Royal Mail has relaunched its Web site aimed at SMEs wanting to plan and execute cost-efficient DM campaigns. The new site, dm-online.co.uk, which claims to be the only service of its kind, provides templates and tools for design, layout and copy production.
Read MoreUK Royal Mail has restructured its marketing team under marketing director Paul Rich as it prepares for competition from market entrants such as Deutsche Post and TPG.
Rich is aligning his marketing team more closely with Royal Mail’s sales force. Following the review, the marketing of all Royal Mail-branded products will be the responsibility of Rich and his team.
Read MoreFollowing undertakings from Royal Mail, Postcomm announced today (29 January 2004) that it has decided not to confirm a provisional enforcement order on the company. The order was served in November 2003 after Postcomm received information which suggested that Royal Mail was offering substantial discounts to attract catalogue and advertising mail. The order will be allowed to lapse towards the end of February 2004, when the undertakings will be in place.
Read MoreRA Government approved the draft law on mail communication, RA Minister of Transport and Communication Andranik Manukian stated. According to him, given law will regulate all legal field in the system of mail services, in particularly, authorities and obligations of the operator in provision of these services. He said that the main idea of the law is implementation of universal mail services, which envisages provision of high-quality services in all regions of Armenia.
Read MorePostal workers have voted to accept a deal aimed at ending a long running dispute over pay, it was announced.
Members of the Communication Workers Union voted by more than 2-1 in favour of a deal covering pay, London Weighting allowances and working practices.
Deputy general secretary Dave Ward said there had been a “moderate” turnout in the ballot which was a “health warning” to the Royal Mail.
Read MoreThe French senate has passed a bill to liberalise the country’s postal services.
The legislation will allow rivals to establish alternative postal services, initially for letters and, from next year, the state postal monopoly to set up banking and insurance operations.
Read MoreThe Postal Service needs more flexibility in setting rates and a strong dose of modernization to survive in the 21st century, Controller General David Walker told lawmakers.
Walker told a House Committee on Government Reform panel looking into overhauling the Postal Service that stiff online competition has contributed to a three-year decline in money-generating deliveries, yet the post office has had to serve more than 5 million more addresses in that time.
Read MoreDeutsche Post buys in to UK mail market
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