Tag: Mail Services

TNT opens airport express facility in Indonesia

Posted by | Sep 19, 2003 | |

International forwarder TNT Express has opened an express depot at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Banten, as part of its efforts to improve the speed and efficiency of its service.

“Since we first opened our doors for business in 1979 in Indonesia, TNT has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers and to developing the air express delivery and logistics industry in the country,” TNT Indonesia’s Colin Moran said in a press release.

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South African Post Office service delivery improving

Posted by | Sep 19, 2003 | |

The South African Post Office (SAPO) says it is has made tremendous progress on transformation and is committed to break even by March 2004.

SAPO Chief Executive Officer Maanda Manyatshe told Parliament yesterday that over the past three years, remarkable progress had been made in the transformation process of the Post Office.

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Far-right Italians deliver embarrassment to UK Royal Mail

Posted by | Sep 19, 2003 | |

The Royal Mail is considering legal action against a far-Right party in Italy that plans to sell British stamps bearing the face of its leader next to the Queen’s head.

To the embarrassment of the Post Office, the Northern League, a populist right-wing party in Italy’s coalition Government, announced that it was to sell Royal Mail stamps bearing not only the head of the Queen but also the face of Umberto Bossi, its leader. The Northern League had used a Royal Mail service that allows customers to customise stamps.

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UK Royal Mail cuts losses with outsourcing deal

Posted by | Sep 19, 2003 | |

A deal to outsource the management of Royal Mail’s online platforms to IT services group Sapient has helped to reduce losses to GBP611m this year, the organisation said.

Agreed last year, the contract, part of a three-year recovery plan aimed at slashing its GBP1bn business losses, has saved millions of pounds, according to Royal Mail.

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Dutch govt keeps KPN golden share, no TPG comment

Posted by | Sep 19, 2003 | |

The Dutch Finance Ministry has said that the state retains its “golden share” in Dutch telecoms group KPN and has no plans to surrender this soon.

Finance Ministry spokesman William Lelieveldt said “The state still has a golden share in KPN and there are no plans on the short-term to give this up,”.

Lelieveldt declined comment on whether the Dutch government also plans to reduce its around 30% stake in postal group TPG.

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