Tag: Europe

Russian Post Restarts Money Order Exchange

Posted by | Apr 18, 2008 | |

Russian Post has restarted it’s money order exchange with Moldova this month. The exchange was stopped two years ago due to technical problems. It had been running since 1997.

As before, money order exchange will be performed by the international system Secured Transfer of Electronic Financial Information (STEFI). Average delivery term to Moldova is 2 days. The maximum allowed is USD 3,000 in the national currency of the money order.

The cost is dependent on applicable tariff rates for international money orders. Russian Post also exchanges money orders with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, China and France.

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Posteurop visits Haypost

Posted by | Apr 18, 2008 | |

The Chairman of PostEurop Mr. Bernard Damiens, and the Secretary General of PostEurop Mr. Ingemar Persson will pay a visit to HayPost on April 15 and 16. The purpose of their visit will be to introduce PostEurop action plans to HayPost. The leaders of PostEurop will meet with HayPost management and several key ministers during their two-day visit to become acquainted with the transformation progresses of HayPost and to identify key cooperation and strategic programs for European postal integration.

As part of its objectives of building HayPost into a world-leading postal and financial service company, HayPost formally became the 45th member of PostEurop – an Association of 48 European public postal operators with the intention to optimize postal operations and postal services in Europe, and to foster greater cooperation between its Members. As a new member of PostEurop, HayPost will acquire lessons from the PostEurop networking tools to quickly improve the quality and standards of its services.

The leaders of PostEurop will participate in officially launching the new HayPost Training Center on April 15 developed with the purpose of increasing the quality of HayPost’s human capital, followed by an official opening of the newly renovated post office No. 68 on April 16.

The PostEurop Chairman and Secretary General will also personally meet with RA Minister of Trade and Economic Development, Nerses Yeritsyan, and State Property Management Head, Karine Kirakosyan, as well as meet with HayPost management and staff.

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UK keeps a digital distance

Posted by | Apr 18, 2008 | |

Whether it is sacking staff by text message or dumping your partner by email, digital communication has made us a nation of cowards, according to a new report out today from Post Office Telecoms.

The findings show that many UK residents are maintaining that famous British reserve by relying on text messages and email to get themselves out of sticky situations – with 73 per cent of people admitting to delegating difficult tasks at work by email and text, and 52 per cent using these forms of technology to contact new business prospects.

The report shows that one in four young people* think it is appropriate to call into work sick via email or text message, with one in seven admitting to having done so in the last 12 months. It also reveals that 3 per cent of UK adults even admit to ending a relationship by text message in the last year.

The report, called ‘Etiquette in the Digital Age’, is authored by etiquette expert Liz Brewer, whose credits include ITV’s ‘Ladette to Lady’.

Stewart Fox-Mills, head of telephony at the Post Office, said: “Digital technology is constantly giving us new ways to communicate, which enriches our day to day lives. But we’ve found that many people are in fact using modem technology to keep a ‘digital distance’ and avoid face-to-face or verbal confrontation.

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Deutsche Post's DHL struggles with delays new Leipzig hub

Posted by | Apr 18, 2008 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG’s express unit, DHL, is struggling with delays at its new cargo hub in Leipzig, Die Welt reported, citing pilots’ comments in internet forums.
The newspaper quoted a spokesman for the German mail services company as saying everything is going according to plan.
Deutsche Post plans to inaugurate the 300 million euro Leipzig hub, its third global hub after Hong Kong and Wilmington, United States, officially on May 26.
The report said pilots have claimed that ground staff at the new hub has not yet been sufficiently trained.
It alleged some flights have been redirected to Brussels, DHL’s previous hub.
The start-up of DHL’s Wilmington hub was delayed by several months, putting pressure on the start of Deutsche Post’s U.S. express operations, which have posted unspecified losses since the company entered the market in 2004.

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John Acton appointed Managing Director of DPD

Posted by | Apr 18, 2008 | |

The supervisory board of DPD GmbH, Aschaffenburg, announces the appointment of Briton John Acton (43) to Managing Director of the international provider of standard and express parcel services. After the departure of CEO Hans Fluri in March this means that the top management of the international franchise organisation has been completed from within the company’s own ranks. At the head of the DPD franchise system Mr Acton will form a two-man team with Arnold Schroven, who is also at the helm of DPD GeoPost (Germany).

In addition to his appointment as Managing Director of DPD Mr Acton is Chief Marketing and Strategic Accounts Officer at GeoPost, and is a member of the Direction Générale of GeoPost

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