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UK postal delivery switch ‘has seen costs rise’

Posted by | Nov 8, 2005 | |

Royal Mail’s controversial switch from twice-daily to once-a-day deliveries last year, which the postal operator predicted would save more than Pounds 100m a year, has actually increased net annual costs by Pounds 105m, its regulator has told MPs. Nigel Stapleton, chairman of Postcomm, yesterday cited the figures to explain why the regulator believed the state-owned postal operator could make double the 1.5 per cent a year efficiency savings it has proposed for the four years to 2010. Postcomm and Royal Mail still appear at daggers drawn over the potential for efficiency savings, a core component of bitterly contested price controls the regulator is due to finalise this month.

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Irish An Post services to resume as strike is suspended

Posted by | Nov 8, 2005 | |

Postal services will begin returning to normal today after the Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) suspended industrial action by its members in An Post.
The company advised customers last night to resume posting mail, but warned of likely delays in deliveries over the coming days. The union’s national overtime ban and strike at the GPO in Dublin lasted just 18 hours, ending at 6pm following a meeting of its disputes committee. The committee acceded to a request by the National Implementation Body (NIB) that the action be deferred pending an independent examination of costs in dispute between the parties. The CWU wants changes in four areas to a Labour Court recommendation issued in July on major work practice changes required by An Post in its collection and delivery service.

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TNT UAE targets 60 per cent on-line shipments by mid 2006

Posted by | Nov 8, 2005 | |

TNT Express aims to have 60 per cent of its UAE consignments booked through its on-line products by mid 2006 said Mark Pell, TNT’s Managing Director, Gulf. To use the system, customers require an active account with TNT’s on-line service ‘myTNT’ and an e-mail address to which confirmations can be sent. The email contains details such as booking reference, company name, where packages should be collected and the date and time the pick-up takes place. The system will be rolled out in Bahrain and Kuwait by November this year.

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UPU and UNI sign agreement to promote social dialogue among postal sector partners

Posted by | Nov 8, 2005 | |

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) and Union Network International (UNI) have signed a cooperation agreement to promote social dialogue aimed at the sustainable development of postal services at the international level. The agreement was signed at UPU Headquarters in Berne, Switzerland, by UPU
Director General Edouard Dayan and UNI General Secretary Philip Jennings.
In terms of the agreement, the two organizations will establish joint actions focusing on the impact of postal sector development on jobs, particularly in the area of health and security, as well as the improvement and development of postal staff skills. The two organizations also agreed to continue to
promote the provision of postal financial services – particularly electronic money transfer services – through the international postal network. This is not only seen as an important source of job creation, but also as an essential service to give millions of migrant workers and their relatives – among them the
world’s poorest – access to affordable money transfer services.

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Thailand: Federal Express upbeat over new business volume after new airport opens

Posted by | Nov 7, 2005 | |

Federal Express Corp expects the new Bangkok international airport will result in a large increase in the amount the international shipments but warns that the timeliness of the airport’s opening is critical, the Bangkok Post reports.
“I think everybody recognises that more delays would actually mean missed opportunities for the country. If you look around, the airport is a very key competitive factor especially in the economies of Southeast Asia, be it in Malaysia, Hong Kong or Thailand,” said Clifton Chua, FedEx managing director for Thailand, Indochina and the Philippines. “And Don Muang airport’s capacity itself is bursting at the seams.” FedEx like other international express couriers is banking on the new international airport, which is expected to begin commercial services in June next year.

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French post office considers Sunday opening

Posted by | Nov 7, 2005 | |

Jean-Paul Bailly, chairman of La Poste, the French post office, has told the French press that new opening hours for post offices will be introduced on a trial basis in 2006. The tests will include Sunday openings to coincide with Sunday morning markets and festivals, and keeping post offices open until 8pm one night a week.

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Irish postal distruption still expected despite compromise to end strike

Posted by | Nov 7, 2005 | |

Postal customers were facing disruption from industrial action today, despite the emergence of a compromise deal between An Post and unions. The nationwide industrial action by 8,500 postal workers began at midnight but is expected to be postponed later today for a week after a meeting of the Communications Workers Union’s national executive. An Post has said that customers may face some disruption due to the temporary industrial action. Both sides are due for further talks at the National Implementation Body (NIB), while independent financial experts assess the cost of work practice changes involved in the dispute.

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Kewill Systems buys Interchain for initial net 6.8 mln stg

Posted by | Nov 7, 2005 | |

Kewill Systems PLC said it has acquired Interchain Holding BV, a privately-owned, Netherlands-based provider of supply chain management software to the European market, for an initial net 6.8 mln stg cash. Interchain’s system offering is called Chainware which is designed for large scale, multi-national Logistics Services Providers (LSP) operating in an international environment. Its customers include Fedex, TNT, UPS, Frans Maas and DHL. Kewill said it will pay an additional up to 2.4 mln stg depending on revenues in the two years following completion.

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