A new postcode system for Ireland is proposed by the commission for communications regulation in order to reduce confusion about addresses and to make the sorting of post more efficient.
An Post is opposed to a post code system because they say Ireland’s population is too small and scattered.
Read MoreRoyal Mail managers fear that the number of letters being sent during the vital Christmas period is down on last year, posing questions about a fast turnaround of the loss-making group.
Managing director of mail services Jerry Cope told senior executives last week mail volumes were down on last year by more than 5 per cent. Executives voiced fears that Christmas post was being replaced by email and that business volumes were down.
Read MoreRoyal Mail yesterday closed ranks around its new deputy chairman after allegations that Elmar Toime had presided over extravagant spending at a subsidiary of New Zealand Post where he is chief executive.
Mr Toime’s appointment to Royal Mail came days after opposition MPs in New Zealand demanded his resignation after the country’s auditor-general condemned “wasteful and excessive” spending at Transend Worldwide, a New Zealand Post unit. Royal Mail said: “We have complete confidence in the appointment of Elmar Toime. He was appointed on the basis of his proven track record and this issue has been dealt with by New Zealand Post.”
Elmar Toime, who has just been appointed deputy executive chairman of Royal Mail, was investigated by the New Zealand public accounts watchdog for failing to deal with financial impropriety in the postal organisation he ran. Mr Toime, who, together with new Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier, will be Britain’s best-paid public servant, was chief executive of New Zealand Post when its subsidiary Transend was investigated for “wasteful and excessive spending” on expenses. As such, he was one of the executive members of the Transend board. A report, commissioned from Price Waterhouse Coopers by New Zealand Post’s directors, investigated the allegations of impropriety, prior to the watchdog’s involvement.
Read MoreAdam Crozier’s appointment as the next chief executive of Royal Mail Group brings the skills of a “moderniser and a marketeer” to the beleaguered mail operator.
The former head of the Football Association will take over from John Roberts, who retired yesterday after 10 years as chief executive and 35 years with the group, which is losing Pounds 1.1m a day.
Alan Jones, whom some had considered the front-runner, is believed to have decided against leaving his post as managing director at express delivery group TNT.
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