How post offices should respond to challenges posed by technology and market liberalisation is being debated at conference of the Universal Postal Union. The 700 delegates are discussing how organisations devoted to moving paper from place to place should deal with a future increasingly enveloped by email messages.
Read MoreUK efforts to secure a limited liberalisation of air services with the US were in disarray on Wednesday night as Alistair Darling, UK transport secretary, bowed to heavy pressure from UK and European passenger and cargo interests opposed to any deal.
The UK transport department said the US had been told “not to expect further proposals for a few weeks.”
It said it had embarked on further analysis of the consequences for UK aviation of agreeing to a so-called “open skies” deal for air cargo services, which has been sought by the US.
Read MoreSkyPak is the newest international express service in Romania. It was created as a result of a partnership between the Romanian Post and TNT Romania. SkyPak service is provided in all customs-assisted post offices and in all express items handling points – 94 post offices at the national level.
Read MoreInternational express operators yesterday appealed to China Post to pull back from an embarrassing conflict by withdrawing new regulations the couriers say will damage the development of an efficient logistics industry.
The operators, represented by the Conference of Asia-Pacific Express Carriers (Capec), said they were unlikely to file for “entrustment” by next Tuesday’s deadline.
A spokesman for Capec said entrustment – essentially making China Post the regulator of companies with which it competes – flies in the face of the “economic liberalisation and fair competition” enshrined in World Trade Organisation principles.
Read MoreThe Finnish Post wants to make the deliveries earlier.
According to the plans, most Finns would receive their mail and newspapers before leaving for work.
Current deliveries mean that most Finns get the mail between 0900 and noon, while a small number of Finns have to wait until after 1300 for the mail.
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