Royal Mail confirmed yesterday that it is to shed about 17,000 jobs over the next two years as it shakes up the way post is delivered in an effort to return to profitability. Consignia wants urban deliveries to be made by teams of between three and five postal workers operating from a van in bursts of 15 to 20 minutes each. The scheme would see postal deliveries taking four hours rather than the 2.5-hour norm.
Read MorePost box collections in Gower are being cut to one a day but bosses promise it will not affect the service. Consignia says the changes are being introduced this month to make more efficient use of staff. It says technology has improved over the years and that any first class letters will still reach their destination the following day.
Read MoreA record 72 million items of mail were posted last year with addresses which were incomplete, inaccurate, illegible, or left off altogether, the Post Office revealed today. The amount of so-called “undeliverable” mail increased by 18% last year.
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Luis A. Jimenez, VP and Chief Strategy Officer, Pitney Bowes
Marc Morelli, Director Postal Strategy Development, Pitney Bowes
Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, CRRI Rutgers 2002, Postdam Germany
Read MoreParcels firm Apex has gone into administration, leaving 75 shocked franchisees struggling to claim back the money owed to them by the Midlands company.
Administrators from accountants Deloitte & Touche were called in on 29 May, ending weeks of speculation following the collapse of the firm’s tie-up with now defunct Scottish carrier Blue Band Express.
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