Tag: Europe

UK posties set to rival print managers

Print management companies are set to face increasing competition in the direct mail sector from postal firms. TNT Mail is working more closely with sister mailing company Cendris to provide an end-to-end service. Cendris is rebranding as TNT Document Services in a bid to centralise the group’s activities. Head of marketing and communications Simon Dolph said although print management activities are not a short term priority, the integration between the two businesses would continue to develop. “It’s not on the immediate horizon,” he said. “As far as going back up the chain goes, that won’t be happening for a few years yet.” A growing number of firms are extending their links up the supply chain from the delivery of printed items, such as direct mail, to include document management and printing services. DHL Global Mail already provides a limited direct mail printing service, largely for conference companies, as well as personalisation, polywrapping and inserting for publishing clients such as Reed, Euromoney and Haymarket.

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Union threatens protests over Austrian Post Office privatization

The Post Office trade union has threatened massive protests this autumn against planned privatization, which union spokesmen say will be too soon and not well enough prepared.

“It’s certainly going to be a hot autumn”, said union chief Gerhard Fritz in an interview with the Austria Press Agency.

The protests would begin with a demonstration on Friday next week when the state holding company for industry and 100 per cent Posr Office owner, OEIAG, was due to be given a privatization mandate for the Post Office.

He said postal workers’ representatives were not in principle against privatization, but they believed the Post Office would only be ready for the stock exchange at the earliest in 18 months’ time.

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Romanian government plans to privatize companies

Romania will privatize its postal and national radio communication companies, the government said. The radio communication company would be sold by the end of next year, while the postal company would have to be restructured first and could be sold by 2008, Communication and Information Technology Minister Zsolt Nagy said. The state is interested in finding a strategic investor to take over the postal company, Nagy said.

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UK Royal Mail delivers record quality to customers

Royal Mail today published its full quality of service report for April to June, confirming that postmen and women delivered a record, target-beating First Class service to customers during the period. The early results for July show that further progress has been made with 93.8% of First Class letters arriving the day after posting. The performance last month compares with 93.5% during April to June – above the target level of 93.0% and the highest performance for First Class stamped and metered mail for any quarter on record.
Adam Crozier, Royal Mail’s Chief Executive, said: “These latest results underline Royal Mail’s focus on customers and our determination to improve quality of service even more. “We know we still have much to do but I am proud of the dedication of postmen and women as they continue to deliver improving quality of service to customers.”

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Austrian Redmail opens first private post office

Private Austrian postal group Redmail will open a private post office in Dellach/Gailtal in the province of Carinthia, on September 1, 2005, where the post office of state-owned Post AG will be closed on August 31, 2005. Redmail will offer complete services for the population in the region, it was reported on August 29, 2005. Further details of Redmail’s further plans and its proposals for the necessary changes in the new postal law to facilitate privatisation, will be presented at a news conference in Vienna on September 1, 2005.

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