Royal Mail will again enlist Labour peer Lord Sawyer to help improve relations between workers and management in an attempt to avoid further postal strikes.
Royal Mail said it was pleased with the back-to-work agreement reached with the Communication Workers’ Union. “But we will continue to involve Lord Sawyer to move things on,” an executive said.
Read MorePrivate building owners have until August 24, 2008 to replace mailboxes at their own expense with new units meeting new EU-mandated technical specifications. The Polish Post, which owns existing mailboxes, must remove them by this deadline.
Read MoreFedEx is opposing the nomination of Kirk Van Tine to become the No 2 official at the Transportation Department.
Van Tine was the department’s general counsel when the government gave the airlines USD5 billion to compensate for losses sustained after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Transportation officials later demanded that FedEx return about a third of the USD101 million it received because it hadn’t lost as much as it had claimed.
Read MorePostcomm Chairman Graham Corbett today (5 November 2003) welcomed the appointment of Nigel Stapleton as the next chairman of Postcomm. It is expected that Mr Stapleton will take over as Chairman towards the end of January 2004.
Mr Corbett said:- “Mr Stapleton joins Postcomm at an important time. We have, in principle, opened the UK postal market to competition. We now need to tackle various barriers to market entry so that the market becomes open in practice. I therefore welcome the appointment of a successor with Nigel’s energy and broad experience and am sure that he will bring some fresh perspectives to our work.”
Stephen Timms, Minister for Postal Services, today announced the following re- appointments to the Consumer Council for Postal Services (Postwatch). These are:
* Peter Carr as National Chair of the Postwatch Council. This post is part time. He was first appointed in January 2001 based on an average of three days per week. His re-appointment is for one year; based on a four-day week with annual remuneration of #45,000 with effect from 1st December 2003.
* Kay Dixon as a Council Member of Postwatch and the Regional Chair for the Council’s Committee for Greater London. She was first appointed in January 2001. Her re-appointment is for two years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with annual remuneration of #30,750 based on an average of three days per week.
* Eifon Pritchard QPM as a Council Member of Postwatch and the Regional Chair of the Council’s Committee for Wales. He was first appointed in January 2001. His re-appointment is for two years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with annual remuneration of #25,000 based on an average of 2.5 days per week.
* Dr Diane Bailey as a Council Member of Postwatch. She was first appointed in January 2001. Her re- appointment is for two years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with a fee of #210 per day based on an average of 30 days per year.
* Judith Donovan CBE as a Council Member of Postwatch and the Regional Chair of the Council’s Committee for North of England. She was first appointed in January 2001. Her re- appointment is for two years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with annual remuneration of #30,750 based on an average of three days per week.
* Dr Tom Begg OBE as a Council Member of Postwatch and the Regional Chair of the Council’s Committee for Scotland. He was first appointed in January 2001. His re-appointment is for three years with effect from January 1st 2004. The post is part-time with annual remuneration of #20,500 based on an average of two days per week.
* Richard Ward as a Council Member of Postwatch and the Regional Chair of the Council’s Committee for the Midlands. He was first appointed in January 2001. His re-appointment is for three years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with annual remuneration of #30,750 based on an average of three days per week.
* Charles Howeson as a council Member of Postwatch and the Regional Chair of the Council’s Committee for South West England. He was first appointed in January 2001. His re-appointment is for three years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with annual remuneration of #30,750 based on an average of three days per week.
* Moi Ali as a Council Member of Postwatch. She was first appointed in January 2001. Her re- appointment is for three years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with a fee of #210 per day based on an average of 30 days per year.
Stephen Timms said:
“I am very pleased to confirm the re-appointment of Peter Carr and eight other members of the Council and wish them continuing success in their work representing the interests of postal users. I would also like to thank departing Council member Ann Foster for her contribution to the Council and wish her success in the future.
Read MoreStamps.com have provided details regarding the outcome of a study it undertook to understand the status of its net operating losses (NOLs). Based on that study, the company believes that it has not undergone an Internal Revenue Code Section 382 change of control that would trigger an impairment of the use of its NOLs since its secondary offering in December 1999.
Read MoreUK online centres across England have been inundated with people learning how to use e-mail and the Internet as a result of the current chaos in the postal service. The Internet drop-in help and advice centres are supporting users as they venture online to beat the current postal blues.
Read MoreThe Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has expanded the Subic Bay International Airport in Olongapo City to accommodate the growing operations of United States air courier giant FedEx.
SBMA Chairman Felicito C. Payumo said yesterday that the 3.74-hectare new land area of the airport is vital in sustaining the operations of FedEx and for the long-term economic development program of the free port zone. The airport had an originally area of 800 hectares.
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