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Hungary to Jump-Start Post Privatization

Posted by | Jul 31, 2002 | |

A new market-friendly, centre-left government and changes at the top of state agency APV are expected to give fresh impetus to Hungary’s stalled privatisation programme. This, in turn, should bring fresh blood to Budapest’s moribund stock market and put Hungary back on the map for foreign investors who have switched to other countries in the region as they gear up to join the European Union. Miklos Kamaras, newly appointed Managing Director at APV, the body charged with holding state assets, said on Wednesday he was working closely with the new coalition of Socialists and liberal Free Democrats to jumpstart state sell-offs.

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Royal Mail back door postal charges rapped

Posted by | Jul 31, 2002 | |

BUSINESSMAN Andy Loynes today blasted the Royal Mail for slapping a 20 per cent increase on the price of pre-paid envelopes, which are popular with small firms.
The controversy comes just weeks after postal chiefs unveiled plans to charge companies £14 a week for early deliveries. They later announced a re-think, following protests.
Now Consignia, the Royal Mail’s owner, has enraged small business bosses by raising the cost of packets of 100 pre-paid envelopes from £29.60 to £35.50.
A range of other products used by companies has gone up by between one and five per cent.

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Four post offices opened under franchise in Indonesia

Posted by | Jul 30, 2002 | |

In Indonesia, up to four post offices have been opened under the franchise program offered by PT Pos Indonesia (Pos). The outlets are managed by PT Nusal Kurnia Abadi, PT Karya Cipta Usaha, PT Bhawana Sigra Caraka and PT Arya Shinta Group. Pos is offering franchise program with up to Rp 150mn (US$ 16,528.93) investment.

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DPWN Must Reduce Postal Rates by January

Posted by | Jul 30, 2002 | |

The German post and telecommunications regulator has ruled that Deutsche Post, the German national postal service operator, must reduce postage charges for letters weighing up to 200 grams and for postcards with effect from 1 January 2003. This follows a decision by the regulator that the company must reduce charges in all areas of activity in which it has a monopoly by a total of 7.2 per cent by 2007. The company also has monopolies in printed and advertising material. Deutsche Post intends to present its proposed new tariffs to the regulator by mid-August, and the regulator will then examine these over a two-week period. Martin Hellwig, chairman of the German monopolies commission, believes that the reduction planned is too little, and recommends a cut by up to 63 per cent.”

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Taiwanese postal rates for outgoing international mail to be adjusted

Posted by | Jul 30, 2002 | |

The Directorate General of Posts under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications is to adjust postage rates for outgoing international parcels both by air and sea on Thursday, according to a statement released by the MOTC.
Due to the fact that transportation and collection fees for local post offices have been increasing, the DPG decided to make the adjustment to postage rates.
The areas affected by the adjustment include 35 countries and areas.

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Mailers Council supports bill calling for presidential commission on the postal service

Posted by | Jul 30, 2002 | |

The Mailers Council, the nation’s largest coalition of mailers and mailing associations, today urged the Senate to pass S 2754, a bill that calls on the White House to create a presidential commission to evaluate the financially-ailing United States Postal Service (USPS).

Introduced by Senator Susan M. Collins (R-ME), S 2754 calls for the president to create an 11-member commission. To ensure the commission’s independence, the bill would prohibit any postal stakeholders–employees, managers or competitors–from being commission members.

Recognizing the need to ensure that employee concerns are duly considered, the bill would require that at least one commissioner be a union representative (but not one representing postal employees or competitors).

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Consignia denies selling GLS and other overseas ops

Posted by | Jul 29, 2002 | |

Consignia, the UK postal service, said it is not selling its overseas businesses, including the General Logistics Services (GLS) division.
“We have no plan to sell our international operations at the moment. They’re not for sale,” a spokesman at Consignia said.
The Observer on Sunday reported that Allan Leighton, the company’s chairman, is planning to sell its business abroad in a deal that could raise about 500 mln stg.
Loss-making GLS is involved in parcel distribution, express and logistics services. It currently employs 11,000 people in 15 European countries.

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