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Business Post Group plc |
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PROFILE |
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It's Business Post Group's business to know overnight and express delivery service in the UK and Ireland. To serve its 18,000 customers, the company operates more than 20 regional hubs and one national hub to receive and dispatch packages and letters among more than 40 locally franchised depots. Business Post's continental deliveries are made via EURODIS, a Germany-based delivery service; US-based Airborne Express handles overseas deliveries. The company has created subsidiary HomeServe.net to focus on home delivery of parcels, specifically e-commerce purchases. CEO Peter Kane, who owns 51% of Business Post, and his brother Michael, who owns about 13%, founded the company in 1971.
COMPETITION |
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Airborne, Inc. (ABF)
DHL Worldwide Express, Inc. (dossier)
United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)
DEALS |
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Deal: Post-it and Eurojam Form Partnership
Date Announced: 02.04.99
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 0
Description: Post-it and European student-advice site partner to create new career-focused U.K. Web site.
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: March
2001 Sales (mil.): 175.20
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (3.7)%
Employees: 1,452
Revenue per employee: $120,661.16
KEY PEOPLE |
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Peter Kane
CEO
Peter Fitzwilliam
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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Express House, 464 Berkshire Ave.
Slough Berkshire SL1 4PL, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-1753-819-918
Fax: 44-1753-819-022
Online: Web Site
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