Tag: UK

Strikers force Irish post office to open up

Posted by | Feb 13, 2004 | |

Unofficial strike action has prompted An Post to open its doors to the public to collect mail and help clear a backlog of an estimated 20,000 items.

About 35,000 items were piled up in Drogheda last night with 15,000 unprocessed pieces of post in Galway in the unofficial action by the Communication Workers Union in a row over overtime in Drogheda and working accommodation in Tuam.

An Post spokeswoman Anna McHugh appealed to union leaders to end the unofficial action.

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The door-to-door believers

Posted by | Feb 12, 2004 | |

Used by 84 of the nation’s top 100 advertisers, door-drops are steadily gaining momentum.

While some marketing media have been hit hard by diminishing budgets, the door-to-door sector has experienced strong and steady growth in the past few years. And the number of big advertisers won over by the medium is impressive.

Of the top 100 advertisers in 2002, 84 used door-drops as part of their marketing mix, according to Campaign magazine. In 1997, it was just 23.

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Parcelforce Worldwide (UK) invests in customer experience

Posted by | Feb 12, 2004 | |

Parcelforce Worldwide has introduced a range of new services to improve the all-round collection and delivery experience for its business customers across the UK. The move follows a successful restructure of the business that has driven up its quality of service to its highest level for a decade and cemented its position as one of the UK’s leading providers of express, time-guaranteed delivery services. Parcelforce Worldwide, which consistently delivers 98 per cent of items on time, has invested in its web, tracking and customer enquiry operations to give its thousands of business customers even greater access to its range of services.

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Deutsche Post denies UK mail talks news digest

Posted by | Feb 12, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post, the German postal operator that aims to break into the UK market, said it was “encouraged” by the agreement struck on Tuesday between Royal Mail and its private sector rival Business Post. Following years of on-off negotiations, Royal Mail has agreed to deliver business letters previously collected, transported and sorted by Business Post – through its subsidiary UK Mail – for 13p each. Tony Allsop, head of Deutsche Post’s UK operations, denied it was in talks over a similar deal.

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Upper weight limit for UK standard parcels changing from June 1 2004

Posted by | Feb 12, 2004 | |

Royal Mail announced today (February 10 2004) that a change to the upper weight limit of its standard parcels service will be made from June 1 2004. The change, announced in October 2003, was previously due to take place from April 1 2004. Royal Mail, in agreement with its regulator Postcomm, is changing the upper weight limit for the standard parcel service from 30kgs to 20kgs. Less than one per cent of the four and half million standard parcels a year are affected by the change.

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