Year: 2003

US Postal Reform Would Get Big Boost With White House Backing

Posted by | May 14, 2003 | |

Postal reform could move ahead provided it receives strong backing from the White House, the chairman of the House of Representatives committee that includes oversight of the U.S. Postal Service told attendees yesterday at the Direct Marketing Association’s 2003 Government Affairs Conference here. “If the White House is not willing to go with it, I just think it’s going to be very difficult [to get a bill passed] on the Hill,” said Rep. Tom Davis, R-VA, chairman of the Government Reform Committee. “Without them pushing it, without our leadership response to that, you’re just not going to get Congress eager to make decisions [such as closing] post offices and to start angering interest groups.”

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An Post Loses Roadside Letter Box Decision

Posted by | May 14, 2003 | |

An Post has threatened a price rise following yesterday’s decision by the communications regulator that the company cannot force customers to accept roadside letter boxes. ComReg chairwoman, Ms Etain Doyle, said An Post would be breaking the law if it went ahead with plans to oblige customers to accept deliveries to a postbox at the side of the road in place of a doorstep service.

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TPG: No More Acquisitions in Germany This Year

Posted by | May 13, 2003 | |

Dutch mail and express company TPG NV said on Tuesday it did not plan to make any more acquisitions in Germany in 2003, even though it had said late last year it was considering buying a logistics business there. Chief Executive Peter Bakker told journalists that TPG was happy for now to have its management in Germany focus on a company-wide revamp of logistics operations. ‘I would not expect any acquisitions (in Germany) this year,’ he said.

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European Commission gives the go-ahead to the creation of a joint venture for distribution to kiosks in Italy

Posted by | May 13, 2003 | |

The European Commission has authorised the creation of a joint venture by Holding di Partecipazioni (HdP) and De Agostini, two players on the Italian media market. The joint venture, called RCS Diffusione, will distribute to local outlets throughout the country both newspapers and magazines and a range of other products (mobile phone top-up cards, batteries and personal hygiene products). The operation does not give rise to competition concerns.

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Spanish Azkar Plans 120 Mln Euro Capacity Investment by 2005

Posted by | May 13, 2003 | |

Spanish transport and packaging company Transportes Azkar (Azkar) plans to invest 120 mln euro ($138.43 mln) by 2005 to expand its capacity, it was reported on May 13, 2003.

The project will be presented for approval to the board of directors of the company in July 2003. The plan includes acquisition of land plots and construction of warehousing platforms.

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'Sabotage' threat to UK rural post offices

Posted by | May 13, 2003 | |

Fresh fears were expressed for the future of the Westcountry’s post offices yesterday after new figures revealed that just one in six people are signing up for a scheme designed to safeguard the network. The figures, released by the Department of Work and Pensions, suggest that the final take-up of the new Post Office card account could be so low that many more post offices will be forced out of business. The Department of Work and Pensions has been accused of sabotaging the scheme by making it difficult for pensioners and others to sign up.

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