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Royal Mail board to make deliveries

Posted by | Jan 19, 2003 | |

The Royal Mail is to force its new board directors, including some of the biggest names in the City, to become postmen so that they learn about the business “from the ground up”. Non-executive directors such as Richard Handover, the chief executive of W H Smith, Mike Hodgkinson, the chief executive of BAA, and John Neill, the chief executive of Unipart, will join postmen on their 5am rounds, perform a stint in sorting offices and drive delivery vans. The new directors, who each earn more than pounds 500,000 a year from their other jobs, are likely to be joined by Adam Crozier, the Royal Mail’s new chief executive.

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Delays to start of rival Business Post service

Posted by | Jan 18, 2003 | |

Shares in Business Post fell 5 per cent to 356.5p after the mail delivery group warned that its hopes of setting up a rival business post service to Royal Mail had been delayed. The group, which owns UK Mail, is waiting for the postal regulator to rule on how much it must pay Royal Mail to get its postal workers to deliver UK Mail’s post to home addresses. Business Post admitted it was unlikely to launch the service – planned for this month – until nearer the summer. The UK market for bulk mail is worth about pounds 1.4bn annually.

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New Canon for Salvesen UK

Posted by | Jan 17, 2003 | |

Christian Salvesen has won a multi-million pound three-year contract with Canon UK. It will deliver Canon’s range of business machines and photographic products – which includes photocopiers, printers and fax-machines – direct to customers across the Midlands, South and South West of England.

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TNT offers express services at 7-Eleven

Posted by | Jan 17, 2003 | |

TNT Express Worldwide (Thailand) is set to compete with the state postal operator with the launch of around-the-clock domestic and international express document delivery services at 7-Eleven convenience stores.

The Dutch-based company yesterday introduced the international version of its 24-hour air express document service. Called EZY Express, it will be carried out by a joint venture with CP Seven Eleven Plc, part of the Charoen Pokphand Group. The domestic version of the service is scheduled to be launched in April.”The idea behind the EZY Express service is the considerable business potential of daily express mail services for convenience store customers,” said Narongrid Galaputh, the sales and marketing director of TNT Thailand.

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Business Post Group – Postcomm determination update

Posted by | Jan 17, 2003 | |

Business Post announces that it has been advised by the Postal Services Commission (“Postcomm”), the independent postal industry regulator, that the publication of its determination of UK Mail’s access to Royal Mail’s delivery network for public consultation will be later than originally anticipated.

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Nigeria vows to revitalize postal undertaking

Posted by | Jan 17, 2003 | |

The Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST) has reiterated its commitment to ensure complete revitalization of Nigeria’s postal system in the new year, a NIPOST document said on Friday.

According to the document released on Friday in the capital Abuja, this would be achieved through human resource development and the empowerment of its workforce.

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