Tag: Royal Mail

UK Mail Award winners announced

Posted by | Nov 1, 2006 | |

The winners of the first UK Mail Awards, designed to recognise and celebrate best practice across the entire UK mail logistics chain, were announced at a gala dinner in London last night. The ‘Domestic Marketing Campaign’ award went to WDMP, ReaD Group won the award for ‘Database Management’, the ‘Innovation’ award was given to Express Dairies, the ‘Technology’ award was won by Optecon and the award for ‘Mail Centre of the Year’ was presented to the Northern Ireland postcode region.

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UK Government Minister amongst top speakers at The Mail Show

Posted by | Nov 1, 2006 | |

A line-up of speakers covering the whole spectrum of the mail industry in the UK addressed delegates on Day One of The Mail Show 2006 in London yesterday (31 October). Focusing on the newly-liberalised mail sector in the UK, directors from Royal Mail, Postcomm, DHL Global Mail and UK Mail demonstrated, each from their own points of view, the pros and cons of the first ten months of open competition. The BBC’s Declan Curry conducted a debate with three leaders of customer representative bodies, particularly discussing the need for real innovation driven by Royal Mail and its competitors. Other topics debated on the first day of The Mail Show included demands for further deregulation, lessons to be learned from Europe and different theories on stimulating direct mail growth. In his wide-ranging speech, Jim Fitzpatrick MP, the Postal Services Minister, stressed the importance of balanced regulation with all stakeholders participating with Postcomm to maximise the opportunities which lay ahead.

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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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