Tag: UK

ISME questions ComReg approval of postal increases

Posted by | Sep 3, 2003 | |

ISME, the Business Organisation, has questioned the role and judgement of ComReg in approving postal increases. This comes in advance of a report commissioned by them verifying increased levels of inefficiencies in An Post.

The report indicates that 71% of single piece mail items were delivered next day against a target of 94% laid down by ComReg.

Mark Fielding ISME Chief Executive stated, “It is clear that An Post are not delivering on cost reduction, not delivering on efficiency and in some cases are not delivering at all.”

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Ireland's An Post won't meet mail targets

Posted by | Sep 3, 2003 | |

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) have said that An Post would not meet targets set by the regulator for next day delivery of single piece mail items.

The results of a survey of An Post’s quality of service performance for the second quarter of this year, conducted by TNS MRBI, showed that only 71% of single piece mail items were delivered the next day. In the first quarter the result was 73% and the target set by ComReg for the year was 94%.

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UK Royal Mail to use bigger aircraft

Posted by | Sep 3, 2003 | |

Royal Mail is to use bigger aircraft to transport letters by air in cost-cutting plans which will affect up to 50 jobs, it was announced today.

The number of flights will be halved from the current 39 a night, while fewer airports will be used to handle mail.

But the changes will result in a million extra items of mail being transported by air every day – from 5.5 million to 6.5 million – the postal service said.

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£900,000 lifeline for UK Post Offices

Posted by | Sep 3, 2003 | |

Post offices in isolated and disadvantaged communities in Wales are to receive almost GBP900,000 of funding.

The cash, to be shared by 21 post offices, is the second stage of a rescue fund announced last year which will see a total of GBP2.5m made available by 2005.

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