Today’s headline story: Deutsche Post negotiations with Verdi trade union continue
The Verdi union want a 15% pay rise for staff, citing inflation among other reasons.
This figure has nonetheless been branded as excessive by Deutsche Post, who said it would present its offer to Verdi yesterday.
According to Verdi, some 23,000 postal workers participated in strikes earlier this week. That has resulted in millions of letters and parcels being delayed.
Reports in the German media this morning state that no party has made any public comment about yesterday’s discussions. It thus remains unclear how close a resolution to solve the dispute is.
Element 2 presently operates at 5 hydrogen refuelling locations across the UK today, and is in the process of building two permanent public refuelling stations along the M6 and A1(M) motorways.
Read more at: https://trans.info/en/pineapple-power-acquisition-of-element-2-may-boost-uks-hydrogen-refuelling-infrastructure-338057
Call to action – Out of Home delivery in Europe 2023 report
The Last Mile Experts team, together with partner Analysys Mason, invite you to participate in a project aimed at presenting the latest information on European OOH networks – PUDO points and APMs.
The goal of the third edition of our Out of Home delivery in Europe report is to present data on the development of PUDO and APM networks supporting an environmentally friendly methods of last mile delivery. Since the first edition of our report in 2021, many European (EU & UK) carriers and operators have shared information with us about the number of PUDO and APM points.
However, there is a sizable group that has not provided us with data until now, and those we have presented have come from available press materials, interviews and website information. Every year there are also new networks that are just entering the OOH delivery business. So we invite everyone who has not yet submitted their data to participate (for free) in our project this year.
You can get more information and an simplified application form by writing to info@lmexpert.com. We are collecting data for the report up to and including February 17, 2023.
For those who have not yet had the opportunity to read the previous editions of the reports, you can do so here and become acquainted with its concept and what it strives to achieve. You can also find more information via Linkedin.
Thank you from Last Mile Experts and the Analysys Mason team.
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