S&S Services wins new contract
Tonbridge based S&S Services has won several new contracts including one with Kent egg producers Fridays, for a 6 days a week UK-wide distribution service.
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"39p to send letter in new post regime" say Communications Managers Association
The Communication Managers Association (CMA) section of Amicus, the union for 15,000 managers and professionals in Consignia, today (Monday) says that Postcomm’s competition proposals will be disastrous for Britain’s postal services.
In its response to the Postcomm proposals, the CMA fears that the introduction of competition and levying of VAT on postal services could lead to an increase in first class stamp price to 39p. The CMA also fears that the continuation of the universal service that currently exists with uniform pricing will be shattered by the proposals.
Downturn in logistics hits Tibbett & Britten
The sale of its automotive distribution business and a downturn in UK logistics pushed Tibbett & Britten into the red last year. The logistics group, which issued a profit warning in December, reported a pre-tax loss of GBP6.1m ($8.7) in the year to December 31, compared with a profit of GBP33.4m in the year earlier. The deficit was struck after a net exceptional charge of GBP29.5m.
Read MoreDirect Mail 'can grow'
There is room for expansion in the direct mail market despite small and medium-sized businesses using the post less, according to the Royal Mail.
Speaking at a marketing and sales event in Bristol sponsored by the Royal Mail’s parent company Consignia, spokesman Richard Smith said people who dismissed the post as “snail mail” were out of touch.
Anger over GBP1.25 fee to get cash at Post Offices
CASH machines are to be installed in rural post offices in an attempt to revive their fortunes. A fee of pounds 1.25 will be charged for every withdrawal, a measure that immediately drew criticism from countryside pressure groups. Some sub postmasters and postmistresses said the free-standing machines posed too much of a security risk and they would be rejecting them. The American-owned firm Hanco ATM Systems has signed a deal with Consignia, the Post Office holding company, to install an initial 3,000 machines.
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