Tag: Postwatch

Re-Appointments to consumer council for postal services

Posted by | Nov 5, 2003 | |

Stephen Timms, Minister for Postal Services, today announced the following re- appointments to the Consumer Council for Postal Services (Postwatch). These are:

* Peter Carr as National Chair of the Postwatch Council. This post is part time. He was first appointed in January 2001 based on an average of three days per week. His re-appointment is for one year; based on a four-day week with annual remuneration of #45,000 with effect from 1st December 2003.

* Kay Dixon as a Council Member of Postwatch and the Regional Chair for the Council’s Committee for Greater London. She was first appointed in January 2001. Her re-appointment is for two years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with annual remuneration of #30,750 based on an average of three days per week.

* Eifon Pritchard QPM as a Council Member of Postwatch and the Regional Chair of the Council’s Committee for Wales. He was first appointed in January 2001. His re-appointment is for two years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with annual remuneration of #25,000 based on an average of 2.5 days per week.

* Dr Diane Bailey as a Council Member of Postwatch. She was first appointed in January 2001. Her re- appointment is for two years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with a fee of #210 per day based on an average of 30 days per year.

* Judith Donovan CBE as a Council Member of Postwatch and the Regional Chair of the Council’s Committee for North of England. She was first appointed in January 2001. Her re- appointment is for two years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with annual remuneration of #30,750 based on an average of three days per week.

* Dr Tom Begg OBE as a Council Member of Postwatch and the Regional Chair of the Council’s Committee for Scotland. He was first appointed in January 2001. His re-appointment is for three years with effect from January 1st 2004. The post is part-time with annual remuneration of #20,500 based on an average of two days per week.

* Richard Ward as a Council Member of Postwatch and the Regional Chair of the Council’s Committee for the Midlands. He was first appointed in January 2001. His re-appointment is for three years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with annual remuneration of #30,750 based on an average of three days per week.

* Charles Howeson as a council Member of Postwatch and the Regional Chair of the Council’s Committee for South West England. He was first appointed in January 2001. His re-appointment is for three years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with annual remuneration of #30,750 based on an average of three days per week.

* Moi Ali as a Council Member of Postwatch. She was first appointed in January 2001. Her re- appointment is for three years with effect from 1st January 2004. The post is part-time with a fee of #210 per day based on an average of 30 days per year.

Stephen Timms said:

“I am very pleased to confirm the re-appointment of Peter Carr and eight other members of the Council and wish them continuing success in their work representing the interests of postal users. I would also like to thank departing Council member Ann Foster for her contribution to the Council and wish her success in the future.

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Relaxation of UK competitors’ licences

Posted by | Oct 31, 2003 | |

Postwatch welcomes the regulators decision to relax its licences to allow the
companies concerned to provide additional services to strike hit customers.
However Postwatch believes this will only provide limited assistance to a few
customers. Therefore Postwatch regard this as an initial step to be quickly followed by a recommendation to the Secretary of State that she use her statutory powers to suspend the licensing regime

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Postwatch calls on UK Royal Mail to regain control of industrial relations

Posted by | Oct 28, 2003 | |

Postwatch, the postal services watchdog, has called on Royal Mail and the
Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) to regain control of industrial relations in and around London.

There has been a series of supposedly unrelated and unofficial walkouts that have severely disrupted postal services in the capital, since 17 October. Customers do not know whether they can use the post or when their mail will be delivered. Londoners are not receiving a Universal Postal Service.

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Royal Mail improves but misses half its service targets

Posted by | Aug 29, 2003 | |

Royal Mail is today expected to publish quarterly figures showing that it is still failing to achieve the minimum performance standard for over half its service targets including first class mail. Although performance for first class mail improved slightly in the first quarter, Postwatch is concerned that having failed 80% of its performance targets last year, Royal Mail is still
falling below the minimum acceptable standard for nine of it’s fifteen services so early in the year. Meanwhile, the regulator Postcomm, which sets the targets, is currently considering what action it will take as a result of last year’s poor performance.

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UK Royal Mail bitten by watchdog cost

Posted by | Aug 6, 2003 | |

Postwatch, the consumer postal watchdog funded by the Royal Mail, spent more than pounds 414,000 on networking and travel last year – over pounds 8,000 per member of staff. The watchdog, whose lavish spending has angered the lossmaking mail delivery firm, also spent a further pounds 167,000 on furniture, according to its annual report. Royal Mail paid pounds 10m towards the watchdog last year. Postwatch was set up as a successor to POUNC, the Post Office Users Council, which cost just pounds 800,000 a year.

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