Tag: UK

R6 to offer advice on mailing

Posted by | Aug 7, 2003 | |

Two former Deutsche Post Global Mail employees have set up a logistics and mail consultancy to offer companies help dealing with distribution and postal networks throughout the world.

R6 Consultancy, based in Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, is initially concentrating on transporting print within Europe, but wants to extend its services to include address and data management, marketing services and transactional mail production as required.

Managing partner Graham Rothery said R6’s aim was to pick the best options for clients, particularly in DM, mail order and financial sectors, and provide alternatives to the Royal Mail.

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UK Royal Mail calls for talks with ACAS

Posted by | Aug 7, 2003 | |

Royal Mail have made an attempt to break the deadlocked pay talks with the postal workers’ union by calling for talks with Acas, the conciliation service. The Communication Workers’ Union has threatened the first national strike action in seven years over the company’s pay offer.

The company have offered 14.5% over 18 months, bringing delivery workers’ minimum pensionable pay up from £262 to £300 a week. The union argues the “real” offer is only 4.5%, since the rest is in return for various changes in working practices. The CWU’s postal executive is to decide whether to accept the invitation to go to Acas. Last year’s postal pay talks involved negotiations with Acas.

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UK Royal Mail bitten by watchdog cost

Posted by | Aug 6, 2003 | |

Postwatch, the consumer postal watchdog funded by the Royal Mail, spent more than pounds 414,000 on networking and travel last year – over pounds 8,000 per member of staff. The watchdog, whose lavish spending has angered the lossmaking mail delivery firm, also spent a further pounds 167,000 on furniture, according to its annual report. Royal Mail paid pounds 10m towards the watchdog last year. Postwatch was set up as a successor to POUNC, the Post Office Users Council, which cost just pounds 800,000 a year.

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Challenging new targets set for direct mail

Posted by | Aug 5, 2003 | |

Tough new targets for more collection and recycling of direct (“junk”) mail were agreed today in an initiative that should also cut the amount of direct mail delivered to British homes. Government and industry have signed an historic agreement after many months of negotiation to increase the amount of junk mail that is recycled. Nearly 550,000 tonnes of paper are used in direct mail and promotions every year in the form of direct mail, door-to-door advertising material and newspaper inserts. As a result of discussions with the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), the paper and printing industries, the Royal Mail and local authorities, the Government and the DMA have signed an agreement that sets rising recycling targets.

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