A crackdown on “profiteering” shopkeepers who sell postage stamps at over face value was urged by an MP today. George Foulkes said: “This is outrageous. It is important that the Post Office ensures that all postage stamps are sold at face value.” A spokeswoman for Consignia said: “We take a very dim view of this. It is something we deplore.”
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Read Morewe haven’t yet reached the point where posties on bikes are delivering rush envelopes downtown. But that day might come sooner than you think. Canada Post has purchased a 50-per-cent interest in Montreal-based Intelcom, one of the largest rush couriers in the city. The deal has competitors seeing red. Stories have been flying around Montreal and Toronto about Canada Post pressuring some of its big suppliers, like law firms and advertising companies, to drop their current couriers and use Intelcom.
Read MoreToday, Royal Mail Special Delivery announced a package collection and delivery service for all UK businesses. Any business can arrange for documents and packages to be picked up from their offices and delivered the next morning to any location in the UK for less than £10.
Read MoreManagerial union Amicus launches its campaign today to secure a decent pay settlement for 15,000 Post Office managers. The Mission for Managers document outlines a package of looked-for reforms and is intended to coincide with Royal Mail chairman Allan Leighton’s announcement of his new management structure for the Post Office.
Read MoreSenior executives from leading U.S. companies have joined together to form the Mailing Industry CEO Council, a non-profit organization that will focus on unifying the mailing industry and promoting the critical role that mail plays in business and commerce.
Read MoreBermuda Post plans to introduce online track-and-trace services for its international express mail.
Postmaster General Clevelyn Crichlow said the post was in the process of securing funding from the Univeral Postal Union to implement the project.
Besides track and trace, Bermuda Post is also planning on a new computerization project that should enable it to get a better picture of it outgoing and incoming mail volume.
Read MoreThe Government is ripping the heart out of rural and urban communities by allowing the wholesale closure of thousands of post offices, the Liberal Democrats said today.
As tens of thousands of countryside campaigners took to the streets of London fighting for rural rights, MPs and councillors took to the stage at the Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton to call for an end to the closure of post offices.
With the proposed closure of 3,000 post offices in urban areas, MPs David Heath (Somerton and Frome) and Vincent Cable (Twickenham) said it was time the Government listened to the protests.
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