Tag: UK

An Post needs to rebuild its business from the bottom up

Posted by | Feb 6, 2004 | |

An Post’s last stand? An extreme question? Not if you believe the recent scary proclamation from the postal delivery company.

In this newspaper, just a few weeks ago, the new chief executive, Mr Donal Curtin, said there was no cash in the business in recent months, and for the first time in the company’s history, overdraft facilities had been called upon.

Let’s deal with the last contention first; that does not correlate with the facts. The last published annual report was for 2002 and, wait for it, it showed bank overdrafts for E18.9 million!

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DMA UK and Royal Mails deadlock deepens after rift in PPI dispute

Posted by | Feb 6, 2004 | |

The DMA (UK) is at logger-heads with Royal Mail after discussions about changes to postage-paid impressions (PPIs) ended in deadlock.

Royal Mail is keen to press on with plans to prevent brand-owners from using their own designs on envelopes to boost direct mail response. But the DMA says the proposed standardisation of PPIs would be detrimental to the industry.

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12 Point action plan on UK post office consultation

Posted by | Feb 6, 2004 | |

A 12 point action plan to improve the way post offices consult on proposed closures was announced today by Communications Minister Stephen Timms.

The improvements follow a review by Post Office Ltd and Postwatch in response to concerns among some local groups that the consultation process needed to be more open.

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UK Postwatch welcomes changes to the urban Post Office closure programme

Posted by | Feb 6, 2004 | |

Stephen Timm’s announcement to the House details the improvements that Post Office Limited will be making to the urban post office closure programme.

Peter Carr, Chairman of Postwatch, commenting on the announcement said: ”Ministerial intervention was necessary to stop the closure programme going off the rails. Stephen Timms listened to our concerns and those of his Parliamentary colleagues and then took the appropriate action.”

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