Postal Hub podcast

Ep 325: Denmark abolishes the USO... almost

Dec 4, 2023

Denmark has been at the vanguard when it comes to changes to letter delivery and digitisation of letter services. But new changes to the universal service obligation will have far-reaching implications for letter and parcel delivery in Denmark. Mindaugas Cerpickis and Jacob Østermann from Copenhagen Economics analyse...

Ep 324: New laws targeting last mile delivery

Nov 28, 2023

Roel Gevaers, Professor in Last Mile Logistics and Supply Chain, University of Antwerp, discusses new Belgian legislation targeting last mile parcel delivery.

Definition of parcel delivery companies under the new law
Obligations on delivery companies
Minimum payment rates
Intention behind this legislation
Past...

Ep 323: Tradeaze B2B same-day delivery startup

Nov 21, 2023

Jack Hopkins, CEO and co-founder of Tradeaze - a same-day delivery service for the building and trades sector - shares how Tradeaze started and the delivery need it fills:

What drove Jack to found Tradeaze
The need for tradespeople (tradies) to have access to fast supply of parts
How the parts market works
How...

Ep 322: Out-of-home delivery with Geopost

Nov 15, 2023

Thibault Guez, Out-of-Home Project Director Europe at Geopost, discusses out-of-home delivery, including PUDOs, parcel lockers, delivery preferences and more:

What is out-of-home delivery?
Size of Geopost's out-of-home network
Getting closer to the consignee
Dominance of residential B2C delivery in some...

Ep 321: Data driving delivery profitability

Oct 30, 2023

Robert Jordan, CEO at the Information Factory, discusses how data can be used to drive profitability in delivery and logistics. We cover:

Harnessing logistics and delivery data
Data is not just about reporting
Falling letter volumes, volatile parcel volumes, labour pressures
Postal operators dealing with operational...