Tag: Europe

Business customers back end to mail monopoly

Posted by | Mar 6, 2002 | |

Consignia’s biggest cus-tomers have backed plans to end the Royal Mail group’s monopoly in an attempt to prevent any watering down of proposed regulation to introduce competition. The Mail Users’ Association, representing business customers, had avoided endorsing the regulator’s plans, fearing they could harm mail deliveries by pushing Consignia further into financial crisis. However, the group has now ended its neutrality and de-cided there is a bigger risk to service levels if Consignia were allowed to continue without competition.

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Postcomm denies late delivery on

Posted by | Mar 6, 2002 | |

Postcomm yesterday denied it was ready to retreat on the issue of introducing competition into Consignia’s mail monopoly. “We are in listening mode, and haven’t yet had a response from Consignia,” a spokesman said. “If someone came up with a very good reason why proposals have to change then we might have to say something, but we are still in a consultation period.”

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Both sides in post office pay row want talks to deliver

Posted by | Mar 5, 2002 | |

There are signs that the two sides could be edging towards a deal that could resolve the pay dispute and remove the threat of nationwide industrial action. The Communication Workers Union may settle for an agreement that gives its members less than the 5 per cent annual pay increase they had originally demanded. It could, at the same time, push for a deal over a longer period. Consignia, which has already raised its offer to a basic rise of 2.1 per cent – plus another 0.7 per cent with conditions attached – was considering whether to revise its offer again in order to avert a damaging strike.

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Letters of Intent – interview with Ceska Posta Director

Posted by | Mar 5, 2002 | |

Interview with Jaroslav Jurek, Director of Business Strategy of Ceska Posta/Czech Post Office.
Ceska Posta appears something of a contradiction: It is still trying to shake off its recent past with a little-changed structure, while it already faces tough domestic competition in selected areas. Ceska Posta will have to fall into line with European Union (EU) moves to widen competition between national post offices and private competition. Although the structure of the post office will only undergo cosmetic structural changes in the near future, some fundamental shifts in the ways it does business are already being discussed, including bringing in private companies to deliver international mail and cashing in on its slowly developing digital communications network.

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Whiz-Kid's views too rich for Consignia

Posted by | Mar 5, 2002 | |

What should we make of Allan Leighton, interim chairman of Consignia, letting it be known that he opposed the (10% executive)increase? At first glance this appears reassuring, but on further reflection it is down right worrying. If this was a regular, publicly-listed company, such a rift between chairman and chief executive would have had the financial community laughing in the streets.

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