Tag: Mail Services

La Poste's plans to enter Indian market blocked

Posted by | Feb 8, 2008 | |

La Poste’s plans to enter the Indian market have run into a roadblock due to opposition from the postal department. GeoPost Group, the express parcel arm of La Poste, plans to tap the Indian market through a joint venture with Continental Air Express.

The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has put the joint venture proposal on hold due to objections from the department of posts. The postal department’s opposition adds yet another twist to the moves to restrict foreign ownership in this segment.

Apart from France, GeoPost has business interests in the express parcel and logistics segment in various countries including the UK, Germany, Russia, Spain, Poland, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria.

In Asia, the La Poste arm has business interests in China and South Korea. GeoPost’s was to take 60 pct stake in the proposed subsidiary while Continental Air Express was to hold the rest.

During recent deliberations at the FIPB, the department of post argued that La Poste is also a member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and is required to fulfill universal services obligations (USO) like India Post. Therefore, La Poste cannot poach on the creamy territory of the other, FIPB was informed.

The department has also pointed out that La Poste was a state-owned entity and investment by no such entity has been permitted in India so far. India Post, also a member of UPU, handles low-priced items like post cards and inland letters to fulfill its social obligations. GeoPost, on the other hand, plans to enter courier services like express parcel delivery which command a premium.

The postal department’s argument is that La Poste should also be ready to fulfill social obligations like the USO carried out by India Post. In any case, the department has been threatening to make small letters the monopoly of India Post and impose restrictions on foreign ownership in this sector.

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Spanish Correos sign agreement with Mailhouse and Zaybe

Posted by | Feb 8, 2008 | |

Correos signed an access deal with Mailhouse and Zaybe, giving them access to the public postal network for final deliveries. The agreement was signed by Jose Antonio Amelibia, Correos’s Commercial and Marketing Director, Antonio Ordonez Mallarino and Miguel Jesus Rodriguez from Mailhouse and Zaybe respectively.
The Spanish state postal group signed its first access deal with the private mail company Cartes Lleida last July and with Norecorreo in January 2008. The company said there are negotiations for similar contracts with other private postal operators.
The access deal signed with Mailhouse and Zaybe comprises different requirements that the private operators have to meet to be able to access the Correos network taking into account legal transparency and objectivity regulations and avoiding discrimination.
Access to the postal network is governed by a Spanish law passed in November 2006. According to this law, the companies with regulatory approval to provide postal services are legally entitled to access the public postal network managed by Correos.

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Royal Mail: Delivering easier ways to work for disabled people (UK)

Posted by | Feb 8, 2008 | |

Royal Mail Group has formed a new partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions as part of the Jobcentre Plus Access to Work programme, which aims to make it easier to bring more of the 6.8 million disabled men and women of working age into employment.

Access to Work currently helps thousands of workers and their employers to overcome barriers resulting from disability by offering practical advice and funding.

Royal Mail will build on the successful scheme by creating a dedicated national team which will respond to managers’ questions relating to the recruitment or the ongoing needs of disabled employees.

Working within a new ‘one-stop-shop’ Accessibility Resource Centre, advisors will support individual team leaders with the application process. Royal Mail will also pay all claims under GBP 1,000 incurred under the scheme, including premises adaptation, travel and ongoing support workers, and will share any costs in excess of this with Access to Work.

In the past, some employers have struggled to take advantage of the benefits of the scheme, but it is hoped that Royal Mail’s pilot will streamline the process considerably, galvanizing other business leaders to invest in similar, simplified arrangements.

Kay Allen, Head of Social Policy and Inclusion at Royal Mail Group, said: “Facilitating the employment of disabled workers is a key priority for us as a diversity-aware business. The best way to do this is to make it as easy as possible for our people to become “disability confident”.

“We’re aiming to use this pilot to demonstrate new ways in which large employers can take advantage of the Access to Work scheme: helping to ease some of the country’s 3.3 million economically inactive disabled people into work.”

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Measurement and Analysis for Digital Signage

Posted by | Feb 8, 2008 | |

Measurement and Analysis for Digital Signage

The definition of an “impression” is changing- take a look behind the scenes of ad buying, audience measurement and data analysis to learn just what the numbers mean, and how to generate them.

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Emirates Post opens new post office at RAK Free Zone

Posted by | Feb 7, 2008 | |

Emirates Post has opened a new post office in Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone, to cater to the needs of investors, businessmen and employees. The post office is located in the Business Park of the zone

The post office was inaugurated by Mr. Jamal Saif Al Jarwan, Director of Postal Zone 4, and Mr. Oussama El Omari, CEO/Director General, RAK Free Trade Zone.

‘The opening of the new post office is part of Emirates Post’s strategy to take our services and products closer to our customers, including business people,’ said Ibrahim Bin Karam, CEO of Emirates Post. ‘The post office will offer all postal and non-postal services, such as parcels, money exchange and remittances.’

‘The new post office in RAK Free Trade Zone will add another useful facility on our list of investor-friendly services. We already have 3,000 P.O. Boxes located in three different parks of the free zone to satisfy investors’ needs,’ said El Omari. ‘This has been necessitated by the increase in the number of zone-registered companies which has crossed 4,000. The zone continues its effort to provide its clients, investors and employees with a wide range of unique services.’

Mr. El Omari added, ‘We are pleased that the full-fledged post offices will bring different services under one roof for the benefit of our tenants and employees.’

The post office timings will be from 8 am to 3 pm, Saturday to Thursday.

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