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World Post Day 2008

Posted by | Oct 8, 2008 | |

Over the past five years, mail and parcel volumes defied predictions to remain buoyant, according to the latest figures obtained by the Universal Postal Union.

With 6.5 billion items in 2007, domestic parcel volumes were up 7.9pct on 2002. Over the same period, international volumes rose 1.4pct to reach 44 million items in 2007. The increases are thought to be due in part to the growth of e-commerce, with the majority of online purchases still remaining within borders.

Worldwide domestic letter-post volumes grew by 0.3pct between 2002 and 2007, reaching 433 billion pieces last year. Generally, advertising mail has a positive impact on mail volumes and is estimated to make up more than 30pct of overall volumes. Meanwhile, international letter-post, which faces stiff competition from new technologies, experienced a 2.6pct volume decrease during the same period, with a total of 5.5 billion items in 2007.

The level of development among Posts is not the same worldwide. In his message for World Post Day (9th October), Edouard Dayan, UPU Director General, is calling upon all member countries of the Universal Postal Union, and their operators designated to provide the universal service, to make a firm commitment, with all other postal sector players, to modernizing postal services, so that they continue to contribute fully to economic and social development.

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Royal Mail's request to waive the Redelivery local collect charge during December 2008 (UK)

Posted by | Oct 7, 2008 | |

Royal Mail has asked Postcomm for a temporary exemption which would waive the 50p Redelivery local collect charge during December 2008.
Postcomm published a consultation letter which seeks stakeholders’ views on Royal Mail’s request, and stakeholders are invited to respond to the letter by 7 November 2008. We expect to make a decision in early November 2008.
On 26 September 2008, Royal Mail applied for a Direction from Postcomm for exemption from the three month notification period required by Condition 7 for it to waive the 50p Redelivery Local Collect charge during December 2008. It proposed to make this change available to all recipients of items that have not been delivered on the first attempt.

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3,000 more post offices could close if Royal Mail loses pensions contract (UK)

Posted by | Oct 4, 2008 | |

Three thousand more post offices could close if the Government does not award a major benefits contract to the Royal Mail in the next few weeks.

The latest uncertainty to the post office network hinges on whether the Department for Work and Pensions extends the Post Office Card Account (POCA) after 2010.

The card account is a lifeline for many branches as it pays out benefits and pensions to four million people and cannot be used in other banks or shops.

Pressure is already building on ministers with over 170 MPs signing a Commons motion urging the Government to keep the contract with the Post Office.

Ministers are insisting that any decision is taken on commercial grounds. PayPoint, the UK’s biggest payment network, with 20,000 outlets in shops across the country, is believed to be the favourite to replace the Post Office in supplying the pension and benefit service.

But they are very worried about the fall-out from taking away the contract from the Post Office.

The Department for Work and Pensions said the contract would be awarded in “early Autumn” but declined to comment further.

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Royal Mail gets itself a CoPilot

Posted by | Oct 3, 2008 | |

Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform has received a boost with the announcement the Royal Mail is rolling out a customised version of ALK’s CoPilot Live Professional satnav onto 25,000 of its GPS-enabled Intermec CN3 handsets.
The software will enable Royal Mail drivers to take the most efficient route to their destination and also enable customers to see the position of their tracked products in near real-time. This feature will be available to Special Delivery and Recorded Signed For items.
The 25,000 Windows Mobile devices are GPS enabled Intermec CN3 handsets and CoPilot Live Professional will be fully integrated with its on-board job despatch, management and proof of delivery application, Delivery Connect, from Blackbay.
The Delivery Connect system has a button which launches CoPilot, which is then automatically populated with the address details of the destination. On arrival at the destination, the navigation system reverts back to the Delivery Connect for signature capture and proof of delivery.

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