Tag: Mail Services

Ireland's An Post won't meet mail targets

Posted by | Sep 3, 2003 | |

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) have said that An Post would not meet targets set by the regulator for next day delivery of single piece mail items.

The results of a survey of An Post’s quality of service performance for the second quarter of this year, conducted by TNS MRBI, showed that only 71% of single piece mail items were delivered the next day. In the first quarter the result was 73% and the target set by ComReg for the year was 94%.

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UK Royal Mail to use bigger aircraft

Posted by | Sep 3, 2003 | |

Royal Mail is to use bigger aircraft to transport letters by air in cost-cutting plans which will affect up to 50 jobs, it was announced today.

The number of flights will be halved from the current 39 a night, while fewer airports will be used to handle mail.

But the changes will result in a million extra items of mail being transported by air every day – from 5.5 million to 6.5 million – the postal service said.

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£900,000 lifeline for UK Post Offices

Posted by | Sep 3, 2003 | |

Post offices in isolated and disadvantaged communities in Wales are to receive almost GBP900,000 of funding.

The cash, to be shared by 21 post offices, is the second stage of a rescue fund announced last year which will see a total of GBP2.5m made available by 2005.

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USPS Rule Change to Lower Postage for For-Profit Fundraisers

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

A prospective change in postal regulations soon could open the door to mail solicitations that enrich commercial fundraisers operating under the guise of raising money for charitable groups, nonprofit advocates said last week.

The U.S. Postal Service is expected to publish in the Federal Register this week changes to the cooperative mailing rule, which governs the use of less expensive postal rates for fundraising appeals by nonprofits.

A new exemption would remove the ban on the use of preferred mailing rates by partnerships between nonprofit organizations and for-profit businesses such as direct mailers. The ban was intended to ensure that only nonprofits benefited from the cheaper postal rates, which can shave as much as a dime off the cost of each piece of mail.

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Mail remains vital to business today, says Pitney Bowes

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

Michael J. Critelli, chairman and CEO of Pitney Bowes Inc. affirmed that, “contrary to the predictions of a paperless environment, mail remains a vital piece of the business communications flow,” during a presentation at Solomon Smith Barney today.

Critelli noted that there are more than 425 billion pieces of mail generated annually around the world, and 200 billion in the U.S. alone. “The mailing industry in the U.S. is a $900 billion industry that drives over eight percent of the GDP annually. Organizations understand the power of mail to exchange critical information, products and payments with their important stakeholders and, compared with other forms of marketing, businesses and non-profits can reach out to prospects in a non-intrusive manner.” He also mentioned that, though no one can predict the future of mail as a communications tool for organizations, “Pitney Bowes expects to have great growth opportunities in mail for a very long time, regardless of business mail volume trends, given the massive size of the mailing industry worldwide.”

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