Tag: La Poste

Spir Communication announces closure of Adrexo Mail (FRA)

Posted by | Feb 22, 2008 | |

Spir Communication has announced that it will close Adrexo Mail, its addressed mail distribution arm, after a difficult year. Group net income plunged 43.5 percent to 29.8 million euros in 2007 compared to the same period last year and operation income decreased from 42.5 percent to 44.5 million euros. Turnover increased 10.5 percent to 650.1 million euros.

The company said that its margins and last year’s results have been severely affected by the distribution networks of Adrexo Mail, an activity which was launched last year pending deregulation of the postal market in France and Europe. “This important strategic decision was motivated by the lack of clarity and stability of the market,” Phillippe Leoni, CEO of Spir said at a conference. “Spir stresses that given the lag from the date of full liberalization of the postal marketing in France from January 2009 to January 2011, there is uncertainty.”

He added that the group benefited from the difficult experiences of its European competitors in the market for the distribution of addressed mail. Leoni said that Spir chooses to limit the damage, and as a result this activity has generated an operation loss of around 18 million euros in 2007. The closure of Adrexo Mail will result in a total loss of less than 13 million euros in 2008. Spir expects to keep some activities, such as packages and relay letters, which do not depend on the opening of the postal market. This division has weighted on the results of the mail (distribution of printed matter, packages, catalogues, mail), which saw net operation profit plunge from 61.7 percent to 8.6 million errors despite a 23.4 percent increase in turnover of 303.6 million. The group remains confident in its ability to improve its performance in 2008.

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Vietnamese and French post groups to offer direct mail

Posted by | Feb 21, 2008 | |

The Vietnam Post Corporation (VNPost) and the La Poste Group of France will jointly launch cost-effective Direct Mail service in Vietnam in April.

Responsible for the service will be these groups’ Post Media Joint Stock Company, which is participated by Smart Media, a joint stock company founded by the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group.

The Post Media company, which is undergoing final legal procedures for its official operation, is established under an agreement signed during Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to France in September 2007.

At a recent working session with VNPost, La Poste Chairman Jean Paul Bailly said his group wants to expand cooperative ties with VNPost to other fields, including the supply of financial, insurance and banking services through postal system.

He also affirmed La Poste’s willingness to help VNPost link with electronic money transfer system of France and Europe.

According to VNPost General Director Do Ngoc Binh, VNPost and La Poste signed a memorandum of understanding on their cooperation in December 2005.

The two groups have by now collaborated in setting up the Post Media company, and providing express and electronic money transfer services, and personnel training for VNPost.

La Poste is interested in helping VNPost establish a joint stock bank and develop life insurance products, Binh said.

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Belgacom to sell 50 pct stake in Certipost to De Post-La Poste

Posted by | Feb 21, 2008 | |

Telecoms group Belgacom SA said it is to sell its 50 pct stake in Certipost to De Post-La Poste, giving the Belgian postal company full ownership of the electronic communications joint venture.

Certipost was set up by De Post-La Poste and Belgacom in 2002, and provides certified electronic communication for electronic documents such as invoices, as well as supplying the digital certificates for the electronic ID card in Belgium.

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Wage rise at DPD Switzerland

Posted by | Feb 20, 2008 | |

DPD Switzerland and trade unions have agreed on a 1.7 pct wage rise with effect from 1st January, 2008.

According to the agreement, all employees of DPD and employees of its subcontractors will receive a rise of 1.7 pct, including 0.8 pct to cover inflation and a 0.9 pct actual wage increase. In addition, there will be a further 0.5 pct on an individual basis.

DPD Switzerland said it is the only private supplier within the CEP industry that has an overall contract of employment with trade unions.

In addition, DPD has lowered the weekly working hours for delivery drivers to 43 hours, whereas all other employees remain with 42 hours per week. Delivery and depot staff will in future receive five weeks of holidays.

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ARCEP publishes the results of its public consultation on access to mailboxes (France)

Posted by | Feb 15, 2008 | |

Legislators included in the postal regulation law of 2005 the principle of equal access to mailboxes between authorised postal operators and the universal service provider, La Poste. Already in 2004-2005, postal operators complained of difficulties in gaining access to mailboxes in residential apartment buildings having opted for permanently restricted access. New entrants on the market complained of a discriminatory situation with respect to La Poste which had means to enter all apartment buildings. It quickly became clear that to restore the equity desired by the law, a technical analysis of the situation would be necessary. In November 2006, ARCEP initiated discussions with all players concerned by the problem of access to mailboxes. In addition to the distribution operators directly concerned—authorised postal operators, press delivery services, parcel distributors—property professionals also contributed to the work. These discussions helped to establish a diagnosis, highlighted the complexity and variety of situations and raised other questions which are not under ARCEP’s jurisdiction, which is limited to access to mailboxes for operators holding a postal authorisation. In late November 2007, ARCEP launched a public consultation in order to share its analysis of the situation, collect as many points of view as possible and to come up with solutions.

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