Tag: Mail Services

Citipost Sells International Arm To Pitney Bowes

Posted by | May 29, 2008 | |

The Citipost group has sold it’s International business to Pitney Bowes International Mail Services. Citipost described the sale as ‘perfect timing’ and that it would allow Citipost to focus investment into our end-to-end delivery services in strategic business centres worldwide.

The Citipost group, which includes Citipost AMP Ltd, Citipost UK Ltd, Citipost DSA Ltd and Citipost Direct Distribution Ltd, will continue to operate it’s Hand Delivery services in the UK, Far East, Europe and North America.

“We have found there to be great synergy between both businesses and this is a very positive step for our staff, clients and shareholders.” said Citipost.

It said that internally, the changes would see an expansion of it’s service range and improved buying power but otherwise, it would be business as usual.

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Logica to deliver BI at Royal Mail (UK)

Posted by | May 28, 2008 | |

Logica has announced that it has won a 5-year contract with Post Office Limited, part of the Royal Mail Group, to install and support two centralised business intelligence systems. The systems are expected to go live in 2009.

The Post Office has a project underway to modernise its systems and services in an effort to be more responsive to market conditions and changing business needs, and it hopes that this deal will help support this project.

Logica will oversee the implementation of two new management products, Master Data Management (MDM) and Dynamic Intelligence Warehouse (DIW). These will replace two current life-expired systems.

According to Logica, MDM will contain all Post Office reference data, including office addresses and details of products sold by the Post Office, such as stamps and travel insurance.

The company says that DIW is a responsive data warehouse, which will store updated information about the numbers and types of products sold daily at post office branches and other outlets.

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24th UPU Congress: July 2008

Posted by | May 28, 2008 | |

International decision-makers will participate in a high-level debate on 25 July 2008 focusing on the theme “The postal sector, an essential component of the global economy”.
The conference will set the tone for 24th Universal Postal Congress, which opens in Geneva, Switzerland, on 23 July and lasts until 12 August 2008.
Three panel discussions on how postal services can work effectively in an era of globalization, the challenges and the new frontiers for the postal sector in an ever-changing world, and partnerships for the global supply chain will be held throughout the day.

“The general debate will be one of the highlights of Congress and particularly important, strategically, for the entire postal community. Indeed, it represents an opportunity for UPU members as well as postal stakeholders the world over to exchange insights on the future of the postal sector. The debate aims to confirm the sector’s appropriate positioning in view of the world’s economic reality, the new issues affecting the sector, and the UPU’s next four-year strategy,” says UPU Director General Edouard Dayan.

Journalist Muriel Siki, from the Télévision Suisse Romande, and Professor Matthias Finger, from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, will lead the round table discussions.
With two months to go before the 24th UPU Congress opens at the Geneva International Conference Centre, preparations for the event are going well. Some 1,500 delegates from the UPU’s 191 member countries are expected to attend the Congress, held only every four years. The international postal meeting will also draw hundreds of observers and participants from international organizations and stakeholders from the postal sector at large.

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Postcomm consults on repeating the suspension of Royal Mail’s bulk compensation scheme and adjustment to the ‘C’ factor to 2008/09

Posted by | May 28, 2008 | |

Royal Mail has asked Postcomm if it can suspend its bulk compensation scheme and adjust the C-factor for another year. These arrangements were first made for 2007/08 because industrial action made it difficult for Royal Mail to meet its quality of service targets, which would have triggered compensation payments to bulk mailers and reductions in future revenue. It now wants to repeat the scheme in 2008/09.

Postcomm published a consultation letter which seeks stakeholders’ views on Royal Mail’s request, which it has made on the basis that there may be further industrial action in the future.

Stakeholders are invited to respond to the letter by the 27 June 2008. Postcomm expects to make a decision by the end of July 2008.

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Consultation Starts On Changes To Post Office® Network – Post Office Ltd announces plans for the North East, Tayside and Fife

Posted by | May 28, 2008 | |

Post Office Ltd today (28 May 2008) opened a six-week local public consultation on its Area Plan for the North East, Tayside and Fife.

In line with the criteria and factors set by the UK Government in its response document, DTI, The Post Office Network, Government Response to Public Consultation in May 2007 (www.berr.gov.uk/consultations) ) – the Area Plan for the North East, Fife and Tayside proposes future provision of Post Office® services through a total network of 374 branches across the area, resulting in the closure of 42 existing branches. In addition, Post Office Ltd proposes the introduction of 37 outreach services, many of them remaining in their existing premises.

Under the proposals, 99.9% of the area’s population will either see no change to their nearest branch, or will remain within one mile (by road distance) of an alternative branch.

The detailed Area Plan proposal for the North East, Tayside and Fife is now available.

The North East, Tayside and Fife Area Plan proposes the introduction of 37 outreach services in the following rural communities, many of which will remain in their existing premises.

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