Postal Hub podcast

Mar 26, 2024

Peter Dunn, Director of European Relations, Cullen International, discusses the USO, how European postal operators are reacting to falling letter volumes, and more.

Mar 19, 2024

Professor John Colley from the Warwick Business School discusses developments in gig economy delivery and ultrafast grocery delivery (q-commerce). We cover:

• Demise of rapid, ultrafast delivery
• Difficult economics of ultrafast delivery
• High costs of q-commerce never passed on to consumers
• Supermarket chains acquiring...

Mar 13, 2024

Rob King, CEO and co-founder at Zedify, discusses customer experience in the last mile, sustainability, greenwashing, and cargo bike delivery.

• Creating better delivery for customers and the environment
• Large vehicles vs small vehicles in urban delivery
• Microhubs in cities
• The last mile as an extension of the online...

Mar 8, 2024

Phil Read, Managing Director at Varamis, talks about using electric trains to transport parcels overnight in the UK:

• The inspiration behind Varamis
• Advantage of using high-speed passenger trains for moving parcels
• Acquiring electric trains
• Overnight parcel train service between Birmingham and Glasgow
• Proving trains can...