Turnaround for Citimail
Distribution company CityMail Sweden has turned around its profit margins just months after the British Post Office bought a controlling share in it.
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Royal Mail offers public choice of collection points
Royal Mail is to offer consumers the opportunity to collect their mail from railway stations and post offices as part of a radical overhaul of the way post is delivered in the UK.
Under plans being developed by Royal Mail’s Business and Consumer Markets managing director Gillian Wilmot, customers will be able to decide where they want their mail delivered. The project is aimed at making the business more customer-focused.
Consignias bright ideas are worthy but do users care?
If you have to tell others that you’re interesting, it’s likely the opposite is true. This is the situation that Consignia finds itself in – repeatedly.
The name change itself tells much of the story. The two businesses that most people, had they a wish to, could define as ‘the postman’ and ‘the post office’ have reinvented themselves under a modern-sounding umbrella brand for a new competitive era.
Read MoreItalian Minister Urges Postal Liberalization
Italy’s postal system requires more competition than allowed at present, Italy’s European Affairs Minister Rocco Buttiglione said on Wednesday. ‘Further liberalisation is required for the postal market,’ said Buttiglione, who was speaking at a Rome conference held by the Italian international air couriers’ association AICAI. While Buttiglione did not specify what degree of liberalisation he favoured, he said that essential services should remain the preserve of the post office. Italy’s post office has a monopoly on mail weighing below 350g or costing less than 3.1 euros.
Read MorePrivatisation of the Jordanian Postal Service
A-Dustour newspaper reported on the continued carrying out of the government privatization plan which began in 1996. The paper quoted the General Manager of the Privatization Authority, ‘Adil Al-Qadha, who told the paper in mid-May 2001 that privatization of the postal service has begun and the government intends to sell part of the post office shares in the private market. A special unit has been formed in the Authority to rearrange the whole communications sector financial, professional, and legal guidelines which the government will use in carrying out the privatization of the postal service.
Read MoreFedEx cuts delivery times in Europe
SHIPPERS using FedEx Express’s International Priority Direct Distribution service for multiple-recipient shipments can now consolidate packages under one international airwaybill.
FedEx has launched Single Point of Clearance (SPOC) which allows customers to consolidate, clear Customs as one consolidated shipment and deliver to multiple final recipients in up to 12 different European Union countries from the USA and many countries in Asia.
ParcelForce to make drivers self-employed
PARCELFORCE, the loss-making arm of Consignia, the postal group, is to try to make a quarter of its drivers self-employed in an effort to cut costs and boost productivity.
Under the scheme, which has the reluctant backing of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), drivers will be offered the option of giving up permanent employment and an average salary of Pounds 15,500, for a new contract based on the number of parcels they deliver.
Drivers will be asked for an initial Pounds 1,000 down payment to cover the lease of a delivery uniform and Parcelforce van.
The division wants to put the first of about 1,500 “owner-drivers” on the road by Christmas.
More than 325 million packages expected by UPS during holidays
UPS expects to deliver more than 325 million packages globally during this year’s holiday peak season between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The annual surge in holiday volume is forecast to crest this year on Tuesday, Dec. 18. On that peak day, UPS anticipates delivering more than 18 million air and ground packages globally, or more than 200 every second. That is more than a 35 percent surge over average daily volumes of about 13 million deliveries a day.
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