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TNT expects strong growth in the UK

Posted by | Dec 10, 2002 | |

TNT Express International UK’s divisional managing director, Stuart Stobie, has said he plans to double the size of the business by 2007.

He added that the company had doubled its profitability in the last three years since the arrival of Alan Jones, the group managing director. In that time, revenue for the UK operation has increased from £128 million to £146 million. TNT has also changed its business mix since 1999 away from less profitable larger accounts to smaller, higher yield customers.

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Postcomm advises on the European Postal Services Directive

Posted by | Dec 10, 2002 | |

Postcomm today published its advice to the Secretary of State for Trade and
Industry on how best to implement the new European Directive on postal
services. This follows a consultation seeking views on options for
implementation of the provisions in the Directive. The Directive reduces the part of the postal market that can be reserved to national monopoly postal operators from 350 grams to post weighing 100g from 1 January 2003 and 50g from 1 January 2006.

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Postal Service cuts losses to $676M

Posted by | Dec 10, 2002 | |

The U.S. Postal Service lost $676 million in the last fiscal year, about half of what officials had projected to lose.

Postal officials had budgeted a loss of $1.35 billion.

Postmaster General John Potter attributed the improved performance to a reduced work force. About 23,000 career employees were cut through attrition. The financial information was released at a board of governors meeting Tuesday.

“Today we have about the same number of employees we had in 1995, even though we’re delivering 22 billion more pieces of mail,” Potter said.

In addition to the cost-cutting, postal rates went up in June boosting revenues.

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New human resources director appointed to Royal Mail

Posted by | Dec 10, 2002 | |

A new Human Resources Director is to be appointed to Royal Mail. Tony McCarthy, Group HR Director of BAE Systems, will join Royal Mail on 6 January.

DTI Minister Stephen Timms said: “This is the latest in a number of appointments strengthening the leadership of Royal Mail. The company will undoubtedly benefit from the appointment of an experienced Director with specific responsibilities for Human Resources.”

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Swiss Postal reforms

Posted by | Dec 10, 2002 | |

The Swiss parliament has approved in principle the gradual opening up of the postal services.
The Senate voted to liberalise parcel and mail deliveries beginning in 2004, but said the Post Office must maintain a country-wide network of branches.
The House of Representatives has already given the green light to the measures.
However, the Swiss electorate will have the final say on the Post Office’s plans to cut the number of branches, after consumer groups and trade unions collected enough signatures to force a nationwide vote.

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Royal Mail Launches New Online Service

Posted by | Dec 9, 2002 | |

The nature of traditional media channels is changing, and Royal Mail is keen to promote direct and door-drop mail campaigns as a cost effective alternative. Its new web based initiative allows customers to develop their own direct marketing strategies and is an imaginative attempt to capture a market that is underutilized in the UK.

The UK’s Royall Mail has introduced a new interactive online service highlighting the effectiveness of both direct mailings to targeted households and door-drop campaigns to whole neighborhoods. Ogilivy Interactive, one of the largest marketing communications networks in the world, has designed the virtual demonstration.

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UK Post Office to spend over £100M on IT upgrades

Posted by | Dec 9, 2002 | |

As much as one quarter of the £450 mil set aside by the govt for rural post offices could be invested in IT, according to the Dept of Trade and Industry (DTI). The govt body said it would invest £150 mil over three years, including around £79 mil for ‘front line systems’ in the first years, and £74 mil in both the second and third years. A Post Office source said that up to half of this expenditure could go towards IT systems. The National Federation of SubPostmasters, which will decide how to spend the money, said it is too early to speak about specific allocations. The Post Office claims it costs it £100 mil/y to maintain its Horizon automation system to which 40k terminals are connected, including 12k at rural branches.

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