The U.S. Postal Service has begun a test with six large mailers that will allow online access to its Business Service Network, which offers personalized service and help with unique mailing needs.
Previously, mailers had to go to postal locations to use the service.
Read MorePostcomm publishes its third annual report on the Post Office network today. In it, Postcomm says that significant progress has been made in implementing the key recommendations of the Cabinet Office Performance and Innovation Unit’s 2000 report into the network. The last year has seen: the announcement of financial assistance for rural Post Offices, the start of the urban reinvention programme and improvements for remaining urban Post Offices, financial support for Post Offices in urban deprived areas and the launch of expanded banking facilities at Post Office branches.
Read MoreA key government policy-making panel has kicked off discussions on privatization of the nation’s postal services, with members confirming the principle that privatization will be conducted in a way to stimulate the economy.
The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy also confirmed it will pay close attention to the roles of the postal services in local communities and the issue of convenience for the people, economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka told reporters after a meeting of the council.
Read MorePostal minister Taro Aso has said his ministry will consider privatizing postal services primarily under a holding company format.
“A lot of variations are conceivable” for privatization under a holding company, Aso, minister of public management, home affairs, posts and telecommunications, said during a House of Representatives committee session.
Read MoreThe new contract for French post office La Poste is set to be ratified on 23 October. La Poste is expected to be authorised to distribute property loans without prior savings from 2005 onwards.
Read MoreRoyal Mail said yesterday that it would not increase its pay offer to London staff despite a 24-hour postal strike in the capital on Wednesday. The company is offering £3,784 per year in London living allowance to workers in inner London and £2,667 per year to those in outer London, a rise of £300. The Communication Workers’ Union has rejected this offer and is demanding £4,000 for all London staff.
Royal Mail said: “Negotiations on pay have concluded, the offer is the final offer.” But the company said it was prepared to meet union leaders , although nothing had been scheduled. Postal staff were back at work yesterday and tackling a backlog of post that could last five days. The CWU said no decision had yet been taken on further industrial action.
Read MorePitney Bowes Inc has introduced Expedited Mail and Package Management® (EMPM), a new solution that enables large corporations to save up to 20% on the costs associated with overnight mail and package shipping. Part of Pitney Bowes Management Services (PBMS) Mail Center Management suite of products, EMPM is specifically tailored to meet the needs of large businesses that ship in excess of 50 overnight packages per day.
Read MoreA month-long exchange programme between the postal services of France and Spain is to see the inhabitants of two towns, one on each side of the border, getting a daily delivery of “cartas” and “lettres”. “This exchange of postal workers is exceptional. No other exchange like this has been recorded,” La Poste said in a statement.
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