The European Parliament adopted a motion for a Resolution on March 11 supporting the broad outlines of the Commission’s May 2003 proposal to abolish the VAT exemption for public postal services. Adopted in the context of consultation procedure, the report drafted by Olle Schmidt (ELDR, Sweden) will be submitted before the Council, which much reach its final decision unanimously.
Read MoreDMIS is to shortly publish Consumer Trends 2003–its biennial survey of consumer attitudes to direct mail. The study has been carried out by BMRB International since 1985, and during 2003 involved a representative sample of 598 adults.
One of the most startling findings is the sheer weight of direct mail consumers receive. Some 52 per cent of the weekly mail is mailshots.
Read MoreNew Zealand government-owned Kiwibank Ltd. posted a loss of NZD1.5 million in the six months to Dec. 31, an improvement from a loss of NZD6.5 million a year earlier, and said it is on track to be profitable in its next financial year.
The bank, owned by state postal company New Zealand Post Ltd., said in a statement that its home loan book increased to NZD793 million from NZD291 million a year earlier, retail deposits rose to NZD697 million from NZD232 million, and the number of customers now exceed 200,000.
Read MoreABX sells French logistics business
Read MoreThe four CEP giants FedEx, DHL,TNT and UPS with their international presence generated the ‘lion‘s share‘ of sales, reporting a total of EUR 35 million. This is especially the case with DHL, itself a subsidiary of Deutsche Post, clearly the market leader in Greece as it alone controls 60% of the Greek domestic market. Other domestic market leaders in this sector include companies like ACS and Speed Air. Alongside these privately run enterprises there is also the state owned Post Elta with its subsidiary Elta Express, which entered the CEP market in the year 2000.
Read MoreTNT Portugal, the Portuguese national subsidiary of TPG managed to increase its turnover by 10% to EUR 31.9 million last year. TNT Portugal is therefore now market leader within Portugal, claiming a market share of 16% in the Portuguese domestic market.
Read MoreDHL, the transport and logistics subsidiary of Deutsche Post, the German postal service, has signed an agreement with its trade unions in France concerning a plan for the restructuring of its business in France. The redundancy schemes that form part of this plan are expected to affect 10 per cent of the company’s 12,000 staff. The plans will affect the company’s freight, logistics, express and transport commission services. In total, these divisions achieve a turnover of over 1.6bn euros in France.
Read MoreFedEx chairman Frederick W. Smith told a Senate panel looking at postal reform Thursday that it has two choices: Liquidate the Postal Service as technology encroaches on its primary business or force it to compete.
Smith, whose Memphis-based package delivery and logistics company is both in partnership and in competition with the 750,000-employee government mail-delivery giant, laid out a list of proposals aimed at improving service, adjusting Postal Service pricing structures and ending the USPS monopoly by 2008.
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