Tag: Mail Services

Solidarity in Payshop (CTT Group). Postmen perform Christmas Operation

Posted by | Dec 19, 2007 | |

Solidarity in Payshop (CTT Group)

Payshop is receiving donations within its network agents to save the homeless Christmas party, organised by the Peace and Life Community. Payshop decided to get involved in this social solidarity cause to help to improve the homeless Christmas, by making its 3200 agents’ network available free of charge. We all can contribute as of one euro, and the amount received will be handed by Payshop to the Life and Peace Community to purchase food and clothes, to give the homeless in their Christmas party.

Postmen perform Christmas Operation

Last Saturday, December 15th, and next Saturday, December 22nd, the country will see 3500 Postmen that will go out to the street to deliver mail. It is the Christmas Operation that aims at ensuring the delivery, before Christmas, of all priority items sent up to the 21st, and ordinary items until December 19th. The delivery will be performed even on Christmas Eve, December 24th, and as regards CTT Expresso until 22h. The delivery record should happen today, December 17th, and we estimate around eight million letters will be delivered to the mailboxes.

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EU lawmakers approve full mail competition from 2011

Posted by | Dec 18, 2007 | |

A committee of European Union lawmakers on last Tuesday 18th December approved EU plans to open the bloc’s 88 billion euro (USD130 billion) postal markets to full competition, setting the stage for final approval next month.
The European Parliament’s transport committee voted 37 to 2, with six abstentions, in favour of market liberalisation.
EU member states have approved the proposal and it will be debated before the full parliament on Jan. 30, with a vote set for Jan. 31. If it passes unchanged, as expected, the directive will become law.
The market for letters weighing up to 50 grams is currently shielded from competition. Mail above that weight is fully liberalised. The new measure would liberalise all mail delivery.
The new directive takes effect in 13 countries in 2011. The 12 new member states, along with Luxembourg and Greece, have until 2013.
During the hearing on Tuesday, the communist-led GUE/NGL bloc and Green Party members had sought to adopt amendments, including scrapping the measure. They were outvoted on 35 amendments and withdrew another 37.
The measure has sparked protests by postal workers in many EU nations, especially France, who fear job losses.

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BCC: Postal competition necessary for businesses (UK)

Posted by | Dec 18, 2007 | |

Businesses deserve an ‘efficient and cost effective’ postal service and any review of the market must take this into account, it has been claimed.

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) made the comments in response to business secretary John Hutton’s announcement of a ‘comprehensive review’ of developments in the postal services market since its liberalisation two years ago.

The review will look at trends in future market developments and the likely impact on Royal Mail, other carriers and consumers.

Hutton said: “We believe that opening the market has brought considerable benefits for users of postal services but there can be no doubt that the market has evolved, with new technologies such as email and text messaging having a huge effect on the way we communicate.”

Responding to news of the review, Natalie Evans, head of policy at the BCC said:

“The business community deserves and depends upon an efficient and cost effective postal service.

“Frustratingly, the recent strike action at Royal Mail had a significant impact on businesses across the country, costing small and medium sized businesses an estimated GBP 2.5m in delayed post every day there was disruption.

Evans said competition in the industry was necessary to ensure business mail got delivered.

She added: “If Royal Mail cannot ensure final mile delivery, then choice must be allowed to flourish within the industry.”

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