Tag: UK

Shoppers must help post offices to survive

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

Tony Blair once said about the Post Office “use it or lose it”, meaning that if people stopped going to post offices they would have to close. What does annoy me is the amount of people who go to a post office for their pension or benefits, then go to a supermarket to buy their goods, even though the post office sells the essentials.

Tony Blair got rid of the pension book and introduced Post Office Card Accounts, then said it was only until 2010. It must have cost millions setting it all up, just to throw it aside. He went on to say that after 2010 people must have their pensions and benefits put into their bank accounts. As 30 per cent of people do not have a bank account, and no way of owning one, how are they going to manage miles from a town?

So he must either keep the card account or allow a private firm to take it over.

I saw in the paper that he was doing his bit to help the environment by replacing his light bulbs with environmentally friendly ones and turning his heating down? Why was it on in August?

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Postcomm reviews Royal Mail request on notice period for changes to Sameday service

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

Postcomm is seeking views on Royal Mail’s application for an exemption from the notification requirements of its licence for changes to its Sameday service.

Condition 7 of its licence requires Royal Mail to notify Postcomm of any changes to existing prices and services three months before they are introduced and to publish information about such changes after this notification.

In October 2006, Royal Mail applied to Postcomm for an exemption from this requirement for changes to its Sameday service on the basis that this service operates in a competitive market.

It is important for Postcomm to get the views of other postal operators, postal users, Postwatch, trade associations and other interested parties operating in the postal service industry, and the regulator will carefully consider these views in making its decision on Royal Mail’s request.

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Jobs go as Royal Mail centre axed

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

Almost 100 jobs are to go at a Royal Mail customer services centre in Essex.
The company has announced the office in Colchester will close with the loss of 97 jobs as part of plans to merge the service into six national centres.

A Royal Mail spokesman said voluntary redundancy or alternative roles in a different department would be offered to those whose jobs would be going.

The spokesman said services to customers would not be affected by the changes, due to be completed by March.

The move follows the end of Royal Mail’s monopoly of the postal industry, earlier this year, forcing it to deal with competitors.

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UK internet shopping reached a new all-time high in October

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

The IMRG Index reached 2675, eclipsing the previous high of 2602 recorded for December 2005. Sales for October were estimated to be worth GBP2.73 billion.
E-retail has grown at its fastest ever rate in 2006, increasing by an average of GBP50 million per month during the first ten months of the year. During the same period two years ago, in 2004, the average growth rate was just GBP16 million per month.

The IMRG Index is expected to climb at least a further 30% between October and the peak month of December, in line with IMRG’s earlier estimate of GBP7 billion for the 10-week run-up to Christmas, which therefore remains unchanged.

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