Tag: UK

Postcomm welcomes extensions of commissioners' terms

Posted by | Mar 6, 2007 | |

Nigel Stapleton, chairman of Postcomm, the independent postal regulator, today welcomed the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry’s decision to extend the terms during which Simone Bos and Tony Cooper will serve as Postcomm commissioners.

Mr Cooper’s term of office has been extended by two years and Ms Bos’ appointment has been extended by six months so that she can participate in finalising Postcomm’s Strategy Review.

Tony Cooper was appointed a commissioner on 1 June 2000. He combines his work for Postcomm with roles as non-executive director of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; chairman of the Board of the Combined Nuclear Pension Trustees Ltd and as a Forestry Commissioner. Mr Cooper is the former joint general secretary of Prospect, the union for engineers, scientists, managers, professionals and specialists. He is also a former member of the General Council of the TUC.

Simone Bos has been a commissioner since March 2004, when she was appointed for a three-year term. Based in the Netherlands, Ms Bos works as an independent consultant in business strategy and European affairs. She combines her role as Postcomm commissioner with memberships of the supervisory board of the state-owned Holland Casino, the Board of the Female Cancer Program Foundation, the External Advisory Board IBMS/INHOLLAND (University of Applied Sciences) and a regional UNICEF management committee.

Ms Bos’ extension will run from 1 April 2007 until 30 September 2007, and Mr Cooper’s extension will start from 1 June 2007 and end on 31 May 2009.

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Mail Fullfillment Services & P-DM Direct Marketing Solutions

Posted by | Mar 6, 2007 | |

we are a provider of Direct Marketing, Mailing Fullfillment Services and new Digital Marketing Solutions, and have just moved our production facilities to purpose built premises in Cambridgeshire.

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We are also a provider of new technologies and are a Sony solutions provider, our latest product “p-DM” is set to revolutionise the way that companies communicate with and manage their customers.

We recently completed a project with Audi on the launch of their new 4×4 the Audi Q7, the first ever in the UK.

p-DM has proved very successful, with it’s unique “Track & Trace Facilities”, increased response rates and full usage reporting and customisation. It is a brand new product to the UK so holds many opportunities.

Full details of our services are available on our website: www.firstmailing.co.uk

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Nearly all post on time

Posted by | Mar 5, 2007 | |

Nearly 95% of first class mail posted in Notts reaches its UK destination the next working day, according to new figures.

The Royal Mail figures put performance in the NG postcode area second only to Derby in the Midlands.

Postwatch, the watchdog for postal services, welcomed Royal Mail’s latest quality of service results.

Across the Midlands in the first nine months of this financial year, Royal Mail achieved the minimum target of delivering 91.5% of first class post the next working day in all of the region’s 16 postcode areas.

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Royal Mail chooses DQM to manage Home Movers mailing service

Posted by | Mar 5, 2007 | |

Royal Mail has chosen DQM Group to manage and deliver its Home Movers mailing service.

The service allows brands to send promotions within a Royal Mail branded re-direction envelope to people who tell Royal Mail they are moving home. According to Royal Mail around 100,000 people move home each month.

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Royal Mail seeks new price deal to compete with TNT

Posted by | Mar 4, 2007 | |

The UK postal regulator is expected to meet Royal Mail executives in the coming weeks to discuss ways of easing the group’s financial troubles, The Observer reported.

Royal Mail’s interim profits have slumped to 22 mln stg from over 100 mln stg.

The Observer said PostComm officials will examine whether arrangements that allow rival distributors such as TNT and DHL to compete for bulk mail business should be altered to give Royal Mail more pricing flexibility.

Licensed operators that carry bulk mail from companies such as banks, utilities and government are allowed to use Royal Mail’s local delivery network for a charge of 13 pence an item currently, the report said.

PostComm figures show that in the first two years of competition from 2004, the Royal Mail’s market share fell by 3 pct, The Observer said. However, Royal Mail claims the figure has risen to more than 10 pct in the past year.

The report said the group wants to be allowed to lower prices to compete. It can do this, but it must also maintain the margin available to competitors.

Royal Mail told The Observer this allows rivals to continue to undercut its prices as their costs fall.

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