Lynx Express expects to send 20,000 parcels a month to the US following its tie-up with the US Postal Service (USPS). A jointly branded service, pitched 40% below integrators’ rates and about 15-20% below typical wholesale deferred rates, goes live a…
Read MorePostcomm today began consultation on the proposed issue of a short term licence to Deya Ltd. The company wants to provide a UK-wide postal service for local authorities and utility services in the event of disruption to the universal postal service.
Read MoreDELIVERIES of letters to homes before 9.30am may be ended unless residents pay special fees, under plans being put forward by the postal watchdog to cut delays.
Read MoreUpMyStreet, the local information provider, has won a deal to provide its
services to the Consignia trial of internet kiosks in Post Offices.
Consignia is planning to outsource its IT division as part of a GBP
1 billion cost-cutting project. A review body is looking at the proposal to contract out a division
with a GBP 328 million annual budget. The former Post Office is committed to major cuts to meet the
challenge of expected competition for postal delivery services and
the pressure to increase profits. Its plan is to turn last year’s
GBP 264 million profit into GBP 300 million by 2004.
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