Tag: UK

UK Royal Mail launches first digital stamps

Posted by | Jan 15, 2004 | |

The first digital postage stamp has been launched by the Royal Mail, aimed at small firms.

The so-called SmartStamps can be bought over the Internet and printed directly on to envelopes from a desktop computer.

Businesses will be able to add their own logo designs to the envelope, which can be taken directly to post boxes.

Alison White, Royal Mail’s head of small business, said the service, which costs GBP49.99 a year to use, would suit people working from home or from a small office.

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Lockheed Martin and GFT to support UK Royal Mail’s online postage

Posted by | Jan 14, 2004 | |

The UK Royal Mail’s new SmartStamp(TM) online postage service, developed to give its customers a convenient way to buy stamps at any time from their home or office, leverages advanced address interpretation and e-business technology designed by Lockheed Martin and GFT Technologies AG.

Lockheed Martin UK, the prime systems integrator for this national project, collaborated with GFT UK. The companies combined postal products with two-dimensional bar coding, encryption, address recognition, and the best of secure, robust and scalable Internet banking technologies to implement the SmartStamp(TM) solution for Royal Mail.

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Fury after Parcelforce’s highland concession

Posted by | Jan 13, 2004 | |

Parcelforce is to scrap its extra charge for deliveries to the Highlands from anywhere in Scotland – but it has decided against extending the concession to deliveries from England and those to the islands.

The limited concession followed a year-long review and is to apply from late this summer. It was greeted with widespread disappointment.

It means deliveries from the main postal catalogue suppliers in England will still cost more, and many will continue to pass on the delivery premium.

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TNT renews contract with Rolls-Royce, extends contract with Courts

Posted by | Jan 13, 2004 | |

Rolls Royce has awarded TNT Logistics a five-year contract to manage and control the inbound material flow of aerospace parts from 110 suppliers, based predominantly in the UK, mainland Europe and the USA. Courts has extended its contract with TNT Network Logistics to include the storage and handling of its leather upholstery range from its largest supplier in southern Italy.

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Royal Mail’s perks face scrutiny

Posted by | Jan 13, 2004 | |

Royal Mail could lose a raft of valuable perks such as value added tax exemption, parking privileges for post vans and faster Customs clearance for overseas mail as a result of a review announced yesterday by the postal regulator.

Postcomm published a consultation document examining Royal Mail’s special privileges, asking whether they distorted the market or were needed to provide a universal postal service. The regulator cannot make any changes to Royal Mail’s rights itself, but said if change were needed it would “make recommendations to the appropriate government department or authority”. Postcomm has given interested parties until April 12 to respond.

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