Tag: Royal Mail

UK Mail Award winners announced

Posted by | Nov 1, 2006 | |

A packed audience of 300 postal industry leaders was on hand at the annual Gala Dinner on Tuesday evening (31 October) to see the 2006 UK Mail Awards presented. London-based direct marketing specialists WDMP Communications walked away with three awards, including those for both the best Domestic and International Marketing Campaigns of the Year for Carphone Warehouse and Chelsea FC respectively. Other winners on the night included Marketscan (Database Management), Neopost (Technology) and UK Mail, who were named best Downstream Access Supplier. Royal Mail’s Tonbridge Mail Centre was Mail Centre of the Year, while Royal Mail themselves went away with the Innovation award.

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Businesses benefit from postal competition

Posted by | Oct 31, 2006 | |

Competition in the postal market is showing “great promise” as businesses benefit from lower mail prices and a better service, the industry regulator said today.

Postcomm said its latest Business Customer Survey showed a competitive market had delivered early benefits, although more progress was still needed.

One fifth of the 1,213 firms quizzed said mail prices had reduced significantly, while 34% thought the quality of Royal Mail’s service had improved and 38% believed the choice of operator had improved.

Sarah Chambers, chief executive at Postcomm, said: “The results of the survey show there is great promise for the further development of competition in the UK mail market, but it is clear there is much still to be done.

“Although Royal Mail remains by far the largest operator in the market, competition has encouraged it to raise its game, especially on quality of service.”

Postcomm said twice as many businesses had switched to major competitors such as TNT, DX and DHL than in the previous year.

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CWU calls on the Government to end speculation on privatisation of Royal Mail

Posted by | Oct 30, 2006 | |

The Communication Workers Union today welcomed the publication of the DTI select committee report on Royal Mail and called on the government to finally bury management proposals for employee share schemes.

The report criticised the management for demanding that the share ownership proposals are a condition of government funding. The CWU today said the share proposals were irrelevant to the real issues facing the company and the government funding was welcome and crucial to the future success of the company. It is not dependant on any particular management plan and the Union applauded the MP’s for highlighting the fact.

Billy Hayes, CWU General Secretary, said “the proposed share scheme has constantly been an obstacle to genuine discussion on improving company performance and securing a long-term quality public service. The sooner the government announce this plan is buried, the sooner we can all concentrate on both improving company performance and developing effective reward for the workforce”.

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Junk Mail will send council tax bills soaring

Posted by | Oct 30, 2006 | |

Scots householders face huge council tax hikes to pay for extra rubbish collections caused by an explosion in junk mail deliveries.

Royal Mail bosses have agreed a controversial deal to deliver vastly more unsolicited letters, meaning homes face a blitz of unwanted post.

Scots householders face huge council tax hikes to pay for extra rubbish collections caused by an explosion in junk mail deliveries.

Many councils are currently slashing rubbish collections to only once a fortnight in a bid to cut costs.

But with an expected junk mail deluge from the start of next year, there are fears extra collections will have to be arranged with council tax payers left to foot the bill.

Through its ‘door-to-door’ service, the Royal Mail currently delivers about 340 million items of junk mail addressed ‘to the householder’ in Scotland every year.

But this is likely to double from January, when the Royal Mail scraps rules which limit such junk mail deliveries to around three a week for every home.

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UK post offices may go, warn MPs

Posted by | Oct 30, 2006 | |

Britain’s post office network could vanish unless the Government acts to protect it, MPs have warned.

Sub-postmasters feel “betrayed” by the decision to axe the Post Office Card Account, which has threatened their livelihood, according to the Trade and Industry Select Committee.

The committee is chaired by Mid Worcestershire MP Peter Luff (Con) and members include Julie Kirkbride (Con Bromsgrove) and Rob Marris (Lab Wolverhampton South West).

Post Office Card Accounts were introduced when the Government began paying benefits and state pensions directly into customers’ bank accounts.

They are the equivalent of a very basic bank account, designed to ensure people who did not have traditional bank accounts can still receive their money.

However, the card accounts are now set to be axed, hitting the income of many post offices.

The MPs said they were especially concerned about the impact on commercially unvi-able parts of the network and the implications Post Office branch closures would have on their wider communities.

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