Tag: Royal Mail

Post Office® (UK) insurance sales hit half a million

Posted by | May 1, 2007 | |

Post Office® Financial Services confirmed its position as one of the fastest growing insurance providers in the UK as insurance policy sales passed the 500,000 mark.

Already the largest independent provider of travel insurance in the UK, the Post Office® has built on this success over the past three years with Post Office® Financial Services which was launched as a joint venture with Bank or Ireland in 2004.

Post Office® Financial Services insurance products now include motor, home (buildings and contents) and most recently van cover for small businesses. Alongside this it has also successfully launched a range of lending and savings products.

The Post Office® has strived to bring innovation and fair value to the insurance market: it was the first provider to offer a GBP 50 cash back incentive to all new car insurance customers. From May 1 2007, it is launching a new promotion offering one month’s free cover to all new car, van or home insurance customers.

CEO of Post Office® Financial Services Patrick Waldron said: “Our aim at launch was to become a major player in the financial services industry and now, reaching half a million customers with our insurance products alone, we are definitely on target to achieve this.

“We believe in offering customers fairer, easier and better insurance – for example our customers can already save up to 33 per cent on car insurance alone, offered through 14,300 branches, online or over the phone. With one month free it’s even better value.”

All products are available by telephone and online and information is available at all 14,300 UK Post Office® branches – one of the largest retail networks in Europe.

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Post de-regulation offers reseller opportunities

Posted by | Apr 30, 2007 | |

Deregulation of the postal market will see new and traditional players alike scrabbling to implement mobile devices to survive, according to market watchers at Zebra Technologies.

The loss of the Royal Mail‚s monopoly has resulted in a plethora of delivery companies and courier services entering the industry, fighting to stay ahead of the game in a newly-competitive environment. Zebra is predicting that new entrants to the industry will fail in this market within twelve months if they are not properly equipped, due to the new levels of competition.

In the ‘War of the postie’ it is technology that will help new market players to stay competitive – mobile devices will make or break processes including delivery of registered mail, and collecting returned goods,” said Clive Fearn, vertical marketing manager at Zebra. “It represents a big opportunity for businesses to provide tailored systems to all the big players in Europe. There‚s so much pressure to stay ahead of competitors, it is essential companies are properly equipped to work efficiently, and offer as many services as possible.”

In the last twelve months, Zebra has supplied printers to leading postal operators such as Polish, Portuguese and Hellenic post. The company also works with businesses such as TNT and DHL, and with major postal and private operators across EMEA on projects including the mobile post and electronic stamps.

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Post Office hit list claim

Posted by | Apr 30, 2007 | |

The Welsh Liberal Democrats in Aberavon are calling for the government to publish its post office “hit list”.They claim the list shows post offices threatened with closure following a consultation on their future.

The Liberal Democrats have been campaigning to keep local post offices open.

Their five-point plan would see:
GBP 2 billion invested in post offices.
New branches opening where needed.
Government services continuing to be available at the Post Office.
The Post Office freed from Royal Mail restrictions which will allow it to develop new business.
A new legal requirement placed upon the Government to maintain the local post office network.

Ten post offices have closed in Aberavon between 1999 and 2006.

Under the Government’s plans an average of three to four more post offices per constituency will close.

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Royal Mail and Sony DADC unite to fuse traditional post with digital media

Posted by | Apr 30, 2007 | |

Royal Mail is fighting back against increased competition in the advertising market by launching an innovative concept that fuses traditional post and digital media in partnership with Sony DADC.

The innovation enables companies to personalise content-rich and interactive CDs to an individual’s specific needs and interests by inscribing it with a unique code. This means that a company can include videos and information for a wide range of customers but program it so that content is tailored to individual recipients – making it entirely personal and relevant.

The solution, Personalised Integrated Media, enables customers to view the CD on their PC and deal direct with the business, for example by buying goods or services, at the click of the mouse. And for advertisers, the inscription enables them to monitor customer engagement with the CD and determine its impact.

The Sony DADC technology, Postscribed ID_x0019_, enables companies to add depth and media richness to the brand experience at the same cost of a traditional mailing pack; from 360 degree tours of the product to promotional videos or TV advertisements. The inscription enables precise measurability at all stages of the campaign, monitoring which customers have viewed the Disc, when they engaged (date and time), how often, whether they completed the customer journey or at what stage they fell out.

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GLS France speeds up European deliveries by a day

Posted by | Apr 27, 2007 | |

GLS France announced that it will speed up its European business parcel service to six European countries by one day.

The efficiency of the group’s European hub and improved reorganisation of its long-distance transport plans across the continent have enhanced the speed and progress of the company..

Its EuroBusiness-Parcel was already deliverable in 48 hours from France to the Benelux market, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and the UK. But now GLS has been able to add Denmark, Austria and the Czech Republic to the two-day service.

The progress has also been seen in deliveries to Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia which now takes up to 72 hours instead of the 96 hours needed previously.

GLS’ network covers 35 European countries, including all members of the European Union. Deliveries from France to towns and cities in any of these countries varies between 48 hours and 120 hours, depending on their location and customs clearance times at the borders of non-EU members.

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