11 May 2009 - Steve Lawson - © Hellmail Postal News

Swiss Post International (SPI) UK today announced that it will be relocating its two existing facilities at London Heathrow and Colnbrook, Berkshire to new, larger and more modern premises to accommodate increased business. This will bring together both airside and wholesale businesses in one location to streamline SPI UK’s operations and consequently provide customers with an improved quality of service.

Relocation

The airside business, which is currently located at Heathrow airport will move to the new location in August 2009. The wholesale business, which is currently located in Colnbrook, Berkshire, will move in February 2010. The new site, which is almost 20% larger than the current sites combined, is four miles from the current airside business and six miles from the current wholesale business.

Quality customer service

The relocation will enable SPI UK to accommodate the increased business it is experiencing, particularly in alternative distribution solutions. It will also provide the company with an opportunity to re-engineer its operational processes with a project to automate mail handling and further increase its operational efficiency by cutting the overheads associated with having two sites. These benefits will ultimately improve the quality of service that SPI UK will be able to provide its customers across mail processing, air linehaul and back office functions. SPI UK will not be making any redundancies.

Swiss Post International UK General Manager, Paul Taylor said: “At SPI UK we provide top quality services to the UK mail market. Relocating our two sides of the business to one location is a significant move that will enable us to continue to achieve this goal and expand our business.”

Commitment to the UK market

Daniel Baettig, Head of International Mail at Swiss Post International said: “The UK is one of the most significant foreign markets for Swiss Post International. This relocation demonstrates our long term commitment to the UK mail market and is a move that puts SPI UK in a position for future growth.”

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