Year: 2001

UK Post Office faces fines if it does not deliver

Posted by | Jan 29, 2001 | |

Published: January 29 2001 20:48GMT | Last Updated: January 30 2001 02:50GMT The UK Post Office was on Monday given a maximum of three years to start hitting its service standards or face substantial fines by the UK Postal Services Commission, the newly appointed industry watchdog. The commission also imposed price controls on a wide range of letter and parcels services, and made clear that the Post Office will be forced to give access to its business infrastructure to new companies that want to compete with it.

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Postal watchdog has more bite

Posted by | Jan 29, 2001 | |

POST office users across the region will have a new watchdog to safeguard consumer rights. Plymouth businessman Charles Howeson was appointed on January 1 to spearhead the newly created South West branch of the Consumer Council for Postal Services (CCPS), a national body which goes into action in April.

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Banks turn on bountiful post office (ABIX Summary)

Posted by | Jan 29, 2001 | |

The Japanese post office saving system, founded in 1876, has $US2trn
($A3.6trn)
in deposits. In early 2001, the Japanese Government-owned postal system is
using
the media and mail on an attempt to keep its 58trn yen (906bn) in deposits
maturing.

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