Lost in the post
Unofficial strikes in the Royal Mail resulted in 62,000 working days lost in the last 12 months – one of the worst years on record.
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Postal workers vote for strike
LONDON’S postal system faces further disruption as Communication Workers Union members today backed an official strike that will stop deliveries and collections across north London for several days.
Read MoreBritish Postal Services Commission May Allow Competition for Letter Delivery
The Royal Mail’s monopoly is to be blown away by the new postal regulator, which today forecasts a brave new world in which letters, costing less than the current first and second class rates, are delivered along with the morning milk or groceries.
Read MoreLondon's damaging postal disorder: The Post Office has suffered one of its most disastrous years on record.
CONSIGNIA SAYS THAT UNOFFICIAL STRIKES COST 62,000 LOST WORKING DAYS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Read MorePost Office's Central Sorting Office a White Elephant
The Posts and Telecommunications Central Sorting Office complex in Harare is operating at only 40% of its capacity.
Read MoreDanzas Acquires AEI-Denmark
Danzas, the Deutsche Post World Net logistics subsidiary, said on Thursday it has acquired AEI (Denmark) A/S for an undisclosed sum. The Danish air and sea freight forwarder, with 50 staff in offices in Copenhagen and Billund, was previously a joint venture between AEI and a local partner operating under the AEI brand.”
Read MorePostcomm issues documents on introducing competition and the cost of the universal postal service
The competition consultation document issued on 28 June 2001 assesses a wide variety of options for giving customers the power to choose who provides their postal services and invites comments from operators, customers and consumer organisations. Their responses will be used to frame Postcomm’s proposals later this year for a new competitive regime.
Postcomm has simultaneously published a discussion document on the cost of providing the Universal Postal Service. Consignia’s data suggests that no universal service product type (i.e. First Class, Second Class mail) in aggregate is loss-making. There are loss-making elements within each product category, and the total cost of all these elements is about 1.5% of Consignia’s operating costs. But it would be difficult or impossible for Consignia to disentangle and discontinue any individual element. And Consignia derives considerable benefit from delivering a one-stop mail service with an easily understood tariff.
Promoting Effective Competition in UK Postal Services
Promoting Effective Competition in UK Postal Services – June 2001
A Consultation Document
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