Postcomm has today issued a new licence to DHL Global Mail (UK) Limited, to come into effect on 1 January 2007. DHL Global is the new name for Mercury International Limited, with the change also taking effect from 1 January 2007.
The licence takes into account the requirements of the new licensing framework that came into force on 1 January 2006.
Read MoreDHL Express Russia continues its strong performance with YTD revenue growth nearly 50% in 2006, with shipment volumes increasing by 30% in the same period.
Our Russia business continues to go from strength to strength; our strategic initiatives are successfully supporting the continued expansion of our business and increasing our market leading position said Mark Jordan, Commercial Manager DHL Express Russia.
DHL Russia reports an expected increase in shipment volumes of more than 30% in 2006, compared to the same period in 2005 and this continues the high growth trend of its business.
DHL Russia continues to expand its domestic road network, connecting key economic and fast growing centres of the country, to provide customers with fast and reliable, door-to-door delivery and supply chain solutions. This also includes direct road linkages with major European countries and cities.
Six new Service Points have been opened in 2006, in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg. In 2007 we plan to open over 20 new Service Points in Russia’s largest cities, and further invest in excess of EUR 15 million into developing our Service Point network over the next 3 years.
The DHL Express business has shown double-digit growth both in domestic and international business and DHL in Russia expects this strong growth performance to continue.
Read MorePostcomm has hailed the first year of full competition as a promising start but warned there are more challenging times ahead for postal operators.
Postcomm Chairman Nigel Stapleton said:
“Full competition is off to an encouraging start in 2006 with 18 new operators now in the market. Many large mailers, both in the private and public sector, have switched to new operators who they have found to be reliable and sensitive to their specific needs. Everybody has benefited because, in response to competition, Royal Mail has delivered record service levels.
“Mail is a challenging market because it is being impacted by e-substitution and is price sensitive, particularly with direct mailers, who account for nearly a fifth of the market as they have other ways by which to promote their products and services. However, we believe there is more scope for all postal operators to introduce innovative products which will be valued by customers.
Read MoreThe payment service for bills and services that are not paid by direct debit, through the network of over 2,000 computerised Correos post offices located throughout all of Spain, has grown by over 68% this year, compared to the previous year. During 2006, over three million bills (3,230,000 to be precise) were paid at post offices all over Spain: over a million more than in the previous year.
Correos has been offering its bill payment service since 2004. With this service, citizens can take advantage of the closeness of a post office, of its long customer service hours (from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm in offices with morning opening hours, and from 8:30 am to 8:30 pm for those with continuous opening hours, or until closing time at the department stores when they are located in a shopping centre) to pay these bills or invoices in the same place in which they can also complete several other transactions or access telecommunication services.
Furthermore, during holiday periods, this service enables customers who travel to other areas and who do not pay their bills by direct debit, to pay their bill at any post office. Likewise, throughout the year, owners with holiday homes can pay their bills at any Correos branch, even if it is not in the town where the home is located.
Read MoreThe telecommunication services offered by CORREOS (the Spanish Post Office) through its network of over 2,000 offices spread all over Spain are going to close 2006 with turnover figures that are two digits higher than the results for the same period in the previous year. To date, over the first eleven months, its public call centre network has increased the revenue received for its services by 19%; that from its fax and burofax services, by 15%; and from its TELECOR shop network, by almost 11%.
More specifically, the income received from the more than one hundred public call centres installed in post offices has risen by 19.2% to one and a half million Euros. Coinciding with its Christmas campaign, and until the coming 7 January, customers making calls from its public call centres for a value totalling or exceeding 3.50 euro, will receive a euro1 telephone card as a gift; and for every euro10 accumulated in calls, they will enter a weekly draw for a euro200 card.
The most frequently used telecommunication service is the burofax and fax service which, until 30 November, had recorded revenues totalling euro18 million, a 14.7% increase over the same period in the previous year. A breakdown of this overall figure shows that euro17 million came from the dispatch of burofaxes, and the remainder from faxes. This service enables important documents to be sent urgently and provides proof of receipt that is valid before third parties. The sending of telegrams, on the other hand, fell by 7.1%.
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