Starting as of today [10 November], the Russian Ministry of Antimonopoly Policy has introduced new tariffs for all postal services.
The tariffs for sending postcards and letters will be raised by 30 per cent. The weight charge for sending parcels of a declared value will also go up 30 per cent. At the same time, the payment for the declared value will be reduced by 20 per cent.
THE Post Office is to install fee-charging cash machines at 2000 locations countrywide. The Post Office is paid a fee per transaction. It justifies the £1 levy by saying that many branches are in remote locations and their ATMs would not be economically viable unless customers were charged. Cash machines are currently available at just 500 post offices but the intention is to roll them out to at least 3000 branches over the next 18 months. Two thirds of these are expected to levy a charge
Read MoreFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has reported that “a court in Hanover has ruled against Deutsche Post AG, the German post office, in a legal dispute concerning postage charges amounting to DM6.3m. The court dismissed Deutsche Post’s claim against Citicorp Card Operations GmbH, which in 1995 and 1996 sent out mail to customers in Germany via the Dutch post office, so as to avoid the higher postage charges imposed by Deutsche Post. The court ruled that Deutsche Post would have been entitled to send the letters back to the Netherlands, but had no right to claim compensation having delivered the letters.”
Read MoreBusiness Express has won a home delivery contract for bid-up.tv, an interactive auction digital television channel. Sky Digital subscribers order goods from live auctions daily by phone or through the company website. Fulfilment consultants Sports Logistics worked with bid-up.tv to appoint Business Express as sole carrier.
Read MoreCompanies are forming alliances to reduce empty mileage and capitalise on local knowledge and regional resources. Some chose companies of the same size and outlook staying within specialist markets like the chilled sector. Others opt for networks which have members throughout the UK, soon to expand into Europe. These networks allow members to share resources and knowledge so that they can extend their reach from regional to national contracts.
Read MoreWalon UK has renewed its distribution contract for Saab Great Britain, for the third time running. Walon has been responsible for the movement of Saab vehicles since 1995 in the UK and Northern Ireland, handling up to 17,000 imported vehicles a year.
Read MoreExel has won two new contracts, one from Peugeot Motor Company to manage its fleet demonstration programme and the other from Swedish firm Esselte, to operate a distribution centre in Turkey.
Read MoreThe posts ministry has drafted a proposal for a new public corporation slated to take over the state-run postal services in 2003 in which it urges the new entity to partially liberalize the mail service, ministry officials said Friday.
However, the draft proposal also says the new corporation should fall under the control of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications in running its overall operations, they said.
According to the draft proposal, the three postal service operations — mail, postal savings and insurance — would remain under the control of the new entity as they are now under the ministry.
The posts ministry plans to finalize the proposal by the end of the year after consulting with experts in and outside the ministry, the officials said.
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