Tag: Europe

Deutsche Post members vote in favour of negotiated settlement (GER)

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

82.7 pct of ver.di members at Deutsche Post voted in favour of accepting the settlement negotiated on 30 April. As a result, the contractually agreed provisions can come into effect. “We have achieved a very good agreement which shows the exceptional cohesion of our members. That is precisely what makes us so strong”, says Andrea Kocsis, deputy ver.di President. The union had balloted its members on the negotiated settlement on 13 – 15 May, after more than 93 pct had voted in favour of unlimited strike action during the first ballot.

After a 4 week warning strike, ver.di succeeded in obtaining the permanent maintenance of the 38.5 hour week for all employees, a non-dismissal clause that will remain valid until 30 June 2011, and a 4 pct pay increase as of 1 November 2008 with a further 3 pct increase as of 1 December 2009. Furthermore, short-time working has been taken off the agenda completely. Immediately after the ballot results were in, the collective bargaining committee accepted the offer, thus putting a formal end to industrial action at Deutsche Post AG.

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E-BOX decides to reinforce capital stock

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

The extraordinaire general assembly of E-BOX met on 20th May 2008, decided to reinforce the capital stock of E-BOX by a capital growth of EUR 910 K.

By not filing for bankruptcy of E-Box, the company preserves the potential value of its immaterial assets like patents, marks, models, software and the company believes it can continue to take advantage of the rights in the various procedures which opposes to La Poste group.

The company declared this will allow to continue the discussions with a big international group to propose new local logistic services.

The innovative technological solutions developed by E-BOX (M2M, real-time, single data, interworking of IF, automation) join economic efficiency and ecological urban logistics.

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Sirit RFID Reader Chosen for Postal Application in Finland

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

Sirit Inc. a provider of radio frequency identification (“RFID”) technology,
announced that the INfinity 510 (“IN510”) UHF reader was selected for
Finland’s postal delivery service RFID implementation. Readers have been
installed across the country as part of a system to monitor and quantify the
speed and accuracy of real-time postal deliveries.

Finn-ID, an auto-identification solutions provider in Finland,
developed and installed the application for the Mail Communications division
of Itella, a contract services company that manages postal deliveries in
Finland and throughout Europe. The implementation uses Sirit’s IN510 to read
Gen 2 RFID tags embedded in envelopes that are tracked throughout the entire
delivery process. Selected envelopes, which are not identifiable by postal
workers, contain an RFID tag with a unique number. As these envelopes travel
through the delivery and sorting process, the data relating to their movement
is collected and transmitted to a back-end system. The system then provides
analyses on mail routing, length of time to deliver an item and other
benchmarks relating to level of service.

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Business Post Plans Faster Letter Delivery

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

Business Post, the parcels and postal delivery group, is to launch a letters service in the summer that will guarantee next-day delivery anywhere in the UK.

Customers will send letters over the internet to UK Mail, a Business Post subsidiary, which will print them in color at depots close to the destinations. The company will then put the letters in envelopes and hand them over to Royal Mail for delivery over “the final mile”.

The iMail service could reduce the carbon footprint of a letter by up to 80 per cent, Business Post said. It will also appeal to big corporate users that are keen to reduce emissions produced by their businesses.

“It will also allow us to offer our service to consumers and small businesses whose mailing requirements are too small for our existing services”, said Guy Buswell, chief executive.

UK Mail has doubled its share of the British postal market for the second year running. It collects and sorts about 11 per cent of mail before passing it on to Royal Mail for delivery to homes and businesses around the country.

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Royal Mail marketing head to leave after restructure (UK)

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

Royal Mail Marketing Director Alex Batchelor is leaving at the end of next month following a restructure of the marketing team.

His departure comes about a month before group strategy director Alex Smith takes over as Strategy and Commercial Director. Batchelor, who had been in the role for three years, would have reported into Smith in his new role.

It is thought that Smith will take over responsibilty for marketing, including overseeing its agencies, Abbot Mead Vickers.BBDO and OMD. Royal Mail completed a review of its advertising last month, retaining AMV.

Batchelor was poached by Royal Mail from Orange, where he was Vice President of Global Brand at Orange. He joined the mobile operator in 2001 from brand consultancy Interbrand. He has also worked at Unilever and Saatchi & Saatchi.

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