It has been interesting reading about the problems of Royal Mail, as our own Poste Italiane has also gone through years of problems. One of the most unlikely turnarounds, however, has taken place thanks to an initiative by Corrado Passera, one of Italy’s most outstanding businessmen.
Read MoreRoyal Mail has promoted head of business development Richard Roche to head of direct marketing sector, and Tim Rivett, former head of media solutions, to head of consumer and small business following fears they would not find roles in the new restructure.
Read MoreIt has been interesting reading about the problems of Royal Mail, as our own Poste Italiane has also gone through years of problems. One of the most unlikely turnarounds, however, has taken place thanks to an initiative by Corrado Passera, one of Italy’s most outstanding businessmen. The long-troubled postal service is due to breakeven this year, four years after Passera agreed to take on its demoralised workers, truculent unions, inflated costs, and GBP538m annual losses. Some 14,000 post offices throughout Italy have been literally turned inside-out. The new Poste Italiane offices have a more welcoming atmosphere than many banks – and most importantly, post office staff have become courteous and extremely helpful – a big change from the surly staff of old. Key to the organisation’s revitalisation is Passera’s success at convincing unions and workers to sign up to 100 projects aimed at slashing costs and boosting revenues. His move to measure employees on performance also resulted in an exodus of some 25,000.
Read MoreRoyal Mail managers have been advised to disobey orders to spy on striking postal workers after lawyers warned clandestine surveillance during industrial disputes may be unlawful. postal workers after lawyers warned clandestine surveillance during industrial disputes may be unlawful. Guidance issued to middle-ranking and senior executives by union leaders urges managers to ignore controversial instructions to covertly monitor pickets. Amicus issued a revised 38-point code for white-collar staff following the Guardian’s disclosure of confidential Royal Mail plans to secretly film strikers with managers being asked to buy disposable cameras to photograph branch officials. A Royal Mail spokesman said: “We were simply saying that on Royal Mail premises managers have a right to manage. We never accepted that we were asking people to snoop or take part in some underhand surveillance.”
Read MoreA New York federal judge has vacated a temporary restraining order on two US accounts holding USD11 million linked to former Argentine postal service operator Correo Argentino SA. The accounts were frozen on claims by a foreign creditor of the Argentine government that the accounts were actually owned by the federal government and as such, could be used to satisfy an outstanding judgment related to defaulted sovereign bonds.
Read MoreThe Danish postal service Post Danmark has reportedly posted a profit of DKK466m in 2003, as compared to DKK52m in 2002.
Post Danmark’s primary operating result reportedly amounted to DKK722m, the best result in the history of the national postal service.
In 2002 Post Danmark reportedly posted a primary operating result of DKK638m.
Postcomm has published the findings of its first review of the Code of Practice governing changes to the Postcode Address File (PAF) – the list of the postal addresses of all 27 million households throughout the UK, which is maintained by Royal Mail. The Code sets out rules that, among other things, enable people to ask Royal Mail to make changes to parts of their postal address.
Read MoreChief executives of package delivery giants FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service have urged Congress to ensure that in future the U.S. Postal Service will not be permitted to leverage its mail monopoly to compete with privately run businesses.
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