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Postal strikes 'threatening small firms'

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

Small firms are being caught in the crossfire in the row over jobs and pay at Royal Mail, a leading business group has warned.

The Federation of Small Businesses said strikes by postal workers were putting jobs at risk and urged the Government to intervene to end the dispute.

Last night, members of the Communication Workers Union launched a fresh wave of industrial action, which will be staggered over the next two weeks. The union said the aim was to hit Royal Mail hard at minimal cost to its members.
But FSB spokesman Matthew Knowles said: ‘Our research has found 94 per cent of small firms use the Royal Mail exclusively because the other mail providers do not see small businesses as lucrative,’ he added. The cost for small businesses of mail being delayed has been estimated at £2.5m for each postal strike.

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TNT to invest 7 million euros in Vietnam

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

The global express service provider TNT announced on July 24 that it would invest more than 7 million Euros over the next four years in its domestic express services in Vietnam.

The launch makes TNT the first international express mover in the country to introduce and offer premium express services.

Part of the investment will go towards additional vehicles and new hires. The company will also open five more branches in Bac Ninh, Vinh Phuc, An Giang and Ca Mau provinces to support the service, increasing the total number of TNT’s location in Vietnam to 23.

As with all its services, TNT offers an integrated and comprehensive range of services including door-to-door express delivery of documents, parcels, and freight.

“Fast-tracking our growth in Vietnam supports our growth strategy to focus on enhancing the efficient flow of goods and information across borders, facilitating our companies’ access to other international markets, in particular, China,” said Ommo Boots, regional managing director for TNT Asia.

Ommo Boots, regional managing director for TNT Asia said the domestic service also supports the recent expansion of TNT’s Asia Road Network into Vietnam which will prepare the company for accelerated high double-digit growth as part of its strategic agenda for the next three to five years.

TNT also plans to expand the Asia Road Network to reach China through the northeastern border of Vietnam by the end of this year.

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Board of Governors to meet August 7-8, 2007 in Washington, DC

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet in Washington, DC, at Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, on Aug. 7-8, 2007. The public is welcome to observe the Board’s open session, scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 8 in the Ben Franklin Room on the 11th floor. The Board is expected to discuss the following items:
1. Minutes of the previous meetings, May 1-2; June 19; and July 10, 2007.
2. Remarks of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board (Jim Miller and Alan Kessler).
3. Remarks of the Postmaster General and CEO John Potter.
4. Committee reports.
5. Quarterly Report on Service Performance (Delores Killette, Consumer Advocate and Vice President).
6. Quarterly Report on Financial Performance (Glen Walker, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President).
7. Tentative agenda for the Sept. 25-26, 2007, meeting in Washington, DC.

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International express mail growth spurred by Kahala Posts Group

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

An international alliance of eight national postal administrations is marking the two-year anniversary of its date-certain, guaranteed international Express Mail Service (EMS) by expanding to new member countries and paving the way to launch new products.

Kahala Posts Group (KPG), a collaborative network of the postal administrations of Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, accounts for almost half of the world’s total EMS traffic. With delivery to more than 261 million addresses, 8 billion post code combinations and service available at more than 142,000 retail locations, KPG provides a powerful network and consistently high delivery standards.

At its annual meeting today in San Francisco, KPG reported growth of more than 40 percent in volume for its date-certain, guaranteed EMS service since inception of the alliance.

KPG members integrated their operational and information technology networks to provide date-certain international EMS beginning in July 2005. Backed by a guarantee and reliability on par with private couriers, the product has helped national posts regain share in the international package marketplace, and has proven especially popular with small to medium business sector customers.

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UPS Freight's Fain to assume broader freight sales responsibilities

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

John Fain, a long-time executive of Overnite Transportation who continued his responsibilities after UPS acquired that company, now is taking on global responsibilities for marketing and sales for UPS Freight.

Fain, 53, most recently has been directing UPS Freight’s sales and marketing initiatives in the United States and has played a key role in the development and growth of UPS Freight’s current LTL offerings. He now will expand those efforts in Canada, Mexico, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, while also taking responsibility for cross-selling UPS Freight across all UPS global supply chain and small package customers.

Fain joined what was then the Overnite Transportation Co. in 1982 as the firm’s general counsel. He subsequently advanced through a series of jobs with increasing responsibility, including stints as vice president of strategic planning; vice president for the Southeast Region, and senior vice president for operations.

After UPS acquired Overnite in 2005, Fain remained with the company in his sales and marketing role.

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Nacex – 2007 First Quarter results

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

Nacex delivered 3,7 million of mails during the first quarter of 2007. This represents a rise of 21.5 pct respect to 2006.

During the first quarter, Nacex increased its network to 302 offices present in Spain, Andorra and Portugal).

The company has 1,230 vehicles and 2,200 employees.

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Mail delivery stats track city's growth

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

Mail delivery statistics from the U.S. Postal Service suggest that New Orleans’ population may have reached nearly two-thirds of its pre-Katrina level, or about 300,000 people, in June, according to a group tracking recovery trends.

That number is higher than recent estimates compiled by other methods.

Households “actively receiving mail” in Orleans Parish in June reached 66 percent of the pre-Katrina figure of 198,232, recorded in July 2005. That level is up from 49.5 percent last August, according to numbers released Wednesday by the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center on the basis of Postal Service delivery statistics.

The Census Bureau placed the city’s population on July 1, 2005, two months before Hurricane Katrina hit, at just under 455,000, and 66 percent of that number would be 300,000.

The data center said the number of Jefferson Parish households receiving mail in June amounted to 98.2 percent of the parish’s pre-Katrina figure. The June figure for St. Tammany Parish was 103.2 percent, but in St. Bernard it was only 35.9 percent.

For the four-parish area, the number of households receiving mail in June was 82.9 percent of the pre-Katrina total, up from a low of 76.1 percent in August 2006, the Community Data Center said.

The center said that maps showing the percentages of active-mail households across New Orleans “reveal that many parts of the more heavily flooded neighborhoods are showing notable resurgence.”

Although the lowest monthly mail-delivery figure reported for Orleans Parish since Katrina was 49.5 percent in August, that does not mean the city never dipped below about 50 percent of its pre-storm population. The Postal Service was unable to compile meaningful numbers for several months after the storm, said Allison Plyer, deputy director of the data center.

Eventually, she said, the service was able to restore reliable data-gathering, and household counts have grown steadily since August.

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