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Strictly Come Dancing judges give First Class rating to Royal Mail’s Christmas Stamps

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

Royal Mail today prepared for the busiest day for the sale of 1st Class Christmas stamps by teaming up with judges Arlene Philips and Bruno Tonioli from the hit show Strictly Come Dancing.

The full set of stamps, which depict angels and the Madonna & Child, can be purchased in Post Office branches nationwide and are available in 1st Class, 2nd Class, 78p and GBP 1.24 values.

To coincide with the availability of these stamps, Royal Mail’s recommended last posting dates for Christmas delivery are Thursday 20 December for 1st Class mail and Monday 17 December for 2nd Class items. For Special Delivery items, the last recommended posting date is 22 December. For airmail cards and letters to Western Europe, the last recommended posting date is 13 December; for Eastern Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan it is 10 December; and the rest of the world is 7 December.

Bruno Tonioli said: “Royal Mail is certainly keeping in-step with the festive season this year. If I had known the theme was going to be angels I would have put myself forward for the face of the 1st Class stamp.”

Julietta Edgar, Head of Special Stamps, Royal Mail, said: “At this busy time, Royal Mail asks that people remember to use the postcode on their Christmas cards to make sure friends and family receive their festive messages as quickly as possible.”

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PIN Group to cut over 1,000 jobs in Germany

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

Mail delivery company PIN Group, majority owned by German publisher Axel Springer, plans to cut more than a 1,000 jobs in Germany due to a planned minimum wage law for postal delivery workers.
The company, which is based in Luxembourg and Germany, will sound out options for its future with the help of a consulting firm, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Online Shopping set to exceed GBP 5 billion in December

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

ONLINE SHOPPING SET TO EXCEED GBP 5 BILLION IN DECEMBER
– Monday 3 December likely to be the most popular day to shop online
– Online shopping advice guide issued to help consumers stay safe
– New advice website launched at www.shopsafeonline.org.uk
APACS, the UK payments association, has today (29 November 2007) revealed that Christmas shoppers are expected to spend over GBP 5 billion online this December. To help protect cardholders from fraud during this busy shopping period, APACS has published a consumer advice guide and launched a new website aimed at making online Christmas shopping a fraud-free experience.
APACS figures show that the number of adults shopping online has more than doubled in the last five years to almost 30 million. This makes it more essential than ever before that online shoppers take the necessary steps to ensure they don’t fall victim to fraud.

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EU commission plans to investigate German postal minimum wages

Posted by | Dec 3, 2007 | |

EU commissioner Nelie Kroes is planning to investigate the German government’s decision to introduce minimum wages for postal workers, Der Spiegel reported, without citing its sources.

The German government last week decided to extend minimum wages of 8-9.80 eur per hour paid by incumbent Deutsche Post World Net AG to the whole industry, which means its main competitors TNT NV’s TNT Post and Axel Springer AG’s PIN Group will lose their cost advantages.

The report said Kroes will investigate whether the minimum wages are an unjustified preferential treatment of Deutsche Post.

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Miele and Schenker start logistics partnership in Finland

Posted by | Dec 3, 2007 | |

Delivering all spare parts throughout the country ¡ñ Warehousing activities will move to Schenker¡¯s multimodal logistics center at the port of Turku
(Essen/Helsinki, 28 November 2007) Miele, the world¡¯s largest family-owned and operated appliance company, and Schenker in Finland, the leading provider of integrated logistics services in the country, have just signed a contract on a logistics partnership. Schenker will be Miele¡¯s new partner for logistics in Finland.

Effective 1st January 2008, the Miele spare parts activities will move to the Schenker premises in Helsinki. Schenker¡¯s own parcel service Schenker Express will then deliver all Miele spare parts throughout the country.

In April 2008, Miele¡¯s remaining warehousing activities, now still located in the city of Hanko, will move to Schenker¡¯s multimodal logistics center at the port of Turku. The new Schenker complex is unique to Finland, linking the four carriers ¨C truck, air, ship and rail ¨C and serving at the same time as a distribution center. Schenker will continue as the national distributor of Miele¡¯s products in Finland. Schenker also offers home delivery service for Miele products.

Miele¡¯s range of consumer appliances includes: vacuum cleaners; laundry systems; rotary irons; dishwashers; built-in convection, speed and steam ovens; cooktops; ventilation hoods; and coffee systems. In addition, Miele Professional offers commercial cleaning equipment such as laboratory glassware washers, industrial parts cleaning systems, dental disinfectors and commercial wet cleaning systems.

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