Tag: UK

Postcomm publishes observations of Royal Mail’s agreement with UK Mail

Posted by | Mar 31, 2004 | |

Postcomm has published its observations on the access agreement, under which Royal Mail will deliver mail for UK Mail Ltd.

The document shows that the average prices agreed between Royal Mail and UK Mail were very close to those which Postcomm would have proposed, and are within the margin of judgement inherent in such calculations. Prices charged by Royal Mail for this “final mile” service range from 13p for a letter weighing up to 60g to around £3.65 for an item weighing 2kg.

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UK Royal Mail angers union with 48-hour opt-out

Posted by | Mar 30, 2004 | |

The Royal Mail has infuriated trade unions by asking its managers to work longer hours, while still in the process of making thousands of staff redundant.

Trade union Amicus has accused bosses of exploiting a climate of fear after managers have been asked to sign agreements opting out of the European working time directive, which limits employees to a 48-hour week. Peter Skyte, national officer at Amicus, said: “The company has said 3,000 managers are surplus to requirements. This is clearly not the case if it is necessary for the remaining staff to work longer for the business to function.

“It’s ludicrous for Royal Mail to want managers to do more than 48 hours a week while seeking redundancy from others,” he said.

A spokesman for Royal Mail said the request is purely voluntary and staff are not being forced to work overtime.

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More swapits for Parceline

Posted by | Mar 30, 2004 | |

Parceline has extended the range of items that customers can swap using its one-to-one exchange service, swapit. Items that can be replaced via swapit now include computer monitors, DVD players, vacuum cleaners and telephone handsets. Through Parcelines swapit, the replacement is delivered and the original item collected in one single transaction.

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Post Office financial services ‘Open for Business’

Posted by | Mar 29, 2004 | |

Financial services products are now available from the Post Office®. The new Post Office® unsecured personal loan is the first product launched by the joint venture between Post Office Ltd and Bank of Ireland and will utilise the Post Office’s® 16,500 branches – one of the largest retail networks in Europe.

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