Exel to manage seafreight from Asia for HarperCollins Publishers in the UK
EXEL TO MANAGE SEAFREIGHT FROM ASIA FOR HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS IN THE UK
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CWU criticises Irish An Post management
The Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) has issued a stinging rebuke to An Post senior management following a meeting of the union’s Executive Council to discuss possible strike action.
Following a recent ballot, which delivered an overwhelming mandate for industrial action, the Executive Council met to consider the union’s next step.
Read MoreUK Royal Mail to end newspaper registration service
Royal Mail will withdraw the Newspaper Registration Service on 30 September 2004 because it is loss-making and has become obsolete.
The service, which now has around 400 customers, was launched in the early 1800s to help publishers spread education and political awareness throughout the population.
Read MoreUK Publishers fight new pricing formula
Publishing companies will face distribution cost increases of up to 50percent if Postcomm, the independent regulator of the postal industry, allows Royal Mail to move to a system of size-based pricing from April 2005. Ian Locks, chief executive of the Periodical Publishing Association, says: “At the extreme of the changes, some publications will be hit very badly especially, the lightweight tabloid formats. “Publishers will be faced with large price increases when distributing these magazines. Initially, there would have been a 150percent increase but we have worked hard through representations to Postcomm to reduce this to 50percent.”
Read MorePostcomm takes the limits off TNT’s internal mail services licence
Postcomm have agreed a modification to an interim licence held by TNT UK Ltd to enable the company to carry more letters under its internal mail services contracts.
The current licence held by the company for this work limits the number of items to be conveyed to 40.5 million per year. The modified licence removes this limit.
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