Tag: UK

Irish An Post cannot deliver ‘without public funding’

Posted by | May 24, 2004 | |

The Government has been accused of giving the “kiss of death” to the social services provided by An Post by refusing to address the urgent need for state financial support for the semi-state company.

Civil and Public Service Union, Financial Secretary, Eoin Roynane accused the Government of hiding behind An Post’s Board, rather than facing up to the reality that An Post cannot deliver its current range of social service obligations without Government funding.

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Insiders fear UK Royal Mail management not prepared for long haul

Posted by | May 23, 2004 | |

When Adam Crozier landed the chief executive’s role at the Royal Mail last year, there was disbelief from the bottom to the top of the organisation. At the cutting edge in sorting centres and post offices, the arrival of the ‘football bloke’ seemed a little bit incongruous. On the board there were equal misgivings.

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UK Royal Mail set to unveil profits of GBP200m

Posted by | May 23, 2004 | |

UK Royal Mail are set to unveil operating profits of well over GBP200m, the first time the state-owned company has been in the black for four years.

Its chairman, Allan Leighton, and chief executive, Adam Crozier, will also reveal that the company made a modest pre-tax profit in the year to the end of March. The pair will use the announcement to claim that their turnaround plan for the troubled group is starting to deliver results.

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6,000 calls that say Scotland is fed up with postal failures

Posted by | May 22, 2004 | |

Public dissatisfaction with the nation’s postal service is running at an all-time high – with a hotline set up to take complaints about wrongly delivered mail receiving more than 6,000 calls in four days, The Scotsman has learned.
Postwatch, the consumer watchdog that represents the interests of Royal Mail customers, was overwhelmed with calls after the launch of its “Stamp Out Misdelivered Mail” campaign. Angry customers complained about receiving letters addressed to strangers, having their post go missing and only receiving important items, such as bank statements and credit cards, because strangers forwarded them on. Postwatch had been expecting about 1,000 calls in the first week and was shocked by the scale of public response.

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Nightfreight turns ugly

Posted by | May 20, 2004 | |

Nightfreight has revealed that B&Q is its first contract in home delivery of IDW – its term for irregular dimension and weight. IDW is the marketing term for what is usually referred to as ugly freight within the industry.

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