Tag: Mail Services

Royal Mail marketing head to leave after restructure (UK)

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

Royal Mail Marketing Director Alex Batchelor is leaving at the end of next month following a restructure of the marketing team.

His departure comes about a month before group strategy director Alex Smith takes over as Strategy and Commercial Director. Batchelor, who had been in the role for three years, would have reported into Smith in his new role.

It is thought that Smith will take over responsibilty for marketing, including overseeing its agencies, Abbot Mead Vickers.BBDO and OMD. Royal Mail completed a review of its advertising last month, retaining AMV.

Batchelor was poached by Royal Mail from Orange, where he was Vice President of Global Brand at Orange. He joined the mobile operator in 2001 from brand consultancy Interbrand. He has also worked at Unilever and Saatchi & Saatchi.

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MaltaPost delivers healthy profit at mid year

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

For the six months ended 31 March 2008, MaltaPost p.l.c. registered a Profit before Taxation of euro 2.60 million as compared to euro 1.01 million for the same period last year. This represents an increase of 157% (euro 1.59 million) over the six months ended 31 March 2007. Earnings per Share increased to euro 0.060 from euro 0.023 in 2007.

• Turnover increased by 13.41% from euro 9.66 million to euro 10.96 million

• Cost-to-Income ratio improved to 76.64% from 89.65% for the same period last year;

• The Provision for Liabilities and Other Charges registered a positive movement of euro 401k over last year. This provision relates to amounts concerning ex-Government employees who had opted to become full-time employees of MaltaPost p.l.c. and who were entitled to rights which went beyond the National Insurance Scheme.

The decrease in provision arose on the reversion of some such employees to Government in the period under review.

Apart from an overall increase in business the performance during this period was enhanced by two events viz. increased volumes during the General Elections and philatelic/numismatic issues commemorating the introduction of the Euro.

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Poste Italiane flagged as Alitalia vehicle

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

Italy’s state-owned mail group Poste Italiane is again being flagged as a possible vehicle to rescue the ailing Alitalia, this time as part of a consortium.

Poste Italiane relies on 16 daily flights, some operated by Alitalia, to transport its mail and Italian media have already carried stories indicating it might be interested in the airline’s cargo business. Poste already operates its own cargo carrier, Mistral Air.

Poste’s CEO Massimo Sarmi cautioned that he has not yet been approached to join the proposed group.

He stressed that any decision to pick up pieces of the cargo business or to be part of a consortium would be based on business considerations.

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Deutsche Post supports the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

Deutsche Post World Net is actively supporting the UN environmental conference in Bonn, where the parties to the convention on biological diversity will meet from on May 19. A central element of Deutsche Post World Net’s engagement will be supporting the opening event on May 19, which will be attended by UN representatives, German Federal Environmental Minister Sigmar Gabriel and the Mayor of Bonn, Bärbel Dieckmann.

Artists from all over the world will be on stage for an open air concert in Bonn’s Museumsplatz (Museum Square), including Irish singer Bob Geldof. Geldof is not only known as an artist, but also as an organizer of large benefit concerts such as Band Aid and Live Aid that support social projects.

The company is also providing the conference with logistical support and will be setting up a postal retail outlet in the conference center of the Hotel Maritim in Bonn from May 12 to 30. The glass facade of the Post Tower will also light up the evening sky on May 19 as well as during the height of the conference from May 27 to 30 with the number “2010,” which symbolizes the central target of the intergovernmental convention: to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss around the world.

Deutsche Post World Net is actively supporting the success of the UN environment conference as part of its commitment to the city of Bonn, where ts headquarters is located and as direct part of its own climate protection program, GoGreen. As the first company in its industry to implement a measurable climate protection target, the Group aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30 percent for every letter mailed, every container shipped and every square meter of space used by 2020.

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USPS asking homeowners to inspect mailboxes

Posted by | May 21, 2008 | |

Mailbox Improvement Week is here in time for spring cleaning and the U.S. Postal Service wants all homeowners to add “mailbox” on the to-do list.

The U.S. Postal Service is asking all Lockport homeowners to inspect and repair their mailboxes during Mailbox Improvement Week, June 1 to 7.

“Repairing suburban and rural mailboxes improves the appearance of our community and makes delivering and receiving mail safer for our carriers and customers,” said Lockport Postmaster Roselle Murrell. “The Postal Service makes this annual request because of the wear and tear that occurs to mailboxes every year, especially during the winter. Inclement weather and snow plowing usually takes a toll on the mailbox.”

Some of the typical activities that may need to be done to post and house-mounted boxes include: Replacing loose hinges on a mailbox door, repainting a mailbox that may have rusted or started peeling, remounting a mailbox post if loosened or replacing or adding house numbers.

“If a homeowner plans to install a new mailbox or replace a worn one, he or she must use only Postal Service-approved traditional, contemporary, or locking full and limited service mailboxes,” Murrell said. “Customers should be careful when purchasing curbside mail receptacles because the use of unapproved boxes is prohibited. Customers may use a custom built mailbox, but they must consult with my office to ensure it conforms to guidelines applying to flag, size, strength, and quality of construction.”

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