Post Offices get £480m for upgrade
A £480million scheme to revamp the country’s 18,000 Post Offices
will be announced by the Government this week.
Year: 2001
THOUSANDS FORCED TO PAY PENALTIES AS FIRST CLASS MAIL IS DELIVERED LATE. AND A SHOCKING ONE MILLION LETTERS GO MISSING EVERY WEEK
CREDIT card firms are charging customers hundreds of thousands of pounds
in interest for failing to meet payment deadlines because first-class letters
arrive up to eight days late.
Pitney Bowes Broadens Incoming Mail Processing Capability With MailCode Technology-Acquired Technologies Leveraged to Complement Existing Pitney Bowes Incoming Messaging Solutions Systems
Pitney Bowes today announced the addition of high volume inbound mail sorting capability and voice recognition technology for automated address look-up to its
incoming messaging solutions product line
Thirty-minute delivery window from Beck & Call
A new spin has been put on the rapid home delivery business by Beck & Call, the latest last-mile specialist to hit the London scene. Web shoppers using specified sites (among them Amazon.com, BOL, BigSave, Boden and Best of British) enter the address of Beck & Call’s west London warehouse as their delivery point. When the goods arrive, Beck & Call notifies the customer (by SMS, email or phone), and offers free delivery within 15 minutes to either side of any nominated time between 7am and 11pm. The e-tailers themselves carry the cost.
Read MoreTesco goes posh for deliveries
Tesco is swapping white van man deliveries for a besuited butler image
Read MoreConsignia must give rivals fair access to mail system
Consignia, formerly the UK Post Office, was told on Monday to give potential competitors “fair” access to its network infrastructure as it faced up to the threat of competition in its core letters business for the first time in 350 years
Read MorePOSTAL SERVICE ANNOUNCES CERTIFIED MAIL ONLINE NEW OFFERING JOINS SUITE OF HYBRID SERVICES
The U.S. Postal Service has announced that its traditional certified mail product is now available via the Internet. The Postal Service partnered with USCertifiedLetters (USCL) to add this new offering to a suite of hybrid electronic services (correspondence that originates in electronic form and is delivered as physical mail) designed to save customers time and money, and to reaffirm the relevancy of hard-copy mail as well.
Read MorePak Mail signs deal with DHL
US-based Pak Mail Centres has signed a corporate agreement with DHL Airways, the US arm o DHL Worldwide Express, allowing over 360 independently owned and operated Pak Mail franchises in the US to offer their customers access to DHLs global network.
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