Tag: UK

Thousands of UK post offices `won't be closed'

Posted by | Feb 21, 2006 | |

Royal Mail denied today that it had any plans to close thousands of post offices but admitted it faced a “challenging” future. Chief executive Adam Crozier repeated to MPs earlier this month that just 4,000 offices would be needed to run a basic postal service. There are 14,500 post offices across the UK, but officials made it clear today this did not mean that 10,000 would close.
“We have absolutely no plans to close 10,000 post offices, although the outlook for the network remains challenging,” said a spokesman. “The future of the network depends to a large extent on Government decisions. There have always been more post offices than is required for a mail service. That is because they have offered a range of other services in the past, most of which have been from Government.”

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Postwatch urges Postcomm to rethink Presstream proposal

Posted by | Feb 21, 2006 | |

Postwatch has written to all Members of Parliament, to encourage them to support the Early Day Motion number 1632, which urges the regulator Postcomm to rethink its proposal to remove the Presstream product from the Royal Mail price control. This action supports the Periodical Publishers Association call for the regulator to change its position and protect the magazine industry – and customers – from the potential of exposure to higher prices. A spokesman said
“We hope that the regulator will look again at its proposal. If it doesn’t, magazine publishers will be in the hands of an unregulated de facto monopoly service provider, with no notable competitive options available for years. Postwatch welcomes deregulation, but at the right time and for the right products. The regulator has got it wrong on both counts.”

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UK Royal Mail dismisses Postcomm fine as 'Monty Pythonesque'

Posted by | Feb 18, 2006 | |

Allan Leighton, Royal Mail chairman, has accused the postal regulator of “Monty Pythonesque” behaviour after it slapped a Pounds 2m fine on the company. The decision by Postcomm followed an 14-month investigation into complaints from three rival operators that the state-owned company appeared able to exploit its dominant position to gain “an unfair commercial advantage”. The regulator said Royal Mail had failed to set up so-called “Chinese walls” between its various business areas to prevent conflicts of interest. Nigel Stapleton, Postcomm chairman, said: “Competition is starting to offer a better deal for customers but, given Royal Mail’s dominant position, the full benefits will never be felt unless the playing field is made as level as possible for the new operators. “We cannot allow any actions by Royal Mail that unfairly keep competitors out of the market.” But Mr Leighton hit back: “This is a shoddy report from a grandstanding regulator who is looking to micro-manage the entire postal industry. It is full of unsubstantiated and subjective views which are not based in fact. This huge and arbitrary penalty is illogical,” he said. “It is regulation for the sake of regulation. This is almost Monty Pythonesque.”

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It's all to do with strategy – interview with Glyn Jones, Palletline

Posted by | Feb 18, 2006 | |

That Glyn Jones is an academic, very bright, a workaholic and some kind of all round trouble-shooting high-flier can be of little doubt.

And the fact that he’s been around the block – make that the world – a few times in the course of his work also can’t be denied.

And neither can the equally unshakeable truth that his previous employment and history sounds a damn sight more exciting than his current role in what he admits is on the face of it an “unsexy business”.

Glen, aged 46, is the managing director of Palletline, a company which is dedicating to sending hundreds of loaded lorries hurtling around the country in the middle of the night, making sure trucks “a” and “b” go from points “x” and “y” to arrive at point “z”.

Then trucks “a” and “b” reload and make return journeys to points “x”and “y” ensuring neither vehicle travels anywhere without a cargo and and also providing a business model which many years ago, before Glyn’s time, rivals happily pinched.

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UK water company signs with DSTi Ouput

Posted by | Feb 17, 2006 | |

DSTi Output, the UK transactional mail and technology company, has added utility company Sutton and East Surrey Water to its client list. The new contract will see DSTi Output take over the print for Sutton and East Surrey’s billing and recovery letter mailings. Sutton and East Surrey Water, which has signed a five year contract to use DSTi Output’s new ‘design to door’ transactional mail service, supplies over 275,000 properties and serves a population of approximately 642,000 people.

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