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Bulgarian postal operator Tip Top Courier sees 2007 turnover up 85%

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

Bulgarian postal operator Tip Top Courier expects its turnover to grow by 85% next year to 12 million levs (USD7.9 million/6.1 million euro), due to expansion of its network and rise in postal advertisements, a senior company official said on Tuesday.
Tip Top Courier expects to have some 10 million levs in turnover from courier services in 2007, up 54% from this year’s projection, and some two million levs from universal postal services operations, which it will launch in January, board chairman Lachezar Kaparashev said in a statement sent to SeeNews.
Tip Top Courier was licensed on Monday as the first privately held provider of universal postal services in Bulgaria under the trademark T-Post. The company will invest some seven million levs in expanding its network by January 2009.

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Polish post office seeks to avert all-out strike over letter carriers' pay, conditions

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

Poland Managers of Poland’s state-owned post office sought Tuesday to head off the threat of a nationwide strike by letter-carriers who are demanding a hefty pay rise.

Mail deliveries in some of Poland’s major cities have been limited since Monday amid walkouts by some of Poczta Polska SA’s letter carriers.

Three labor unions that represent its 24,000 postal workers have threatened a nationwide strike demanding, among other things, a 40 percent pay increase. Letter carriers currently earn some 1,000 zlotys (USD330; euro250) per month.

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German Hermes sees over 1.0 bln euro sales for 2006

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

German logistics services provider Hermes Logistik Gruppe, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the local mail order company Otto GmbH, expects to post more than 1.0 bln euro (USD 1.282 bln) in sales for 2006 due to its strong performance and fast growth on the market so far, the company’s CEO Hanjo Schneider said on November 21, 2006.
The annual sales growth is projected to reach the double-digit percentage range, Schneider added.
He did not specify the expected financial figures for 2006, but said that Hermes’s results will be additionally boosted by the strong demand during the Christmas season.
Since its foundation three years ago, Hamburg-based Hermes increased the number of its outlets in Germany to 13,000. The company is the biggest competitor of local postal group Deutsche Post AG on the market for package deliveries for private clients. Currently, Deutsche Post has a network of 12,500 outlets in the country.

Since September 2006, Hermes is present on the private package deliveries markets of 20 European countries.

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Postcomm reviews Royal Mail request on notice period for changes to Sameday service

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

Postcomm is seeking views on Royal Mail’s application for an exemption from the notification requirements of its licence for changes to its Sameday service.

Condition 7 of its licence requires Royal Mail to notify Postcomm of any changes to existing prices and services three months before they are introduced and to publish information about such changes after this notification.

In October 2006, Royal Mail applied to Postcomm for an exemption from this requirement for changes to its Sameday service on the basis that this service operates in a competitive market.

It is important for Postcomm to get the views of other postal operators, postal users, Postwatch, trade associations and other interested parties operating in the postal service industry, and the regulator will carefully consider these views in making its decision on Royal Mail’s request.

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Jobs go as Royal Mail centre axed

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

Almost 100 jobs are to go at a Royal Mail customer services centre in Essex.
The company has announced the office in Colchester will close with the loss of 97 jobs as part of plans to merge the service into six national centres.

A Royal Mail spokesman said voluntary redundancy or alternative roles in a different department would be offered to those whose jobs would be going.

The spokesman said services to customers would not be affected by the changes, due to be completed by March.

The move follows the end of Royal Mail’s monopoly of the postal industry, earlier this year, forcing it to deal with competitors.

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TNT repurchases 18.2 million shares from the State of the Netherlands.

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

Today the State of the Netherlands announces it is selling all of its shares in TNT; 27.8 million ordinary shares to Citibank and UBS and 18.2 million ordinary shares to TNT. The repurchase by TNT represents a total consideration of nearly euro 600 million and 4.3 % of TNT’s outstanding ordinary share capital. The total sale by the State represents approximately 10.9 % of TNT’s outstanding ordinary share capital reducing the holding of the State of the Netherlands in TNT to nil.
Today’s repurchase by TNT is made part of the share buy back program that TNT announced on 6 November 2006. As a result of today’s transaction the total amount of the shares bought back until and including 20 November 2006 amounts to around 70 % of the announced euro 1 billion buy back. TNT intends to cancel all of the shares repurchased.

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The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. offer holiday shipping expertise

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

When it comes to shipping holiday gifts, there really is a “naughty” way and a “nice” way to do it. And after 26 years in the packing and shipping business, the pros at The UPS Store® and Mail Boxes Etc.® have seen some fairly “naughty” packages in their day.

“Although people have the best of intentions, we have to perform a number of ‘interventions’ each year,” says The UPS Store franchisee Willa Levin of Royal Oak, Mich.

Levin recommends the following tips for ensuring your package is delivered in “nice” condition:

Get a good start by using a new box specifically designed for shipping, not moving. Dumpster diving for old boxes is a fast trip to the naughty list.

Follow through by using the right packing materials, including a minimum of two inches of bubble cushioning and/or packing peanuts. Old clothes, crumpled newspaper and real popcorn aren’t only naughty, they’re nasty.

Before closing the box, place an extra mailing label inside just in case the outside label gets damaged. Hint: Santa appreciates good penmanship.

Add the finishing touch with clear, professional-grade packing tape and a fresh label with both the sender’s and recipient’s names clearly printed. Sorry fellas, duct tape will land you at the top of the naughty list. Packages wrapped in paper or tied with string also are a no-no.

If you’re looking to score bonus points, use UPS® so you can track your packages. Then you’ll know someone was home to receive your gifts. It’s a nice thing to do.

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