Year: 2005

UK Mail contract with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group for upstream mail services

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

Business Post announces that, following a tender process, its business unit UK Mail has contracted to provide upstream mail services to The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, one of the UK’s largest mailers. Collections will commence today. Upstream mail services comprise the collection and national distribution of mail (with associated management information and IT) for next day delivery to Royal Mail, for local sorting and final delivery.

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Fortec grows in packaging

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

FORTEC Pallet Distribution Network, a leading next-day palletised freight delivery organisation, reports an influx of new business from manufacturers, importers, retailers and distributors in the packaging sector.

These are businesses looking to expand their customer base by providing low-cost guaranteed next-day deliveries nationwide, but held back by lack of transport or economic resources.

Says Alan Cramley, Fortec Pallet’s network development director: “A lot of small and medium sized businesses in the packaging sector are becoming aware that they could expand their customer base overnight by utilising the resources of the Fortec Pallet Network through its nearly 60 licensees located around the country.”

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UAE Emirates Post to buy Financial Services Company

Posted by | Mar 2, 2005 | |

UAE postal authority Emirates Post is nearing the purchase of a local financial services company with operations spreading across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and some other Arab countries, it was reported on March 2, 2005.

The targeted company operates a network of some 42 branches. Emirates Post will announce officially the acquisition and the value of the deal within a one month period, the company’s director general, Abdullah Ibrahim al-Daboos, said, declining to mention the company’s name.

Al-Daboos also said that Emirates Post was to shortly announce the acquisition of a regional cargo and logistics company.

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Pro-Liberalisers urge more vigilance from national regulators

Posted by | Mar 2, 2005 | |

National regulators need to be more zealous in applying the 2002 postal services directive, the pro-liberalisation Free and Fair Post Initiative (FFPI) says. “The current situation is far from satisfactory in most member states” as anti-trust probes are “especially rare”, FFPI president Philippe Bodson said in a recent open letter to the European Commission. He wants regulators to pay more attention to price-fixing and cross-subsidisation, the practice where postal operators use profits made in the monopolised sector to fund parts of its business competing on the open market. Mr Bodson said the Commission’s “track record in this field is encouraging” and urged it to continue actively investigating anti-competitive behaviour.

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Company acquisitions and steady volume growth contribute to net turnover for Finland Post

Posted by | Mar 2, 2005 | |

Finland Post Group’s consolidated net turnover for 2004 rose to EUR 1,235.2 million, or by 8 per cent on a year earlier, stemming from company acquisitions in 2003 and 2004 and growth in delivery volumes. Consolidated operating profit climbed to EUR 95.2 million, up 29 per cent year on year, accounting for 7.7 per cent (6.4 per cent) of consolidated net turnover. Operating profit rose by EUR 15.6 million, or 22.1 per cent, if non-recurring items are taken into account. This improvement was a result of cost-efficiency gains achieved in production and Group functions. Profit for the financial year totalled EUR 69.6 million (EUR 46.8 million).

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The Universal Postal Service – formulating a working definition

Posted by | Mar 2, 2005 | |

Contents
Foreword
2 Executive Summary
3 Introduction
4 What is ‘universal service’?
4.1.1 Theoretical basis
4.1.2 Practical meaning
4.2 EXISTING POSITION
4.2.1 Legal basis
4.2.2 An Post’s view of the universal service provision
4.2.3 ComReg’s view of the universal service provision
5 Developing a working definition of the universal service
5.1 CURRENT MARKET SITUATION
5.2 IMPORTANCE OF A WORKING DEFINITION OF THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE
5.2.1 Importance to customers
5.2.2 Regulatory importance
5.2.3 Why now?
5.2.4 Future evolution of the universal service
6 Services that could be regarded as part of the universal service
6.1 LETTER SERVICES
6.1.1 Current service standard
6.1.2 Is the current single tier service acceptable
6.1.3 Consultation issues
6.2 BULK MAIL SERVICES
6.2.1 Current service offering
6.2.2 Importance of bulk mail
6.2.3 The case for inclusion in the working definition of the universal service
6.2.4 Consultation issues
6.3 SEPARATE INSURED & REGISTERED MAIL SERVICES
6.3.1 Current service offering
6.3.2 Consultation issues
6.4 PARCEL SERVICES
6.4.1 Current service offering
6.4.2 Observations on An Post’s current service offering
6.4.3 Consultation issues
6.5 ANCILLARY SERVICES
6.6 OTHER SERVICES
7 Impact Assessment
8 Submitting Comments
Appendix A – Legislative basis
Appendix B – Consultation Questions
P:LibraryPostalComReg Universal Service consultation Mch05.pdf

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UAE likely to withdraw postal tax

Posted by | Mar 2, 2005 | |

The federal government is considering partial or complete withdrawal of the 10 per cent postal tax collected from private operators, said Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Communications and Chairman of Emirates Post. “We are actively considering the matter. However, it may take some time,” he said on the sidelines of the World Mail, Express and Air Cargo Expo, Middle East and Africa. He said the new federal government will undertake further measures to liberalise the UAE’s transport, communication and logistics sector that will help it to grow further. The Middle East express mail market is worth 8 billion euros (Dh39. 5 billion), officials said. Abdullah Al Daboos, Director-General of Emirates Post, said: “The UAE market accounts for about 35 per cent of the GCC, while Saudi Arabia accounts for 55 per cent. ” That values the Gulf post-al market at about 622 million euros (Dh3. 07 billion).

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UPS vs. Polish Post – new law interpretation

Posted by | Mar 2, 2005 | |

Three years ago the Postal and Telecommunication Regulation Office (URTiP) conducted an inspection of the UPS courier company and found several packages weighing less than 2 kilograms. Since this type of parcel is classified as a letter, the first instance court decided that UPS had broken the terms of its permit (only the Polish Post (PP) can deliver such parcels). UPS appealed, stating that as their services are not available to the general public and only to big contractors, no transgression had taken place. Yesterday, Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled that the URTiP was wrong. Nonetheless, PP will have a monopoly on several services. Postal services available to the general public have been reinterpreted, as have also terms such as “letter” and “package”. The URTiP has the right to inspect the content of parcels, so it is possible more changes will take place in the interpretations.

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