Parcel traffic in the Czech Republic grows by some 14 percent a year as companies delivering parcels handle about 150,000 units a day, CTK learnt in a poll of the companies today. Annual sales from this activity reach an estimated Kc4-5 billion a year. DPD chief executive Daniel Mares said parcel traffic among companies prevailed as some 60 percent of Czech companies have parcels delivered. Abroad, the rate is about 90 percent.
Read MoreRoyal Mail will be able to withstand any loss of the delivery market it faces when competition is opened up, a senior member of the postal watchdog claimed yesterday. The UK’s biggest mail company has voiced fears that it could be hit hard by proposals by the industry regulator, Postcomm, for a cap on stamp charge rises. Postcomm’s chief executive, Sarah Chambers, said she was convinced the universal service obligation to deliver to all addresses for the same stamp price meant that rural deliveries would not suffer from the effects of competition. But Royal Mail said Postcomm should not forget the extent to which remote and rural communities in Scotland depended on the company. Ms Chambers was speaking exclusively to the Press and Journal before she held meetings with business groups, Enterprise Minister Nicol Stephen and a group of MSPs.
Read MoreThe Swiss cabinet has decided to partially liberalise the country’s letter delivery service from April 2006. It is the latest step towards privatising the state–owned company and opening the postal market to other licensed competitors. Swiss Post, which currently holds a monopoly on all letters delivered in the country, will face competition for the delivery of letters over 100 grams from April next year. Companies wishing to offer a delivery service need a licence from the authorities. The communications ministry said the government’s decision was based on a report by consultants. In their report, published last month, experts said a partial liberalisation of letter delivery services would not threaten the country’s mail service.
Read MoreAs of 1 January 2006 TPG Post will begin converting its red icons in the Netherlands like mailboxes, staffwear, vehicles and buildings to the orange of the new TNT Post corporate identity on 1 January 2006. Royal TPG Post officially changes its name to Royal TNT Post on 15 May 2006. The corporate identity operation is a logical effect of the name change from TPG to TNT. The company will take advantage of natural replacements to make the changeover. This will allow completion of the corporate identity operation within a three-year period with a limited investment. Most corporate identity changes will be in place in January 2009. The gradual change will limit costs.
Read MoreThe Austrian government Tuesday evening agreed on amending the country’s postal law, which is necessary for the planned privatization of the state postal service, Oesterreichische Post AG, reported Austrian news agency APA. The change in the postal law is needed to improve the postal service’s competitiveness in a liberalized market. It is the first step toward privatization and a possible public offering, which is planned for spring 2006.
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