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EUROPE IN DEADLOCK ON POSTAL LIBERALISATION

Posted by | Oct 14, 2001 | |

The long-standing dispute over the future of Europe’s postal markets reaches a climax tomorrow at a council of EU telecommunications ministers in Luxembourg. EU leaders meeting in Lisbon in March 2000 all agreed to liberalise their markets in a bid to make the European economy more dynamic and competitive.
Belgium, which currently holds the EU presidency, is trying to cobble together a deal which would open 20 per cent of the postal markets to competition in 2006, compared to the present 3 per cent.
The long-standing dispute over the future of Europe’s postal markets reaches a climax tomorrow at a council of EU telecommunications ministers in Luxembourg.

EU leaders meeting in Lisbon in March 2000 all agreed to liberalise their markets in a bid to make the European economy more dynamic and competitive.

Belgium, which currently holds the EU presidency, is trying to cobble together a deal which would open 20 per cent of the postal markets to competition in 2006, compared to the present 3 per cent.

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Telecoms move for Consignia

Posted by | Oct 13, 2001 | |

The Financial Times has reported that “Consignia, the government-owned group which runs the Royal Mail, is to use the Post Office to sell telecommunications services nearly 20 years after it was split from British Telecommunications. From next week, post offices around the UK will offer self-branded, pre-pay cards giving customers access to a leased network run by Tele2, the Swedish pan-European telecoms operator. The move represents an effort by Consignia to expand its revenue base, which has been hit by the proliferation of e-mail and the growth of private postal companies.”

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Royal Mail to launch £10m campaign for first-class post

Posted by | Oct 12, 2001 | |

THE Royal Mail is to launch a £10 million campaign to encourage people to use first-class post this Christmas. Royal Mail is facing competition for the first time and is looking at new strategies to boost its revenue, says the journal Marketing. It is also considering the introduction of an inter-city mail delivery service for 15p, evening deliveries and allowing customers to collect their post from a designated outlet.

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Post union signs no-strike deal

Posted by | Oct 11, 2001 | |

Consignia, the postal group, yesterday signed a three-month no-strike deal with the Communication Workers’ Union, suggesting that this year’s Christmas post will escape industrial action

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