Postal issues continue to be a headache for publishers the world over and price based reform is currently under review by operators in the UK, US and Australia.
In October representatives from the Periodical Publishers Association’s (PPA) postal committee urged the UK’s national postal operator, Royal Mail, to find an acceptable way forward on the size-based pricing issue which continues to threaten the country’s magazine industry.
Mail-Well, Inc. announced that Paul V. Reilly, chairman, president and chief executive officer, and Michel P. Salbaing, senior vice president and chief financial officer, submitted certifications today to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with respect to the Form 10-Q filed with the SEC today, in accordance with Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., Mail-Well specializes in three multi-billion market segments in the highly fragmented printing industry: commercial printing, envelopes and printed office products. These three divisions achieved sales of $1.9 billion in 2001. Mail-Well divested its prime label division in May 2002. Mail-Well has over 11,000 employees and more than 80 printing facilities and numerous sales offices throughout North America.
Read MoreWith Slade and Status Quo blasting out of the jukebox, and excesses of food and booze, the modern Yuletide experience is not known for its self-restraint.
This year, however, one festive ritual will be somewhat toned down – sending your greetings cards.
After years favouring rather garish designs, the Royal Mail has revealed a set of Christmas stamps that are distinctly on the understated side.
The themes are traditional enough: holly with its bright red berries, a few leaves of ivy, a pinecone and some mistletoe.
Read MoreThirty Royal Mail staff worked through the weekend trying to clear a backlog of 50,000 letters at the Cheltenham sorting office.
The extra workers were drafted into Swindon Road where they sorted the post ready for delivery later this week.
Gywn Williams, sector operations manager for Gloucestershire, said first and second class mail will not be affected.
Read MoreDelivery of up to a half million letters ground to a halt today with the 24-hour closure of all sorting facilities attached to 600 sub-post offices in rural parts of the country. Members of the Irish Postmasters’ Union intend to shut down sorting of mail for two days each week until Christmas unless there is settlement of their dispute over payments with An Post. The union is planning a second shutdown on Friday. An Post said last night it considered the postmasters’ action a breach of contract. A spokesman pointed out the company had offered the postmasters a review of their involvement in the mails handling area a starting point towards resolution of the bitter row.
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