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TNT expands in west London

TNT Express has completed a £4.3m expansion of its Park Royal depot, near Wembley. It will increase capacity at the depot, which already handles nearly 40,000 items per week by over 50%, with 15 extra loading bays and over 1200 sq m of warehouse and vehicle yard space. [+]

Learn to trade with TNT

TNT Express has published ‘The Art of Nimble’, a free white paper to help UK smaller companies take the first step into international trade and exporting. It looks at how understanding supply chains can bring competitive advantage. To download a free copy visit: www.tnt.co.uk/supplychainwhitepaper   [+]

TNT extends freight service

TNT Express has expanded its Intercontinental Express Freight to include ten additional countries beyond Europe, bringing global coverage to 80 countries. The expansion includes key business locations in North America, the Middle East and South America. The Express Freight service offers same-day collection, door-to-door distribution and 1-3 day transit times for ... [+]

Jobs to go in TNT restructure

TNT Express UK & Ireland is to remove 237 positions in data entry, administrative, supervisory and clerical role from January 2014. It forms part of a restructuring of its finance and administrative activities as part of the express giant's global Deliver! programme, announced in March 2013, which aims to make ... [+]

UPS bid for TNT has limited appeal

UPS is to appeal against the European Union's decision in January to block its €5.16 billion takeover of rival TNT Express. However, the US giant said it wanted “to clarify the legal reasoning” behind the move rather than reopen its bid for the Netherlands-based company. This, it said, would give it ... [+]

New chief for TNT Express

TNT Express will appoint AkzoNobel Board member Tex Gunning as its new chief executive from 1 June 1. He takes over from Bernard Bot, who has been acting as interim CEO since the departure of former chief executive Marie-Christine Lombard to take up a similar role at French logistics firm ... [+]

EU formally vetoes TNT takeover

The European Union formally vetoed UPS's planned takeover of rival TNT Express on 30 January. UPS's divestment plan was insufficient, said Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. UPS had already announced that it was abandoning its takeover plan in the face of Brussels' opposition. [+]

Brussels forces UPS to dump TNT bid

UPS has abandoned its bid to take over Dutch-owned express rival TNT Express in the face of opposition from Brussels. The US-based parcels giant said on 14 January that it had learned that the European Commission was working on a decision to prohibit the proposed acquisition. UPS had already submitted proposed “remedies” ... [+]

More merger concessions from UPS and TNT

UPS and TNT Express said they would sell assets and open up their air networks on 30 November in a bid to assuage Brussels regulators in their bid to get approval for their planned merger. However, the express delivery companies gave few other details. According to press reports, UPS has ... [+]

UPS and TNT get statement of objections

UPS and TNT said on 19 October that they have received a Statement of Objections (SO) from the European Commission (EC) over the competitive effects of their intended merger on the international express small package market in Europe. In a statement, the two carriers described the SO as a normal step ... [+]

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