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Bid to cut New Zealand Saturday mail deliveries

Posted by | Mar 3, 2006 | |

Mail deliveries in New Zealand could be cut to a Monday to Friday service if postal workers are successful in their bid to have their six-day working week reduced. The Postal Workers Federation is seeking a five-day delivery week, with no pay cuts, as part of its 2006 collective agreement negotiations. Union organiser John Gardner said negotiations were a couple of months away and the topic had not been raised yet. Mr Gardner said the idea of a five-day week was regularly raised in discussions; he had heard it suggested 20 years ago. New Zealand Post has said there is “no prospect” of such a change.

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Development of competition in the European postal sector

Posted by | Mar 3, 2006 | |

Postal sector regulation and postal sector policy

Forces governing competition (Porter analysis, contestability of markets)

The universal postal operator: facts, figures, strategy

Competitor postal operators and effect of competition on market structure and
market performance

Regulatory framework, liberalisation and access regulation

Market size of the postal sector and country information

Facts and figures for the national postal operator (US provider)

Competitor postal operators and market structure of the postal sector

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UPS is “Global Most Admired”

Posted by | Mar 2, 2006 | |

Just one week after being rated “America’s Most Admired” company in the delivery industry, UPS’s accolade has been extended to the world stage by a new survey in FORTUNE magazine. UPS now has been rated the “Global Most Admired” company in its industry, far ahead of competitors in the United States, Europe and Japan. UPS also was ranked in the Top 10 among all the companies of the world in eight of the nine attributes used to judge corporate reputation. UPS was ranked No. 2 in the world for “financial soundness” and No. 4 in “product quality” and “employment talent.” It was rated No. 5 in the world for “social responsibility;” No. 6 in the world for both “globalness” and “management quality;” No. 7 for “use of assets,” and No. 8 for “long term investment.” In the FORTUNE rankings for the Delivery industry, UPS was rated No. 1 with a composite score of 8.38 on a 10-point scale. Only four other companies out of the hundreds surveyed matched or exceeded that composite score in any industry.

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China to set up new body to operate postal services

Posted by | Mar 2, 2006 | |

China will set up a new body, to be called the State Post Group Co, this June to operate postal services, the China Business News reported, citing an unnamed insider. The State Post Group will take over postal services, including express delivery, logistics and savings, from the State Post Bureau of China. The report added that the State Post Bureau will transfer the assets of China Postal Airlines – an airlines operator – to the new group. The move is part of the ongoing restructuring of the State Post Bureau.

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5 Bulgarian banks to open desks in Post Offices

Posted by | Mar 2, 2006 | |

Five Bulgarian banks will open desks in the post offices under an agreement with the Bulgarian Posts they signed on March 1, 2006. The five banks are DSK Bank, Investbank, Corporate Commercial Bank, Economic Investment Bank and Allianz Commercial Bank. The five banks were offered same terms of operation in the 1,200 post offices across the country. The Bulgarian Posts will get half of the commission fees for the banking operations.

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Development of competition in the European postal sector

Posted by | Mar 2, 2006 | |

Postal sector regulation and postal sector policy

Forces governing competition (Porter analysis, contestability of markets)

The universal postal operator: facts, figures, strategy

Competitor postal operators and effect of competition on market structure and
market performance

Regulatory framework, liberalisation and access regulation

Market size of the postal sector and country information

Facts and figures for the national postal operator (US provider)

Competitor postal operators and market structure of the postal sector

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Successful 2005 business year for GO! General Overnight Service

Posted by | Mar 1, 2006 | |

GO! General Overnight Service (Deutschland) GmbH, Bonn, is highly satisfied its business results for last year. The medium-sized market leader on the CEP segment for courier and express services boosted its shipping volumes in the year 2005 to above 2 million packages, raising turnover by approx. 20% to 200 million euros. For 2006, too, the company has set itself ambitious targets for increasing its shipping quantities.

Ralf-Hans Dierks, CEO of GO! General Overnight Service (Deutschland) GmbH, Bonn, attributes this positive development to the quality and growth strategies of the courier service, which was founded in 1984. “GO! has grown on the basis of its own strengths, pursues high quality standards and is in an excellent position regionally, nationally and internationally. For the newly-begun business year we have the aim of once more increasing shipping volumes significantly. I am sure that we will achieve this,” says Mr Dierks.
The course has already been set, with stronger international expansion driven forward by the creation of further GO stations in Europe, and by the extension of the international cooperation network.

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Successful 2005 business year for GO! General Overnight

Posted by | Mar 1, 2006 | |

GO! General Overnight Service (Deutschland) GmbH, Bonn, is highly satisfied its business results for last year. The medium-sized market leader on the CEP segment for courier and express services boosted its shipping volumes in the year 2005 to above 2 million packages, raising turnover by approx. 20% to 200 million euros. For 2006, too, the company has set itself ambitious targets for increasing its shipping quantities

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