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German government mulls pension payments transfer from Deutsche Post &Telekom

Posted by | Oct 27, 2004 | |

The German government is considering asking Deutsche Post AG and Deutsche Telekom AG to transfer pension payments totalling billions of euros to the state in order to help plug the budget deficit, Financial Times Deutschland said, citing government sources.

It said by taking over the long-term pension payments meant for employees of the former state monopolies, the state would then receive in the short-term a cash injection of several billions of euros from the two companies.

The government would then not need to come up with an austerity programme and would be able to keep its 2005 budget deficit at 3 pct of GDP, it added.

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Popular initiative in Switzerland: “Postal services for all”

Posted by | Oct 27, 2004 | |

In a continued effort to adapt to market liberalisation, the Swiss Post Office is restructuring further to increase efficiency and profitability. This includes the closure of several local post offices. The initiative “postal services for all” called on the government to guarantee basic postal services and to include the communes in decisions affecting the network of post offices.
The initiative was supported by the trade unions, consumer organisations and representatives of the leftist parties. The government and a majority in parliament opposed the initiative.

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DHL launches Service Points to the UK SME and consumer markets

Posted by | Oct 26, 2004 | |

International and domestic express delivery services will soon be even easier to enjoy, thanks to DHL. The world’s leading express and logistics company, is today extending its service offering to the SME and consumer markets with the launch of Service Points, a new gateway to DHL’s international network.
Currently in pilot phase in Chessington and Hounslow outside London, Service Points enables customers to take their parcels and documentation directly to a DHL ‘Service Point’ for international or domestic distribution. A service similar to that offered by the Post Office today. This innovative new service will soon see hundreds of DHL Service Points throughout the UK, bringing convenience to businesses and consumers like never before.

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FedEx Express flies 12 new flights to China

Posted by | Oct 26, 2004 | |

FedEx Express, an operating union of FedEx Corp. announced on October 21 that it would fly new flights to China, and expand its business scope in China as well. FedEx Express remarked that this activity aimed at further consolidating its global leading position in express services sector, and enabling itself to own the most flights to China among all American express companies. FedEx Express has submitted an application to the US. Department of Transportation for opening another additional 6 flights by 2006, to bring the total to 29. It also prepares to bring Guangzhou into the global express network and the express network in the Asia-Pacific region.

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TPG turns focus on China for acquisitions

Posted by | Oct 26, 2004 | |

TPG yesterday said it was eyeing three or four acquisition candidates in China to boost its logistics activities, but noted with concern the poor performance of its French transportation operations. Jan Haars, chief financial officer, said TPG was mulling acquisitions priced at EUR150m-EUR250m (USD190m-USD320m). In August it completed the EUR257m purchase of Wilson Logistics, a Swedish freight forwarding company. The world’s second-largest logistics group said it faced challenging conditions due to higher than expected costs resulting from price pressure in France. “We are facing very high fixed-costs in transportation for which it is difficult to find a solution,” said Mr Haars. “It is an area of concern that we are working hard to get under control.”

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Building a viable network – Postcomm’s fourth annual report on the network of post offices 2003-2004

Posted by | Oct 26, 2004 | |

Chapter 1 Network overview
1/ Introduction 8
2/ Post Office Ltd finances 8
3/ Post Office Ltd efficiencies 9
4/ Directly Managed Branches 11
5/ Direct Payment Programme &
the Post Office Card Account 12
6/ Opportunities from competition in postal services 19
7/ Innovations from abroad 20
Chapter 2 Banking and new products
1/ Introduction 26
2/ Banking 26
3/ Update on new Financial Products 30
4/ Advertising the network 31
5/ Innovation and other new products 31
Chapter 3 Urban Network
1/ Introduction 40
2/ The Urban Reinvention Programme 40
3/ Support fund for urban deprived Post Offices 47
4/ Other grants and schemes for the urban network 50
5/ Supermarkets and convenience stores 53
6/ Studies by others on the urban network 54
Chapter 4 Rural Network
1/ Introduction 60
2/ Funding the rural network to 2006 60
3/ Other Rural Funding 61
4/ Closures 62
5/ Rural Research 63
6/ Rural Transfer Advisers & Community Action 65
7/ Pilot Projects & alternatives to ‘traditional’
Post Offices 67
8/ Devolved Administrations 69
9/ Future of the rural network 70
Chapter 5 Network Change
1/ Introduction 76
2/ Network change 78
3/ Post Office market 80
4/ Subpostmasters resigning 82
5/ Subpostmaster current and future issues 85
6/ Customer impact 88
7/ Re-opening of Post Office branches 90
8/ The Regional Picture 92
Annex A
Recommendations in last year’s report 95
Annex B
Postcomm’s recommendations on the future
of the rural network 97
Annex C
Statement by the Secretary of State for Trade
and Industry, September 2004 99
P:LibraryPostalPostComm Formal DocumentsPO Network AnnRep 04.pdf

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Polish express market

Posted by | Oct 26, 2004 | |

Of the 51 companies active on the local market, 25 are recent arrivals which registered last year. Despite the increasingly crowded market, all the major operators saw their revenues grow from 20% (Servisco) to 50% (Masterlink).

The exception was Poczta Polska.

“It can compete in terms of price, and its monopoly is a big advantage, but otherwise it would be in trouble,” said Olga Kozierowska of Masterlink. She estimates that PP controls only 4% of the courier market, a figure that experts say is more or less accurate.

Hence the announcement by PP deputy president Andrzej Siniakiewicz that the company plans to take over a courier company by the end of the year. His comment last week came in the wake of a large-scale consolidation process on the market. In 2002, Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN) became the sole owner of Servisco, the market leader with a 22% share, of the 99 million (z³. 425 million) a year market for next-day delivery service. DPWN is now planning to offer all its services under the DHL brand.

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