Tag: Mail Services

Last post for (UK) High Street post offices – says Amicus

Posted by | Nov 16, 2004 | |

Amicus, Britain’s second largest union representing 15,000 managers and staff working for Royal Mail and other postal operators, will issue a wake-up call for action to be taken to protect the future of high street post offices when it meets backbench MPs in the House of Commons today. Amicus recognises that high street post offices are an essential community service that must be preserved at all costs. Peter Skyte, Amicus National Officer, said: “Without further action by Government and the public, this will be the last post for Britain’s high street post office network as it faces death by a thousand cuts. Royal Mail is selling off or closing an essential community service in a piecemeal fashion which will lead to greater financial and social exclusion.”

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Experts predict online retail to hit £40 billion by 2010 warning : Retailers must double spend on technology or risk restricting growth

Posted by | Nov 16, 2004 | |

Retailers could miss out on billions of pounds by failing to invest in the technology to take advantage for consumer enthusiasm in multi-channel shopping.

The Future of Retail: a 2010 Vision, a report commissioned by Royal Mail, reveals vast potential growth for the multi-channel retail sector, but warns that retailers need to double their spend in technology to support multi-channel operations or risk threatening future growth of the sector.

The research, published today, was undertaken by a range of authoritative retail experts to offer retailers an insight on the multi-channel retail landscape and predictions into the future development of the industry.

Full report saved in PlibraryFuture of Retail a 2010 Vision – RM study

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Appeals Court revokes Correo Argentino bankruptcy

Posted by | Nov 15, 2004 | |

An Argentine commercial appeals court has revoked the bankruptcy status of former postal service operator Correo Argentino, reversing a ruling that was first handed down in December. In a Tuesday filing to the local stock exchange, Correo Argentino’s parent company, Sideco Americana (SDA.YY), said the courts ruled in favor of appeals requested by Correo Argentino, the International Finance Corporation and the Inter-American Development Bank. The IFC is the private equity arm of the World Bank and a shareholder in Correo Argentino, as is Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires SA (GALI.BA), the country’s oldest and largest private bank.

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UOHS against Ceska posta’s monopoly on direct mail

Posted by | Nov 15, 2004 | |

The Czech anti-monopoly office UOHS said today it was against the current efforts at reintroducing state- run postal services operator Ceska posta’s monopoly on delivering direct mail. The service is also provided by Mediaservis, which has less than a 10 per cent share on the Czech market.
“Remonopolisation means a restriction of the emerging competitive environment and runs counter to the main objectives of competition protection,” UOHS chairman Josef Bednar told CTK. He added Ceska posta is a near-monopoly provider of direct mail, and that competition should secure prices and quality acceptable for consumers. “Customers thus will not pay more than necessary for this service,” Bednar said.

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Deltec fined GBP17,000 for delivering mail services without a licence

Posted by | Nov 15, 2004 | |

A company that collected and delivered mail without a licence, and its managing director, were fined a total of GBP17,000, plus GBP60,000 costs at Bow Street Magistrates Court, London, last week, Postcomm revealed today. In the first prosecution of its type brought by Postcomm, Deltec International Courier Ltd was convicted on all 11 counts on which it was charged under section 6 of the Postal Services Act 2000 for conveying letters without a licence. Barry Ellis, the managing director, was convicted on 11 counts under section 120 of the Act for conniving in, consenting to or being neglectful of the offences by the company. Nigel Stapleton, chairman of Postcomm, said: “Prosecution isn’t an activity we take lightly. In this case Deltec was made aware on a number of occasions that it required a licence and chose to act outside the law. Protecting mail integrity through licensing is a vital safeguard for customers as we open up the market. All legitimate operators must have licences, and we will take firm action against anybody who deliberately operates without one.”

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