Tag: New market / Developments

Mail Hold made easier with new Online Service

Posted by | Apr 11, 2008 | |

New Zealand Post has today launched a new online service for household customers wanting their mail held while they are away from home for an extended period.

Mail Holds can continue to be arranged by visiting a PostShop, and the addition of an online channel will make it even more convenient for customers to ensure their mail is kept safe and secure at New Zealand Post while they’re away.

The online service is available to household customers who hold a New Zealand driver’s licence. Householders’ addresses are validated according to New Zealand Post address standards, including the correct postcode, and a New Zealand driver’s licence is required to verify customer identification.

The fee for the online hold is USD 5 a week, the same as that offered at PostShops, and the same three working day period is required to activate an online hold request.

Businesses and other organisations, including charities, and non driver’s licence holders will still need to go to their local PostShop to put mail on hold.

Customers can opt to register for the online service and be able to access other products and services from New Zealand Post.

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USPS releases new address standards for flat-sized mail

Posted by | Apr 10, 2008 | |

The US Postal Service has released new address standards for flat-sized mail. These new standards are set to go into effect as of March 29, 2009.
The new address standards will assist the USPS in its implementation of its new Flats Sequencing System (FSS), which will sort flat-sized mail into delivery sequence, thereby reducing carriers’ time spent manually sorting mail.
Because flat mail varies in size and does not have a uniform address location, the USPS said it needs the new standards in order to “promote consistent addressing.”
The new standards will require mailers to adopt new address placement and formatting requirements for periodicals, Standard Mail, bound printed matter, Media Mail and library mail flat-sized pieces sent at automation, presorted or carrier route prices, the USPS said. The standards also include revisions for automation and pre-sorted First-Class Mail flats.
The USPS also announced today that it has posted details about the requirements needed to qualify for new commercial base and commercial volume pricing for Express Mail International and Priority Mail International.

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Emirates Post Group to develop Ajman property

Posted by | Apr 4, 2008 | |

Emirates Post Group has forayed into property development in Ajman by entering into an agreement with Ajman Sports and Cultural Club to develop malls and commercial buildings in Ajman on land owned by the Club.

According to the agreement, Emirates Post Group will build malls and commercial buildings in three locations, with the Ajman Sports and Cultural Club receiving a fixed percentage of the revenues annually for a 20-year period. At the end of this period, there is an option to either extend the contract or hand over the properties to the Club.

In addition, Emirates Post Group will offer space to Ajman Sports and Cultural Club to open supermarkets which will be run by the proposed Ajman Cooperative Society. The rest of the space will be used by Emirates Post Group to offer postal and non postal services, for activities of subsidiaries companies and for renting to outside companies.

Abdullah Al Fan, CEO of Strategy and Planning Affairs, EPG, commented, “The Emirates Post Group is guided by the strategic goal of increasing revenues through innovation and global best practices, as a way of contributing to the national economy. The strategy will come to fruition within the next few years. Our partnership with Ajman Sports and Cultural Club is just one example of our ambitious business model.”

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Q-Post releases ‘perfume’ stamps

Posted by | Mar 31, 2008 | |

Q-Post yesterday launched its latest version of stamps, which it labelled as “traditional perfume”.

The stamps, released in a set of four, each of which priced at QR 1.50, ooze fragrance of four traditional perfumes produced in Qatar.

The four perfumes include Al Marash, Oud oil, Agar wood and Al Moghass.

Describing it as a unique set of stamps, chairman of Q-Post Ali Mohamed al-Ali said the idea of perfume stamps was conceived long back by Qatar Foundation vice-chairman Dr Saif al-Hajri. “Our initial plan was to bring out stamps, perfumed in a liquid made of Sidra. However, that did not materialize.”

Each of the four perfumes is dear to Qatari people, said al-Ali.

The stamps would be available from the country’s post offices from today onwards.
Khalid Fikri, head of philatelic bureau of Q-Post, designed the stamps.

Over 80,000 units of the stamps have been released for sale. Along with, 2,000 First Day
Cover of the stamps were also released, each priced at QR7.

The chairman also announced that Q-Post would also release nine stamps on the Qatar Islamic Museum, the work of which is progressing fast.

Al-Ali said that the postal corporation would launch next year a “petroleum” stamp, which would have fragrance of petrol.

One of the nine stamps would be on the complex housing the museum and the other on antiques to be showcased there, said al-Ali.

The museum is expected to be ready by November.

Besides al-Ali, Fikri and public relations manager Abdulla al-Hajri also attended the meeting.

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New deal for Scottish & Southern energy customers at the Post Office

Posted by | Mar 31, 2008 | |

• New paystation service offers all Scottish and Southern Energy customers easy access to key recharging
• Post Office ® paystation offers evening and weekend access for electricity key charging, gas card charging and mobile phone top ups
• Scottish & Southern Electric customers can continue to pay their bills at local Office® branches

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has signed a new deal running to November 2011 which allow its customers, including Southern Electric customers, the convenience of paying their bills at their local Post Office branch.

The deal also means customers of Scottish Hydro, SWALEC and Southern Electric can now recharge smart keys, issued as replacements for electricity meter tokens, at around 7,500 Post Office® branches across the UK fitted with paystation terminals.

The Post Office®’s investment in the paystation network is providing utility companies with an easy and convenient payment solution for customers using smart key and smart card pre-payment methods.

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