Jurgen Weber, former chairman of Deutsche Lufthansa, Germany’s leading airline group, is rumoured to be about to be appointed as supervisory board member of Deutsche Post, Germany’s postal service operator.
Read MoreMore than 30,000 postal workers in London will be asked to vote on strike action over an “insulting” pay offer from Royal Mail, the local union branch said today. Workers were said to be angered by Royal Mail’s offer last week to increase their London weighting allowance by GBP100 per year – less than one tenth of the rise they had asked for. At a meeting on Friday, London delegates from the Communication Workers Union voted unanimously to ballot the 32,000 members in the capital on industrial action.
Read MoreDeutsche Post AG and Verdi agreed on Saturday morning on a trend setting package of measures. On the one hand the company will not issue any compulsory redundancies until 31/03/2008 and guarantees deliveries using Deutsche Post personnel until 31/12/2006, except in 600 parcel districts. On the other hand Deutsche Post can sustainably improve its cost structures and in doing so clearly expand its competitive position in the express sector.
Read MoreUnited Parcel Service (UPS), one of the world’s top 500 companies, is to move its Asian regional headquarters from Hong Kong to Shanghai, state press said Friday. The move is primarily due to an increasing number of clients on the Chinese mainland, the Shanghai Daily reported, quoting Perry Chao, UPS’ China senior vice-president. “With many of our customers, especially electronics companies, setting up plants in the Yangtze River delta, we found this region contributed a significant share to the growth of our China revenue,” Chao said.
Read MoreThe Argentinean government has decided for a shift on the strategy to renegotiate the concession contracts of the mail services and airports management. The mail service Correo Argentino, has piled up a Pesos$500mil debt for unpaid fees since 1999, and has applied for preventive bankruptcy, while its situation has to be tackled by the new administration.
Read MorePostcomm today began consulting on proposed criteria for deciding whether any particular activity should be exempted from the need for a postal licence. The proposed key factors are the effect an exemption would have on the provision of a universal postal service and on the security of the mail. At the same time, in accordance with Postcomm’s policy of reducing regulation wherever possible, the document proposes three new exemptions, which would cover: mailroom services, including a service of carrying mail between Royal Mail and the user, mail services provided within a single multi-occupant building, services provided to licensees by sub-contractors, and minor amendments to clarify and extend existing exemptions.
Read MoreJerry Cope, managing director of UK Royal Mail, unexpectedly left the postal company yesterday only months after the completion of an internal restructuring.
Mr Cope’s position had looked uncertain because of the number of senior executives at the head of the mail business, after Allen Leighton, the chairman, recruited Adam Crozier and Elmer Toime to the board. A spokeswoman for Royal Mail said that Mr Cope had decided to stand down. “One of our priorities is to streamline the size and structure and costs of our mangement team,” she said. Mr Cope had been with Royal Mail for 30 years and had been on the board since 1996.
DHL Express announced the successful results of its Customer Cash Stimulation Program called DHL Ya. The initiative is being developed across Latin America with the purpose of providing additional benefits to its cash consumers. The programme recognizes DHL’s cash customers’ loyalty with prizes and gifts such as calculators, cameras, CD players and PDAs, among others. When customers come into the Express Center, they fill out a survey and receive a loyalty card that they bring back every time they ship to receive prizes.
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