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European postal companies call for complete liberalisation in 2009

Posted by | Jul 17, 2006 | |

Chief Executive Officers of national postal companies in the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland and Germany have started a joint initiative for a complete opening of the postal markets in Europe by 2009. In a policy paper addressed to Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, CEOs Peter Bakker (TNT), Erik Olsson (Posten AB), Jukka Alho (Finland Post Corporation) and Klaus Zumwinkel (Deutsche Post World Net) plead for a sustainable postal sector in the next decades that should be realised by a complete market liberalisation by 2009 and the modernisation of the universal service.

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New global business organization to be created

Posted by | Jul 17, 2006 | |

Postmaster General Jack Potter has announced that a new Global Business organization will be created and Paul Vogel has been named its first senior vice president and managing director. Potter also has selected Anthony (Tony) Pajunas to serve as vice president, Network Operations.

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Size matters for the mail

Posted by | Jul 16, 2006 | |

Changes to the way people pay for postage will cause utter confusion and lead to longer queues at post offices.

From August 21, letters and packages will be charged according to a complicated combination of size, width and weight.

And consumer groups predict that Royal Mail’s new Pricing in Proportion system will cause a flood of queries to counter staff.

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New Man at the helm of Isle of Man Post

Posted by | Jul 14, 2006 | |

Isle of Man Post has appointed a new chief executive following the retirement of Bill Collister.

Bill Chacksfield, 58, is joining the firm from The Business Post Group in the UK where he headed up its home delivery operation.

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FedEx, UPS subpoenaed in US cargo probe

Posted by | Jul 14, 2006 | |

FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service Inc. said on Friday they received grand jury subpoenas as part of a global probe by the U.S. government into possible criminal violations of antitrust laws in the air cargo transportation industry.

The U.S. package delivery companies said they do not believe they are targets of the investigation, which has drawn in Air France-KLM, British Airways Plc, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Scandinavian airline SAS, Luxembourg-based Cargolux Airlines International and Air Canada’s parent, ACE Aviation Holdings Inc.

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UK Royal Mail plans discounts with 'zonal' scheme

Posted by | Jul 14, 2006 | |

Royal Mail is planning a pre-emptive strike to prevent competitors from cherry-picking major business clients, by bringing in a pricing structure that offers major discounts for city deliveries.

Called ‘zonal pricing’, the scheme will charge various rates according to the destination, and is to affect all mail sent through Mailsort 3 – the most popular service for direct mail. It will include magazine- delivery scheme Presstream.

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Is UK Royal Mail's PIP campaign too little, 'far too late'?

Posted by | Jul 14, 2006 | |

Royal Mail’s major offensive to build awareness of pricing in proportion – including what is claimed to be the biggest door-drop push in UK history – is coming under fire for both its scale and timing

When Royal Mail revealed it was planning a campaign to support the introduction of pricing in proportion (PIP), it not only boasted that the push would reach every adult in the UK, but that it would be one of the biggest campaigns in the organisation’s 350-year history (PM November 11).

In theory, it would ensure that, as the pricing of mail changes on August 21 to include the size as well as weight, this is common knowledge for consumers and businesses alike. But, despite the campaign lasting over a month and consisting of many different elements, there are concerns that it will not be enough to make the change go through smoothly.

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