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Seur ups sales and launches new service

Posted by | Mar 31, 2006 | |

Seur, the Spanish express market leader, increased revenues by 5.6% to EUR574 million in 2005, thanks to international growth and despite the strike that affected the country’s transport sector last October. It has also launched an environmentally friendly new city-centre delivery vehicle. The main growth driver was the international business which grew to revenues of EUR45.5 million, representing 8% of turnover. Its business in Portugal grew 10% to EUR29.9, the company said in a statement.

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Postcomm Business Plan 2006/07

Posted by | Mar 31, 2006 | |

Postcomm’s business plan sets out its corporate strategy for 2006-09 and its detailed forward work plan for 2006-07, and follows a three month consultation period. It describes its mandate and goals, and its priorities for the year.

Contents A. Foreword
B. About Postcomm
Introduction
Postcomm’s statutory duties
Postcomm’s vision
C. Postcomm’s Longer-Term Strategy (2006-09)
The importance of postal services
Market overview and trends
Postcomm’s corporate goals
Postcomm’s major work programmes
D. Projects, Work Streams and Key Performance Indicators for 2006/07
Postcomm’s corporate goals
Ensuring the universal service
Protecting customer interests
Promoting sustainable competition
Advising on the Post Office Network
Building effective stakeholder relations
Using and developing resources effectively
E. Resources and Organisation for 2006/07
F. Corporate Governance and Internal Control
Annex – Postcomm’s Simplification Plan

P:LibraryPostalPostComm Formal Documents2006-07_business_plan.pdf

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USPS seeks NSA to boost first class use

Posted by | Mar 31, 2006 | |

The US Postal Service filed for its first Negotiated Service Agreement based on encouraging a mailer to increase its use of First Class mail. The USPS seeks a three-year agreement with Washington Mutual Bank covering First-Class Mail for the bank’s credit card services. The request was made to the Postal Rate Commission on Wednesday. An NSA is a contract between the postal service and a company, providing customized pricing incentives based on the company’s mail operations. According to the filing, the USPS estimates it will benefit by USD 46.3 million over the life of the NSA.

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Russian Mail Service will lose USD36M in 2006

Posted by | Mar 31, 2006 | |

The Russian postal service will incur losses of USD36 million in 2006, its chief executive said Friday. Speaking at the reopening after refurbishment of St. Petersburg’s main post office, Igor Syrtsov admitted the company was facing losses, but said Russian Mail would be given 4.5 billion rubles (USD162 million) as part of an investment program in 2006. The funds will be used to build automated sorting centers in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and modernize post offices and transport, he said. Syrtsov added that Russia would have over 20,000 postal offices offering Internet access by year end, and that employees would receive a 30% pay raise in 2006.

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Italian Post sees better mail volume and quality

Posted by | Mar 31, 2006 | |

The Italian postal service has seen more cross-border and in-country mail volume as a result of a quality of service program formed by the European Union Postal Directive in 2002 and monitored by an independent organization of postal administrations. Under the quality of service program, if postal organizations meet or exceed delivery targets they receive additional funds. “Quality of service has been very good for us,” said Massimo Sarmi, CEO of Poste Italiane, who spoke to reporters at a media breakfast here yesterday. “Our volumes have increased as well as the overall service quality of our mail.” Sarmi also noted a rise in direct mail in the country.

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FirstGroup's GB Railfreight wins 12-month extension of UK mail train contract

Posted by | Mar 31, 2006 | |

FirstGroup PLC unit GB Railfreight said it has done a deal with Royal Mail to continue moving mail by rail for at least another year. GB told AFX News that it has won a 12-month extension of its contract with the state-owned mail group to run postal trains between London, the north west and Scotland. The company has not disclosed the value of the extension, which is due to run until the end of March next year. GB spokesman said there would be no change to the existing arrangements under which the company runs two return services a day between Willesden in London, Warrington and Shieldmuir in Scotland. However, the contract allows for the number of trains to be increased on a night-by-night basis subject to requirements. ‘The two sides will always talk about developing the relationship and that could lead to it going beyond that,’ the spokesman added. ‘GB Railfreight is in this for the long haul and Royal Mail has indicated that it wants to see rail as part of its distribution network.’

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Royal Mail media manager Roche quits after restructure

Posted by | Mar 30, 2006 | |

Royal Mail’s former head of media markets Richard Roche is leaving the company following the reorganisation of its sector marketing division. It emerged earlier this year that Roche had been left without a job after a restructure was called by Royal Mail’s marketing director Alex Batchelor. However, a spokesman said at the time that Roche was still with the company and he was said to be in the running to replace Gordon Steele as sales and marketing director of the Post Office. But it is now understood that Roche will leave at the end of this week. He has effectively been replaced by Antony Miller, although Miller takes up the newly created role of head of media development. A Royal Mail spokesman confirms Roche’s departure and points out that the media development team under Miller has doubled in size following the restructure.

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TNT wins 12 Mln Euro logistics contract from Italian Pininfarina

Posted by | Mar 30, 2006 | |

Dutch mail and logistics group TNT NV signed a 12 mln euro (USD14.4 mln) logistics services contract with Italian car design company Pininfarina SpA, TNT said on March 29, 2006. Under the three-year contract, TNT Logistics’ Italian division will manage spare parts supply and component transportation from more than 100 suppliers to the production sites of the new Alfa Romeo Brera. More than half of TNT’s Italian logistics unit’s sales come from services to the automotive sector. The unit’s customers include Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Renault.

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