Tag: UK

An Post seeks UK deal to cut costs

Posted by | Oct 24, 2003 | |

An Post is in talks with Royal Mail in an effort to improve a deal which has cost the Irish postal system more than EUR46m in three years.

The Communications Regulator has expressed concerns over the scale of the losses for delivering mail in Ireland on behalf of international postal operators.

It said in a statement it had expressed concerns to An Post that “this matter has not been resolved, given both its importance and the significant adverse financial impact it has on the finances of An Post”.

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British Airways in Euro air link with DHL

Posted by | Oct 23, 2003 | |

DHL will operate a short-haul freighter service between London and key European destinations for British Airways World Cargo, BA announced Thursday. The daily 757 service, which begins Friday, will boost by 50 percent the number of containers and pallets that BA can fly from continental Europe to London, said BA spokesman James Healy. DHL previously operated an Airbus freighter nightly from its hub in Brussels to London’s Heathrow Airport. That freighter connected with DHL feeder flights around the continent.

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UK Royal Mail and DMA bring in QMP

Posted by | Oct 23, 2003 | |

An award called the Quality Standard for Mail Production (QMP) has been instigated by the Royal Mail and the Direct Marketing Association is beginning to attract growing interest, although the numbers so far of those who have been accredited at this juncture are as yet few.

One trade house that has successfully gained accreditation is Glasgow Laminators and Ian Trengrouse direct mail manager says: “We have always been focused on giving a quality service but this award will raise quality levels across the industry.”

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UK Royal Mail cuts heavy packages down to size

Posted by | Oct 22, 2003 | |

Royal Mail has said that it will no longer carry heavy parcels, because it is not making any money out of it. The mail organisation said that the company won’t carry parcels over 20kg after April 1, adding that the service is being subsidised by other users. The organisation only carries 45,000 parcels of this weight in a year – and they generally need two people to carry them. Postcomm, the mail regulator, has consented to the change, and also to Royal Mail changing the latest time for its special delivery products to be delivered from 12 noon to 3pm, to fit in with the company’s plans to move to a single, later daily delivery of post.

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