Tag: UK

Irish Post Office and ANC venture delivers volume and savings to both

Posted by | Jun 3, 2003 | |

A year ago, The Irish Post Office’s distribution arm, SDS, and UK-based ANC formed a partnership to provide deliveries within each other’s domestic markets. The deal, according to ANC, was struck in order to drive growth for sales in each market through quality services.

Never before had there been a similar distribution contract signed between a publicly-owned postal operator and a private company. SOS offered ANC the network of a national postal operation, while ANC claimed it could provide better attention to SOS, needs than previous partner, Parcelforce Worldwide.

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Parcelforce optimistic despite losses

Posted by | Jun 2, 2003 | |

The UK Royal Mail’s parcels arm, Parcelforce Worldwide, continued to haemorrhage money in the year to March, doubling its losses to £187m (t261.8m).
Parcelforce, which in the last year has completed its transformation to an express-only service for time-guaranteed deliveries, is continuing to eliminate its unprofitable products and inefficient operations, although progress has not been as rapid as in mail operations. But Allan Leighton, Royal Mail chairman, said Parcelforce remained on course to break even in 2004/2005 after 10 years of losses.

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Strike threat in UK postal pay claim

Posted by | Jun 2, 2003 | |

Leaders of thousands of postal workers are drawing up plans for a “substantial” pay claim backed up by the threat of industrial action, it was revealed today. The newly-elected deputy general secretary of the Communication Workers Union said he believed postmen and women were “very restless” over pay and wanted a decent increase this year. Dave Ward pledged to campaign for a new basic salary of GBP300-a-week, compared to the present basic of GBP261. A pay claim will be tabled in October which is expected to call for a “substantial” rise above the rate of inflation. “The mood is that come October we will be looking for a substantial increase and we will be prepared to back that up with industrial action.

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Can this man make An Post shine again

Posted by | Jun 1, 2003 | |

Donal Curtin is tipped to lead the state-owned operation but he will need to live up to his tough image to deliver the goods, write Jane Suiter and Ruth O’Callaghan.

When Tadhg O’Donoghue, chairman of the ESB, told Donal Curtin in June 2001 that his plan to expand operations into Poland through the acquisition of eight electricity supply plants for Euro 1.7 billion had been shot down by Charlie McCreevy, the head of the company’s international division was more than a little taken aback. “He was incandescent with rage,” says one person familiar with the situation.

Curtin, 55, is a man who usually gets his own way and won’t accept second best. He has also emerged as favourite to succeed John Hynes as chief executive of An Post, the embattled state-owned post office. His appointment has still not been finalised by the company’s directors and the company will only confirm that the board has agreed to open negotiations with a “preferred” candidate.

The scale of the task facing the new boss should not be underestimated.

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