Tag: Europe

Consultation Starts on Changes to Post Office Network – Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

Post Office Ltd today opened a six week local public consultation on its Area Plan for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. In line with the criteria and factors set by the Government in its Response document, DTI The Post Office Network, Government response to public consultation May 2007 the Area Plan proposes future provision of Post Office services through a network of 300 branches across the area, resulting in the closure of 62 existing branches.

Under the proposals, more than 99 pct of the area’s population will either see no change to their nearest branch, or will remain within one mile (by road distance) of an alternative branch.

Within the 300 branches proposed to serve Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Post Office Ltd is proposing to establish nine outreach services, which would use innovative ways to continue to provide Post Office services- particularly in smaller communities – where the existing branch is proposed for closure.

Possible types of outreach service in Hampshire and The Isle of Wight could include a mobile service visiting small communities at set times, a hosted service operated within third party premises for restricted hours each week, or a partner service within the premises of a local partner (such as a pub landlord).

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UK Post Office launches home broadband service

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

Post Office UK has added broadband internet access to its growing range of home telecommunications services.

The company’s standalone broadband service offers 8-Mbps of bandwidth for GBP 9.95 per month, including DSL modem rental. An enhanced version of the service costing GBP 15.95 per month comes with a wireless router, security suite, and parental controls.

Post Office is also offering a Premium broadband and telephony bundle, with includes basic DSL and fixed-line telephone service, with free evening and weekend calls to other landlines, for GBP 21.95 per month. Customers can add the enhanced broadband features to this package for an additional GBP 4.

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Further Acquisition in Croatia: Austrian Post purchases ST Media

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

Another important expansion step taken on the Croatian unaddressed mail market
Closing follows within the next weeks

At the beginning of 2007, Austrian Post acquired Weber Escal, the leader in Croatia’s unaddressed mail market. Austrian Post now announces the acquisition of ST Media, the number two in this market segment.

ST Media has more than 10 years of experience operating in the field of delivering unaddressed advertising mail in Croatia. This year, the company will distribute more than 100 million unaddressed advertising mail items, achieving revenues surpassing EUR 2 million, which represents a market share of about 25 % in Croatia.

The Croatian market for unaddressed mail is in a stage of infancy, and thus features high growth rates. Subsequently, revenue growth at Weber Escal has exceeded a level of 50% during the current business year alone. “With the acquisition of ST media, Austrian Post is in a position to effectively deal with the rapid growth in Croatia, and to offer our customers even better services“, says Walter Hitziger, Member of the Management Board with responsibility for the Mail Division.

This year, ST Media and Weber Escal together employ a delivery staff of 600 people, and will distribute close to 300 million direct mail items. The two companies account for about three-quarters of the total Croatian market for unaddressed advertising mail. The close cooperation of the two companies will enable Austrian Post to achieve greater cost efficiency and exploit synergies in the future, particularly in the delivery of the mail items.

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Business deserts Post Office in the UK

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

Small businesses are ready to desert Royal Mail and switch to private sector delivery rivals after counting the cost of the damaging postal dispute, a survey shows.

More than half the small companies surveyed for the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), say they are more likely to use alternative services to reduce the risk of further disruption to their business.

Rival mail services, the internet or a personal limited service for key customers are among the options they are exploring.

Royal Mail is braced for a backlash from dissatisfied customers, but is banking on higher rates charged by rivals to prove a deterrent for business customers to switch. The weekend BCC poll, based on replies from 183 members, showed 62pc of them have already started using alternative services to send and settle invoices, while 88pc have seen their businesses suffer from cash-flow problems and lost orders and other costs involved in meeting the cost of the strike.

Natalie Evans, head of policy at BCC, said the survey results hammered home the damage to Royal Mail and the loss of confidence among customers. “It will not be easy for Royal Mail to regain their confidence,” she said.

Royal Mail has seen business shrink even before the strike with the loss of 40pc of its bulk-mail business. Rivals TNT, Business Post and Deutsche Post have been working flat out during the strike to ensure they keep the new business.

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Saatchi & Saatchi Italy catches the Italian Post

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

Saatchi & Saatchi Italy has won the budget for the communication activities of Poste Italiane (Italian Post Office), covering postal services and the post office network.

The agency has been assigned a 3-year contract, following a pitch that involved many of the agency’s divisions, from traditional advertising to online/interactive, direct marketing and shopper marketing.

Fabrizio Caprara, Joint CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi Italy, said, “We are very pleased with this result. First of all because we are happy to have once again the opportunity of working with this client with whom we have had in the past a very fruitful experience. And secondly because it gives great satisfaction to be involved in a project in which close interaction between the agency’s different marketing disciplines will play a fundamental role.”

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