Year: 2003

Spring names new president in the United States

Posted by | Sep 30, 2003 | |

Spring, the world’s largest independent provider of international mail services, has named a new president in the United States. The reorganisation became necessary after David Walker, formerly president and CEO, returned to the United Kingdom to accept a position with Royal Mail Group plc, one of three shareholder companies of Spring. Paul Tessy, formerly the U.S. vice president of Sales, Commercial and Client Services, has been appointed president, with responsibility for the Spring business in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Estonian Post to lay off 91 insead of 156 this year

Posted by | Sep 30, 2003 | |

The council of the state-owned Eesti Post (Estonian Post) company ruled last week to cut 91 jobs this year instead of the previously planned 156. “When exactly the slips will be handed to specific employees depends first and foremost on the Estonian Communications Workers Trade Union Association as well as the Labor Inspectorate, which must give their consent to the layoffs in accordance with valid laws,” spokeswoman Inge Rumessen told BNS on Monday. Eesti Post has been making rearrangements during almost ten years to increase the efficiency of distribution, primarily by giving cars to mail carriers in rural areas who earlier used to go on foot or by bike. Also, it is purchasing the service of mail distribution from people who use their own cars to carry mail in rural areas as sole proprietors.

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UK Royal Mail urge people not to post in London

Posted by | Sep 30, 2003 | |

The Royal Mail has urged people not to post letters in London because of the strike by postal workers which will cripple deliveries.

The 24-hour walk-out by members of the Communication Workers Union could have a knock-on effect in other parts of the UK.

The workers are demanding a bigger rise in their London weighting allowance than one offered by the Royal Mail.

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Japan Post chief pushes reforms as prime minister pushes

Posted by | Sep 30, 2003 | |

The president of Japan’s postal service has promised to carry out far-reaching reforms to make his business profitable in four years, but stopped short of backing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s proposal to privatize the company.

Masaharu Ikuta, former chairman of shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, was hand-picked by Koizumi to be president of Japan Post six months ago when the government agency became a public corporation.

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Regulator fines Royal Mail GBP7.5 million – Royal Mail comment

Posted by | Sep 30, 2003 | |

Commenting on Postcomm’s announcement today that it intends to fine Royal Mail GBP7.5 million for failing the licence targets last year for two First Class business mail services, Royal Mail’s Chief Executive Adam Crozier said: “This heavy GBP7.5 million fine further tightens the financial pressure on Royal Mail. It underlines the need for us to get on with the changes that will deliver efficiency savings and better services to customers. While Royal Mail has reported last month some of its best customer service for five years, we realise we have to perform even better to avoid further fines, potentially even greater than GBP7.5 million.

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An Post loses out as firms use Royal Mail

Posted by | Sep 30, 2003 | |

An Post is taking legal advice after discovering that several companies are posting mail to their Irish customers via Britain in order to avail of cheaper rates.

Companies can save thousands of Euros by transferring their mail to Britain and getting the Royal Mail to post it back to Ireland. Companies can get rates of between 27 cents and 30 cents per letter in Britain; whereas it costs 39 cents a letter to post bulk mail within the Republic.

If a company sends 220,000 letters via Britain to its Irish customers it could save up to EUR22,000. For companies using regular mailshots during the year, savings could be significant.

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Half Russian Post offices to get internet access by 2010

Posted by | Sep 30, 2003 | |

Half of all post offices in Russia will offer customers access to the Internet as early as 2010. Within the framework of the Federal program “Electronic Russia” the number of such post offices will increase from 7% of their total number to 50%, or 19.2 thousand, according to Oleg Byakhov.

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Japan Post to cut 17,000 jobs as it prepares for privatisation

Posted by | Sep 30, 2003 | |

Japan’s mammoth postal service will cut its workforce by 17,000 by March 2005 to prepare for full privatisation, a key reform pledge of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, its new head said.

In the biggest change in the 132-year history of the postal services, Japan Post was revamped as a corporation in April this year as a first step towards full privatisation targetted for 2007.

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