fulfilment specialist TopPak. The parties signed an agreement to this effect today. With this acquisition, through its Parcel Service business, TNT is strengthening its position as market leader in the distribution market and adding an important link to its e-fulfilment service chain.
1/29/2010 12:30 CET
TNT and trade unions reach in-principle agreement on CLA and social planHoofddorp, TNT and the trade unions have reached an in-principle agreement on the collective labour agreement (CLA) and the social plan. This agreement satisfies the starting points of the talks of both the trade unions and TNT Post. The TNT CLA will run from 1 April 2009 to 31 December 2011. All TNT employees in the Netherlands will receive a 0.7% pay rise as of 1 January 2010. A differentiation will be made from 1 April 2010 in the form of separate CLAs to be agreed for the entities TNT Post, TNT Express and TNT Post Parcel Service. A 1% rise has been agreed as of 1 January 2011 and 0.2% as of 1 October 2011 for the TNT Post entities (excluding TNT Post Parcel Service). New negotiations will shortly commence on separate CLAs for TNT Express and TNT Post Parcel Service to take effect on 1 April 2010. TNT Post and the trade unions will also set up a joint working group to explore a future-proof pension scheme for TNT Post.
1/28/2010 17:40 CET
German Federal Administrative Court: ordinance postal minimum wage null and voidAmsterdam/Leipzig, Today the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, Germany, ruled that the ordinance on the postal minimum wage of EUR 9.80 is null and void. The basis for this decision is that the German State failed to give TNT Post in Germany the opportunity to make written comments prior to the issuance of the ordinance, as required by law.
1/22/2010 14:35 CET
TNT sells its Czech call centre activitiesAmsterdam, TNT has today signed an agreement to sell DomiCall s.r.o., a Czech telemarketing company to a private enterprise active in the call centre business.
1/20/2010 08:15 CET
TNT Post Germany reaches agreement with publishers to start “mail alliance”Amsterdam, TNT Post Holding Deutschland GmbH has signed an agreement with Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH & Co. KG, CITIPOST-Verbund-GmbH and Logistic-Mail-Factory (a company of Mediengruppe Pressedruck, Augsburg) to establish “mail alliance” in Germany. With this new alliance, TNT Post strengthens the existing co-operation with the mail distribution companies of leading German publishers. “mail alliance” will be operational as of 25 January 2010.
1/20/2010 08:15 CET
TNT sells German unaddressed mail unit to its management teamAmsterdam, TNT has signed an agreement to sell, with immediate effect, its German unaddressed mail business (TNT Direktwerbung) to its current management team.
1/13/2010 08:30 CET
Redmail in Austria creates value by focussing on distribution of newspapersAmsterdam, Redmail, a joint venture between the Styria Media Group AG and TNT Post in Austria, today decided to create value by focussing on the regional delivery of newspapers and terminates its addressed mail business and part of its unaddressed mail business.
12/9/2009 18:20 CET
TNT Post: Gradual introduction of minimum wage feasible and necessaryAmsterdam, TNT Post has taken note of the announcement by Sandd and DHL Global Mail that they will be requesting summary proceedings to challenge the “Temporary decree on postal contract of employment”. TNT Post is urging the Dutch government not to relax the minimum social requirements agreed by all players when the Dutch postal market was liberalised.
12/3/2009 13:30 CET
TNT announces strategy “Vision 2015” and sees continued further stabilisation in its trading environmentAmsterdam, At its annual Analysts’ Meeting today TNT presents its new “Vision 2015” strategy. Furthermore a business update is given for 2009.
12/1/2009 21:55 CET
TNT makes urgent appeal to unionsAmsterdam, TNT is surprised and disappointed at the trade unions’ stance on the company’s collective labour agreement and social plan, as announced by the unions today. TNT sees no common ground whatsoever between the unions’ stance and the seriousness of the issues faced by TNT Post. Since 2007, the necessary cost savings have been extensively discussed with the unions. A recent study by research agency Ecorys, commissioned by the unions, reconfirmed that far-reaching cost measures are necessary to maintain the viability of the company.
11/27/2009 16:55 CET
TNT third-time winner of Henri Sijthoff Prize for best financial reportingAmsterdam, The annual report of international mail and express delivery company TNT has for the third time received the Henri Sijthoff Prize for best financial reporting. Dutch newspaper Het FD awards the prize annually to companies that distinguish themselves through their financial reporting. TNT also won the prize in 1996 and 2004.
11/19/2009 10:00 CET
TNT Express launches Direct Express in EuropeAmsterdam, TNT Express launched a new, cost effective road distribution solution in Europe called Direct Express. This new solution offers customers that ship high parcel volumes a faster, more flexible and reliable service by means of a direct connection to TNT’s domestic network in the destination country.
11/2/2009 08:00 CET
Further stabilising business environment in Q3; sharp focus on cost and cash continues to pay offAmsterdam, TNT N.V. has published its Q3 2009 results.
10/29/2009 09:00 CET
TNT Express launch online PoD signature image service globallyAmsterdam, TNT Express will now provide its customers with online access to PoD signature images. It is a new standard feature of the company’s track and trace facility within its online and PC-based shipping tools myTNT, ExpressShipper, ExpressManager and ExpressConnect. Images are available from over 85 countries worldwide, including all mature express markets, emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil, as well as many other destinations.
10/26/2009 13:55 CET
TNT sees basis for further discussion in Ecorys study for unionsAmsterdam, TNT sees a basis for further discussion in the proposals put forward by research agency Ecorys in its report, with cutbacks in conditions of employment remaining necessary to safeguard jobs. On behalf of the trade unions ABVAKABO FNV, BVPP and CNV Publieke Zaak, Ecorys looked into alternative solutions for the requisite cost savings at TNT Post. The unions commissioned the study after the in-principle agreement on the Operations Collective Labour Agreement was jointly rejected by the union members in late April 2009.
10/2/2009 17:00 CET
Fierce and fair competition at TNT’s 2009 Drive Me Challenge finalAmsterdam, TNT organized the third Drive Me Challenge final on the illustrious MIRA track in the United Kingdom on September 30. Sixteen contestants, who were selected as the best local drivers through national pre-rounds, teamed up with operational managers for a fiercely competitive and good-spirited final round of this annual challenge. Drivers shed sweat and tears in their effort to win the coveted title of TNT’s fastest, most fuel efficient, safe and customer oriented driver in the year 2009. The teams from the Dutch TNT Post organization were the clear winners occupying the top three positions.