Tag: Mail Services

Royal Mail make changes to collection plates (UK)

Posted by | Feb 14, 2008 | |

Royal Mail is making changes to collection plates as a result of two separate initiatives, namely:

Sunday and bank holiday collections – changes to collection plates

Part of the agreement given by Postcomm to Royal Mail’s request to stop Sunday and Bank Holiday collections was for Royal Mail to amend the information on the collection plates.

Postwatch has been advised by Royal Mail that the removal of all references to Sunday and Bank Holiday collections to its collection plates will be completed by 25 February.

Changing collection plates to show final collections as close to 12.00 midday (Monday – Friday) as possible

In response to Postcomm’s Decision Document on its review of Royal Mail’s collection and delivery times Royal Mail has undertaken a review of collection points that have a collection time before 12:00 midday (Monday – Friday) to move as many back to midday or later where it was reasonably practical and make economic sense to do so. However, there will be some instances where it may not be possible in every instance due to practical and commercial restraints (further details are attached).

Royal Mail has advised us that all reviews are due to be completed by end of February/early March.

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Emirates Business Pages goes online

Posted by | Feb 14, 2008 | |

Emirates Business Pages (EBP), the official business-to-business directory of the Emirates Post, has announced the launch of its dedicated website.

Published by Concept Media, the EBP has become one of the most comprehensive resources offering a most accurate database of various businesses and industries across the UAE since its first edition in 2007, said a company official.

The online resource (www.ebp.ae) has been developed by IT2 Media. The German IT solutions leaders were appointed by Concept Media to develop and manage the website owing to their experience and expertise in solutions for directory providers.

In line with its print format the EBP website would ideally present an irresistible business opportunity and thereby promote local and regional trade by providing easy access to important business linkages.

The website offers the entire data of EBP in an easy to navigate and quick to load format. In addition to its patent reverse post box listing, EBP is the only online directory that features online maps, locations, integrated client videos and photo galleries.

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Ghana Post wins international award

Posted by | Feb 14, 2008 | |

Ghana Post Company Limited (GP) has been nominated by the West Africa International Magazine for the most innovative Postal Service Operator in West Africa award for 2007.

A statement in Accra signed by Mr K. A. Otuo-Acheapong, General Manager, Corporate Communications, said a letter copied to GP explained that the Board of Directors of the Magazine conferred the award for “the innovations that management of the company has brought to bear in the postal service operations in the West Africa sub-region, especially Instant Money Transfer Service (IMT)”.

The IMT is a domestic money transfer service where money is sent from one location to the other, through the network of post offices throughout the country.

The Board said the award was also to be presented to nine other West Africa indigenous companies and two personalities from the sub-region for their outstanding achievements.

Mr Kofi Dua Adonteng, Managing Director, Ghana Post, expressed delight about the award and said the initiative of the management to diversify its operations to provide vital and improved customer service had been recognized by an international magazine.

He said as money transfer had become a viable business enterprise, it had become imperative for the company to streamline its operations by improving its ICT facilities in this regard.

The presentation of the award would be on Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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Restructuring of Russia’s postal system will take up to five years

Posted by | Feb 13, 2008 | |

Post in Russia has had a difficult time in recent years, both for users of the antiquated service and for the government underpinning its financial position. It lost USD 186 million in 2007. But this is set to change with the appointment of a new head and a renewed focus on service and infrastructure.

One of the oldest and largest government owned enterprises – Russia Post – is entering a reconstruction phase. Currently it includes almost 90 affiliates with 42,000 outlets, but even these figures don’t help it to make profit.

The latest move to do something about the post was to place former Sberbank CEO Andrey Kazmin in charge. He says the first thing to change will be the financial losses.

“Russia Post will not become a bank in the future. It will have a range of services, but the main service will be delivering post. Financial services will be a part of these. And we do plan to increase the profitability of Russia Post by enlarging the number of financial services and updating the sector,” Kazmin said.

It will be focusing on services such as money transfers and loan payments, and will offer some banking services in regional Russia.

“Currently, Russia Post has a lot of problems. And it will take from three to five years to finish the reconstruction process. However, by the end, with the financial services in place, it can compete with Sberbank in places where there are no banks at all,” said Anatoly Aksakov, the head of Association of Regional Banks.

The restructuring of Russia’s postal system will take up to five years, according to experts.

It’s expected that more concrete proposals for Russia Posts transformation will be unveiled in March.

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Quebecor World Logistics First in Industry to Run Mixed Class Co-Mail to Help Customers Reduce Postal Costs

Posted by | Feb 13, 2008 | |

Quebecor World Logistics is the first in the industry to offer its customers mixed-class co-mail that combines Periodical and Standard class mail pieces into a single offline co-mail offering. This gives our customers improved flexibility of a pool but also the industry’s quickest turn-around time, unattainable in a single class co-mail run. The mixed-class, short-run pool conducted at Quebecor World Logistics’ Bolingbrook, IL co-mail facility will now become part of QWL’s superior co-mail process, creating enhanced value to Quebecor World’s quality print product.

Customers using Quebecor World Logistics’ mixed class co-mail solutions in combination with additional mailing optimization programs are able to realize savings on their overall mailing costs while improving delivery times.

In May of 2007, Quebecor World announced the expansion of its co-mail platform into the Northeast with two new 30-pocket machines. In addition, QWL entered into an exclusive two-year purchase agreement with SIM Products Co. for two 30-pocket co-mail machines and secured the option to purchase the next four machines produced by SIM.

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