Pitney Bowes appoints ex-Oce and Riso MD
Pitney Bowes Management Services (PBMS) – the outsourcing arm of mail and messaging systems company Pitney Bowes – has appointed Richard Thompson as managing director of its UK operation.
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UK DMA to launch unaddressed MPS
The DMA (UK) is to introduce an unaddressed mailing preference service, despite industry fears that it will penalise members. The unnamed scheme, due to launch in the next 12 months, enables consumers to avoid unaddressed leaflets and door-drops. However, DMA members have voiced concern that their mail will be stopped, while non- member’s will continue to be posted. An industry source comments: “In principle, the scheme’s a good idea. But in practice it runs the danger of failing to meet consumer expectations, because, quite simply, it won’t be able to stop a considerable amount of unaddressed mail.”
Read MoreTNT repositions UK mailing brands
TNT Post has announced a shake-up of its UK mail brands. The Dutch firm, formerly TPG, is merging its Circular Distributors and TNT Mail companies under the name TNT Post. TNT bought 90% of Circular Distributors, the free sheet and sample delivery firm in 2001. According to TNT Post, the move means it is the only company, apart from Royal Mail, that has the resources to deliver both unaddressed and addressed items. The company’s UK chief executive, Nick Wells, said: “The re-brand is an exciting and positive step forward for both companies as well as being extremely logical.”
Read MoreUnion attacks UK Royal Mail boss
Allan Leighton, chairman of Royal Mail, was called “an out-of-control public servant” by the main postal union yesterday, after he sent a letter to all staff promoting the merits of employee share ownership. Billy Hayes, the general secretary of the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU), said: “We’re now finding ourselves in a crazy situation where an out-of control public servant who was appointed by the Government to run a public company is pressurising that same Government to effectively privatise the public service. He has no authority to do this.”
Read MoreUK post union steps up better pay campaign
Union leaders today stepped up their campaign to boost the pay of postal workers amid growing signs of unrest about the level of workload and stress in the service. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said it was fed up with the “nonsense” being put forward by the Royal Mail over employee share ownership, describing chairman Allan Leighton as an “out of control public servant.” The union announced it was balloting its members to confirm its priorities of increasing basic pay, cutting hours and safeguarding pensions rather than agreeing to any share ownership plan.
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