Tag: Switzerland

Swiss Post faces uncertain future

Posted by | Aug 27, 2004 | |

The Swiss Post Office has warned that it faces an uncertain future, even though it has just published the best half-year results in its history. The state-run giant says e-mail and increasing competition are taking their toll on the country’s postal services. Business appears to be booming. Its latest results, published on Thursday, show that the post office made a record first-half profit of SFr387 million (USD302 million) – nearly three times the SFr142 million posted for the first six months of last year. But despite the record results, Swiss Post’s managers are warning that the balance sheet may not look so healthy in future. “Our fears are justified,” said Swiss Post spokesman François Tissot-Daguette. “You can see it from these two figures: between 2000 and 2003, the number of letters we sent fell by 27 per cent and the number of packets by 32 per cent.”

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Swiss Government defends post office closures

Posted by | Aug 17, 2004 | |

The government has launched its campaign against a people’s initiative aimed at preventing the closure of 800 rural post offices. It said the costs of maintaining the current postal network were too high, but Communications Minister Moritz Leuenberger guaranteed to ensure a decent level of service. The people’s initiative, which is due to go to a nationwide vote on September 26, has been put forward by an alliance made up of a trade union, a consumer group and rural organisations. Entitled “Postal Services for Everyone”, it rejects moves by state-owned Swiss Post to close down hundreds of small, loss-making post offices in order to save money and remain competitive. It also calls on the government to provide subsidies for post offices in remote villages.

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A new EEC Directive on working hours will cause serious security issues for the parcel industry

Posted by | Aug 9, 2004 | |

Trying to keep up with the myriad EEC Directives, which are constantly spawned from the Brussels hotbed of activity, is causing a nightmare for every UK industry sector. Logistics companies will not be spared the sea of paperwork as a new EEC Directive on working hours is proposed.
John Pritchard, Head of Security at Tipton based Nightspeed Secure Worldwide Express is concerned about the issues of security that the proposed new legislation will jeopardise.
He said: “If the 48 hour a week rule is inflicted on to parcel carriers it will mean taking on more staff. The parcel industry as a whole has a high turnover of drivers and warehouse staff and there is already a shortage of personnel.”

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Swiss Post Office launches wooden stamp

Posted by | Aug 6, 2004 | |

There have been Swiss stamps smelling of chocolate and made of lace, and now there’s one with an Alpine forest feel. Swiss Post has launched its latest unusual commemorative stamp – a square of pinewood roughly the thickness of a credit card.

Designed by Thomas Rathgeb, a Swiss Post graphic artist, the stamps are made from 120-year-old pines felled in northern Switzerland. They have a face value of 5 Swiss francs, or 4 dollars.

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