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Van Gend & Loos Euro Express to set up unattended delivery points

Posted by | Aug 22, 2002 | |

Van Gend & Loos Euro Express, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Post AG, is to set up five `packstations` in the Netherlands. Already this month, centrally located locker points, i.e. systems with special access codes for customers, are to be opened in Amsterdam where customers will be able to collect their parcels 24 hours a day. As soon as his consignments have been delivered to the nearest locker, the customer is notified by email of SMS. Local partners offering to house these lockers include restuarants of fast food chain McDonalds. Van Gend & Loos expects that in the next few years a comprehensive network of such packstations will be set up all over Europe. Deutsche Post has already successfully trialled a comparable project in Mainz and Dortmund.

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Campaign to save post offices hots up

Posted by | Aug 21, 2002 | |

A third of all post offices in Birmingham could close as part of a national cost-cutting drive, it was claimed yesterday.

According to the the Liberal Democrats, Birmingham will be one of the hardest hit areas as the Post Office struggles to curb mounting losses.

Eleven of the 32 branches in Ladywood face closure, with seven under threat in Small Heath and Sparkbrook and five heading for closure in Hall Green, they claimed.

In other areas of the city they have already begun a campaign to save up to 16 Birmingham subpost offices from closure with petition forms delivered to 30,000 homes.

Lib Dems, backed by their Euro MP Liz Lynne, are circulating the Hands Off Our Post petition to households in Perry Barr, Great Barr and Kingstanding.

They fear that plans to close 3,500 of Britain’s 8,000 urban post offices will leave many, particularly the elderly and less well-off, without easy access to vital services.

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Calls to halt Post Office closure plans

Posted by | Aug 21, 2002 | |

The Government was today urged to step in over “potentially devastating” plans to close 3,000 urban post offices.
Welsh Assembly minister Jenny Randerson said proposals to close four urban post offices every working day for the next three years would have a terrible impact on hundreds of communities.
But the Liberal Democrat Welsh culture minister said the Government was “oblivious” to their needs.
“The Post Office network forms the hub of the local community – in some areas they are the only remaining retail outlet and must be protected,” she said.
“Many constituencies may lose five or more branches, yet the UK New Labour Government remains strangely silent, despite being the principal shareholder of the Post Office, and is oblivious to the needs and wishes of its stakeholders.
“These figures clearly show the potentially devastating impact that the closure programme could have on local communities.”

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Industrial action hits post for third day

Posted by | Aug 21, 2002 | |

Postal deliveries in rural areas of the Irish Republic were delayed for the third day in succession today, by industrial action at sub-post offices.
The 600 members of the Irish Postmasters’ Union, who run post offices in the countryside, are refusing to accept earlier morning deliveries of mail and to supervise and assist sorting.
A spokesman for the union forecast an accumulation of undelivered post at centres across the State, causing delays of up to one and a half days in deliveries.
But the state-backed An Post postal company maintained it was “absolute nonsense” to suggest that there would be a significant backlog by the end of the week.

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Koizumi to give top postal job to private-sector executive

Posted by | Aug 21, 2002 | |

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi agreed Tuesday to appoint someone from the private sector to head a new public corporation to be established next April to run the nation’s postal services, posts and telecommunications minister Toranosuke Katayama said.
Katayama, who heads the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, said he discussed potential candidates for the top postal job with Koizumi at the prime minister’s office Tuesday afternoon.

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Proposals for a responsible further opening up of the Dutch postal market

Posted by | Aug 21, 2002 | |

TPG Post initiative for further opening up of Dutch postal market
TPG Post takes initiative towards government

Complete package of proposals for opening up of Dutch postal market

Guarantees for consumers:
– Stable pricing policy; consumers will not pay more in real terms
– High service quality to be maintained
– Accessibility of services for special groups to be improved
Netherlands keeps leading position in opening up of European mail markets

Regulatory certainty for investors (including Dutch government)

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21 August 2002

TPG Post has published today its vision of the future of the postal market in the Netherlands. This vision is set out in a brochure which contains an integrated package of proposals for a responsible further opening up of the Dutch postal market, with guarantees for the service level for consumers.

TPG Post presents its initiative at a time when the Dutch postal sector is undergoing rapid and complex change. Whilst the level of competition in the Netherlands is already far ahead of other countries, the market is pressing for more competition. Postal volumes are declining under pressure from electronic media. Meanwhile, the State has announced its intention to reduce its shareholding in TPG. The creation of regulatory certainty is of great importance, given all these developments.

Harry Koorstra, Group Managing Director Mail comments: “As a result of these developments we would like to reach an integrated agreement with the government for the coming years in order to achieve clarity regarding the regulatory environment for all stakeholders in the postal market. These agreements will have to cover the entire spectrum of postal legislation. Only then can we achieve the certainty we need as a company to enable us to conduct a stable long-term strategy.”

Key elements of TPG Post’s proposals
Reduction of the monopoly from 100 to 50 grams in 2004
Full opening up of market in 2007 assuming the UK and Germany do the same
Incentives provided for competitors to develop services on their own
Continuation of current price control system: consumers will not pay more in real terms
High service quality to be retained
Number of postal outlets as agreed in coming years
Accessibility of services for special target groups increased
Supervision in line with the increasing level of market freedom
Development of competition

TPG suggests to reduce the statutory monopoly on letters from 100 grams to 50 grams in 2004, ahead of the European Union date of 2006. As soon as Germany and the United Kingdom open up their postal markets – probably in 2007 – the Netherlands can fully open up its market. By doing this, the Netherlands will keep a leading position in the opening up of European mail markets, without losing sight of the rest of Europe.
Incentives provided for competitors to develop services on their own. TPG Post proposes that competitors should be allowed to put up public post boxes, thereby giving up its exclusivity in this respect. The proposals also include an offer to allow competitors to use post offices as outlets for their services on commercial terms and conditions. Together with the reduction of the monopoly, this proposal offers competitors the basis needed to develop their service offering.
Guarantees for the consumer

Stable pricing policy; consumers will not pay more in real terms
The existing price control system has worked well and should remain in place until 2007. TPG Post offers Dutch consumers the best price/quality ratio and one of the lowest postage stamp prices anywhere in Europe. TPG Post will give a commitment that the price consumers will pay for a domestic letter in the Netherlands (39 eurocents) will increase no more than once in the next five years and even then by not more than the general rate of inflation. So, in real terms, th

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Municipalities Give 'Thumbs-Up' to ePostboxen

Posted by | Aug 20, 2002 | |

Many of Sweden’s local governments have given the thumbs-up to Posten’s electronic infrastructure — ePostboxen. Residents will now have the choice of receiving bills and bulk mailings from municipalities either electronically or by regular postal mail.
Offering residents a choice between receiving daycare bills andbulk mailings either electronically or by regular postal mail enablesmunicipalities to raise the level of service. Down the road, these localgovernments wil l also enjoy pared distribution costs, says MargaretaChowra, product manager for ePostboxen, Posten.
As of this writing, the ePostboxen delivery option will be available to residents in the following areas: Arvidsjaur, Bollnas, Eksjo, Gislaved, Gallivare, Habo, Hudiksvall, Hultsfred, Hogsby, Kramfors, Ljusdal, Norrkoping, Nassjo, Ovanaker, Pajala, Solleftea, Tranas, Uppsala, Vaggeryd, Vilhelmina, Vindeln, and Ostersund.

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Jordan: Privatization of Postal Service

Posted by | Aug 20, 2002 | |

The Director of the Privatization Authority provided details on the privatization of the Jordanian postal services as of April 2002. A professional committee has been established to examine the organizational structure of the postal service and to reorganize its structure.

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