50 Most Popular 2010 Hellmail Articles >>
The following list shows the 50 most read news and feature articles from 2010 and displayed in the order of the most read article. Whilst the vast majority were written by the Hellmail team, some were submitted by freelance writers or industry practitioners, many of which contribute to Hellmail on a regular basis.
Route Optimiser Speeds Up Deliveries
28 September 2010
Wouldn’t it be great to make £10k for very little effort? What if saving £10k actually made your life easier? - Queue a picture of me leaning on a Ferrari, lots of highlighted text and a screenshot of my AdWords account balance...
(This article read 14386 times)
New Bond As European Packaging And Envelope Manufacturers Merge
09 September 2010
Two leading European companies are to merge. Bong Ljungdahl, which provides specialised packaging and envelope products, and Hamlins envelope division have signed an agreement which will create a new company with a turnover of around SEK 3.500 million (EUR 370 million) with some 2,400 employees...
(This article read 12320 times)
ACS Law Faces Wrath Of Internet Users After Email Data Is Leaked
26 September 2010
ACS:Law, a London-based law firm, already reeling from a DDoS attack by 4Chan on its website last week, is now having to pick up the pieces after the content of its email repository was inadvertently displayed on line releasing the names, and in some cases addresses of internet users, leaving it wide open to prosecution under the data protection act and infuriating thousands of internet users...
(This article read 8801 times)
Portugal Fares Better On Post Office Coverage
20 October 2010
Portugese regulator Anacom has released a new report in conjunction with CTT, which shows that there were 2897 postal establishments in Portugal - 7 more than at the end of 2008 and better than the EU average...
(This article read 6957 times)
Estonian Post Selects Company To Manage IT Infrasrtucture
26 October 2010
Estonian Post has accepted a joint bid by OÜ Tieto Estonia Services, Tieto Oyj and IT Group for the procurement of rental and administrative service of IT workstations. The contract is said to be worth up to 21 million kroons...
(This article read 5829 times)
Pitney Bowes launches Connect+ Customer Communication Series
05 October 2010
Pitney Bowes has launched the Connect+ Customer Communication Series – a revolutionary full-colour mailing system that prints high resolution colour onto envelopes in the same pass as it prints postage....
(This article read 5827 times)
New UK Postal Regulator Faces Budget Cuts
21 October 2010
Ofcom, which is to take on the responsibilities of postal regulator Postcomm, is to shed around a fifth of its staff as a result of budget-cutting austerity measures announced by the government. It was confirmed last week that Citizens Advice and Trading Standards would be taking over the role of some existing quangos facing closure, including the role of Consumer Focus....
(This article read 5685 times)
Hermes Opens Two New UK Depots
05 October 2010
Hermes, the UK's largest home delivery courier company, is extending its national infrastructure with the opening of two depots in Dunstable and Perth...
(This article read 5680 times)
UK Law Firm Gallant Macmillan Taken Offline In Revenge Attacks
03 October 2010
Law firm Gallant & Macmillan, which was threatened with a DDos attack by 4chan yesterday, appears to have disappeared from the internet. It is unclear whether the host disconnected the domain in advance of the attack or whether Gallant & Macmillan is now the latest company to be forced offline through traffic overload and contentious compensation claims...
(This article read 5265 times)
Royal Mail Extends Delivery Office Opening Hours
13 July 2010
Royal Mail announced today that it is to add almost a quarter of a million extra hours a year to the opening times of its busiest delivery offices. It said the extended hours would make it easier for people to receive items they have ordered online or from a catalogue...
(This article read 5224 times)
New Stamp From Correos To Mark World Alzheimers Day
09 September 2010
To mark World "Alzheimer's Day", Spanish postal operator Correos has released a new stamp today which captures perfectly, the vagueness associated with this progressive and fatal brain disease...
(This article read 4935 times)
OCR Upgrade Outperforms Expectations
09 September 2010
A parcel read rate increase of 25% is the outcome of a project recently completed by Prime Vision for its client, Post Danmark. The Delft-based OCR specialist and systems’ integrator was commissioned to upgrade its existing OCR and ICR software installed at the post’s Brøndby parcel sorting hub outside Copenhagen...
(This article read 4316 times)
OPEX - New Rapid Extraction Desk With Milling Cutter Technology
06 October 2010
OPEX Corporation has announced the release of the OPEX Model 72, the next generation Rapid Extraction Desk (RED). It features an all-new feeder, milling cutter, and auto-jog transport – making it the most efficient way for one operator to open and extract a wide range of incoming mail....
(This article read 4131 times)
Portugese Mobile Phone Users Gain Post Office Location Service
20 August 2010
Portugese postal operator CTT has announced the launch of a new application via the 'Phone-ix" mobile phone service which allows users to easily locate the nearest post office or find out the postcode for any address in Portugal...
(This article read 3750 times)
Hayes - UK Postal Regulation Failed Universal Service
08 November 2010
The Communication Workers Union reacted angrily today to news that postal prices are set to reach as much as 12%, warning that it was "a sign of things to come" with privatisation of the Royal Mail planned for next year, and argued the universal service would not be at risk if regulation had been better managed...
(This article read 3746 times)
Hermes Upgrades Mobile Communications To Meet Retailer Delivery Requirements
28 September 2010
Hermes has expanded its real-time parcel tracking, MI reporting and SMS messaging capabilities in parallel with a major upgrade of the company’s Courier Hand Held Terminal. These service enhancements build on the initial, successful deployment of mobile handheld terminals across 7,500 couriers last year...
(This article read 3741 times)
Shoppers Demanding Far More From Delivery Networks
27 September 2010
Online shoppers now expect added value services such as SMS notification and real-time tracking information as standard, according to new research from Hermes, the UK’s largest courier delivery network...
(This article read 3188 times)
UK Mail Group Issues Trading Update
07 October 2010
UK Mail Group plc today issues the following pre-close trading update for the half year ended 30 September 2010. The first half of the year has been satisfactory, with trading performance continuing to be in line with management expectations...
(This article read 3102 times)
Four Delicate But Heavy Packages
01 November 2010
Last night saw the broadcast on BBC2 of 'Return of the Rhino: A Last Chance to See Special' - a documentary plotting the extraordinary journey of four white Rhinos from the Czech Republic to Kenya, in a desperate attempt to encourage them to breed....
(This article read 3026 times)
DA Systems Appoints New Channel Manager to Support Demand in Mobile Data
21 October 2010
DA Systems Ltd, leading supplier of software solutions throughout the transportation, logistics and field service delivery sectors, has announced the appointment of Lynton Stewart-Ashley as Channel Manager (SI) for DA Systems’ bespoke mobile data solution, NX Framework...
(This article read 2960 times)
TNT Post Moves To Split Mail And Express As Revenue Declines
02 August 2010
With mail volume continuing to decline, TNT NV has reported an underlying revenue decline of € 28 million (-2.7%). Peter Bakker, CEO of TNT said: "Before full separation can be implemented, the Supervisory Board and Board of Management have more work to do..
(This article read 2792 times)
Prime Vision To Demonstrate Webcoding Solution At Post Expo
28 September 2010
The OCR specialist and systems’ integrator, Prime Vision, has two features topping the bill at Post-Expo 2010. Not only will the company be demonstrating its brand new WebCoding product, it will also have representatives on its stand from the first postal organisation to benefit from this development...
(This article read 2741 times)
Deutsche Post To Implement Price Changes In 2011
28 October 2010
Deutsche Post is to introduce price changes for a number of international postal products on 1 January 2011 although it said on the whole customers will benefit from price reductions...
(This article read 2711 times)
Estonia Post Sees Increase In Turnover On Larger Items
15 September 2010
Transport of pallets and large items, which represent around 10% of logistics services provided by Estonian Post, has seen an increase in turnover of 100% compared to last year.
(This article read 2694 times)
CWU Describes Royal Mail Sell Off Plan As Politically Motivated
10 September 2010
The Communication Workers Union said today that the Royal Mail was not only successful but in the midst of a modernisation plan and that not only was privatisation unpopular, it would allow the government to get its hands on £26 billion in pension fund assets. The union condemned the plans and vowed to fight what it described as a "politically motivated" plan for a sell off...
(This article read 2651 times)
Saving The Snail Mail
09 October 2010
Today is 'World Post Day', marking the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (USU) and the beginning of the free flow of global mail. However, the postman is facing the same fate as the milkman and the bread van, swept aside by our appetite for the immediate and the more accessible...
(This article read 2627 times)
Intelligent Parcel Tracking Site Is Launched
01 November 2010
Home delivery management company MetaPack has launched Parcel-Track.com – an intelligent parcel tracking engine that has been developed and used internally by the company as a standard feature in their multi-carrier management software and which has now been made available as a standalone service...
(This article read 2622 times)
TNT Post Sets Standards In Direct Mail
06 December 2010
TNT Post is the first direct mail supplier to be awarded the coveted ‘Level 3’ certification to PAS 2020, an environmental standard from BSI for the direct marketing and direct mail sector...
(This article read 2588 times)
Postal Union Prepares For Royal Mail Privatisation Battle
15 September 2010
The Communication Workers Union is laying the groundwork for a battle with the the coalition government, and set to bring out the big guns, calling on the support of other trade unions to help it shoot down plans for a privatised Royal Mail...
(This article read 2543 times)
Royal Mail And CWU Establish New Deal
08 March 2010
A new agreement has been established between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union which centres around a three-year plan to modernise the postal service and forge stronger links between the union and Royal Mail management. The agreement comes after months of intensive negotiations during an interim no-strike period...
(This article read 2503 times)
Pitney Bowes Connect+ Wins Editors Choice Award
27 October 2010
Pitney Bowes’ flagship new product the Connect+ Communication Series™ has won a prestigious Editors Choice Award from respected business technology publication Business Info...
(This article read 2495 times)
Royal Mail - Granny Smith May Have To Make Do
02 November 2010
A not entirely unexpected announcement by the Royal Mail this week - that its letters division is barely a going concern. To make matters worse, online retailers are starting to become more than a little annoyed that the postal service is not in tune with modern business...
(This article read 2493 times)
Hooper Report 2010 - At A Glance
10 September 2010
The Richard Hooper report made public today concluded that with letter volumes likely to decline between 25% and 40% over the next five years: "There must be no let-up in the pressure on Royal Mail management, workforce and unions to accelerate the pace of modernisation. Private sector capital would inject private sector disciplines into the company and reduce the risk of political intervention in commercial decisions, thus accelerating modernisation...
(This article read 2464 times)
Data Cleansing Service Includes Royal Mail NCOA
31 August 2010
data8, the premier data enrichment specialists, have upgraded their online data cleansing service to include the new Royal Mail NCOA, Update NCOA Suppress data files and the reConnect file from Equifax...
(This article read 2451 times)
Research Shows That Royal Mail Customers Would Accept Five Day Service
08 November 2010
A major new piece of research from Postcomm and Consumer Focus, published today, has surveyed the needs of postal customers and tested their views on potential changes to the postal service. According to the in-depth new survey, customers may be prepared to reductions to the current system, such as changing to a five day a week service...
(This article read 2424 times)
Royal Mail Agreement Awaits Approval
03 March 2010
After more than two months of talks, Royal Mail and the Communication Workers have managed to find the basis of an agreement to improve industrial relations and see continued modernisation of the distribution of letters. It is hoped the agreement will see approval by the union's postal executive committee before a final vote by union members....
(This article read 2409 times)
Nuts And Bolts - File Sharing Money Earner
02 September 2010
This isn't the first time that Hellmail has reported on the apparently unchecked runaway train of threats through the post that are the "Pay us money now or (allegedly) face court action" bonanza - just the thing needed to boost earnings for solicitors in a recession...
(This article read 2395 times)
Agreement Established Between Zumbox Digital Mail And DST Output
03 August 2010
DST Output, a leading provider of print and electronic output solutions, and Zumbox, the leader in digital postal mail services, have entered into an agreement to provide digital postal mail capabilities for DST Output clients, which includes some of the largest transactional mailers in the U.S.....
(This article read 2394 times)
Global Postal Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions By Half A Million
23 September 2010
The postal industry cut its CO2 emissions by over half a million tonnes in 2009, on 2008 figures, a result of the first year of the postal industry’s collective efforts to reduce its environmental impact, under the International Post Corporation’s (IPC) Environmental Measurement and Monitoring System (EMMS)...
(This article read 2326 times)
Mastering The Mailroom
08 October 2010
The mailroom is rightly regarded as the core hub of any organisation and the level of efficiency has corresponding impact on corporate performance and revenue. However many mailrooms have simply evolved without any proper planning and there is considerable scope for improvements in every respect...
(This article read 2265 times)
Poste Italiane Introduces Later Delivery Times
27 July 2010
Poste Italiane is introducing a new, more responsive delivery service in order to meet the increasing demand by domestic customers and small business for later and more flexible deliveries...
(This article read 2237 times)
Royal Mail And CWU Talks - Sustainable Future Is Key
26 February 2010
A deal between the Communication Workers Union and Royal Mail is expected to be concluded in the next week. It follows over two months of talks after the CWU agreed to call of strike action before Christmas last year. I asked Steve Lawson, editor for Hellmail postal news whether he thought any agreement was likely to follow a similar pattern to the 2007 agreement...
(This article read 2159 times)
ONEPOST - Official Postal Supplier To Public Sector
06 September 2010
ONEPOST, the UK’s leading provider of independent postal advice and management, has been awarded a framework agreement for Postal Services to fulfil public sector requirements...
(This article read 2101 times)
Royal Mail Postage Discounts With Neopost Bulk Mailer Software
28 September 2010
Royal Mail makes up to a million changes to its PAF (Postal Address File) every year. This means that your company’s mailing database will become out of date. Incorrectly addressed envelopes can create unnecessary expense and inconvenience...
(This article read 2090 times)
Review of Royal Mail Financial Report and 2009 Reforms
12 January 2010
The recent release of financial results by Royal Mail, as well as, news of a stamp price increase, has renewed such topics as viability of Universal Service (USO), modernisation efforts and back pension obligations, while concerns about continued industrial action persist. To begin, Royal Mail released financial data for the period April to September, to include operating profit of £184m (a 4% increase), revenues of £4.58Bn (a £73m decrease) and a cash flow deficit totaling £434m. All four Royal Mail groups (Post Office, Letters, Parcelforce Worldwide and GLS) reported profits, but overall, profit was down...
(This article read 2049 times)
Interlink Express Donates 62nd Variety Club Sunshine Coach
21 October 2010
Interlink Express this month donated a 62nd Variety Club Sunshine Coach to St. John Lloyd Primary School in Cardiff where 240 children celebrated the event with European Athletics silver medallist Rhys Williams (son of Welsh rugby legend J.J. Williams)...
(This article read 2012 times)
Swiss Post Pleased By Half-Year Profit
01 September 2010
Swiss Post described its half-year profit as 'pleasing'. In the first half of 2010, Swiss Post generated Group profit of 484 million Swiss francs - an increase of 35 percent on the same period last year. Swiss Post posted good results in all four markets....
(This article read 1983 times)
Royal Mail Interim Strike Agreement Continues
19 February 2010
Talks are continuing between the Communication Workers Union and Royal Mail to bring a lasting settlement and to avoid further industrial action. In December last year, an interim agreement was established to bring to an end pre-christmas strike action on the basis that talks would continue and be facilitated by Acas....
(This article read 1944 times)
Estonian Post Distributes Calculators Ahead Of Euro Adoption
08 November 2010
Estonian Post is delivering thousands of euro calculators to people all over Estonia - some 561,000 in all. The calculators convert Estonain kroons to Euros, ahead of Estonia's switch to the euro in January...
(This article read 1838 times)
French Mail Rail Service To Reduce Truck Road Miles
16 September 2010
Following a European consultation launched by the French postal operator La Poste in 2009 for the delivery of advertising mail by rail, the European group Geodis, a global supply chain and the French company TAB, specializing in rail transportation, have just been selected. A contract for a period of three years was signed between La Poste and each of the two companies...
(This article read 1783 times)
28 September 2010
Wouldn’t it be great to make £10k for very little effort? What if saving £10k actually made your life easier? - Queue a picture of me leaning on a Ferrari, lots of highlighted text and a screenshot of my AdWords account balance... (This article read 14386 times)
New Bond As European Packaging And Envelope Manufacturers Merge
09 September 2010
Two leading European companies are to merge. Bong Ljungdahl, which provides specialised packaging and envelope products, and Hamlins envelope division have signed an agreement which will create a new company with a turnover of around SEK 3.500 million (EUR 370 million) with some 2,400 employees...
(This article read 12320 times)
ACS Law Faces Wrath Of Internet Users After Email Data Is Leaked
26 September 2010
ACS:Law, a London-based law firm, already reeling from a DDoS attack by 4Chan on its website last week, is now having to pick up the pieces after the content of its email repository was inadvertently displayed on line releasing the names, and in some cases addresses of internet users, leaving it wide open to prosecution under the data protection act and infuriating thousands of internet users...(This article read 8801 times)
Portugal Fares Better On Post Office Coverage
20 October 2010
Portugese regulator Anacom has released a new report in conjunction with CTT, which shows that there were 2897 postal establishments in Portugal - 7 more than at the end of 2008 and better than the EU average...
(This article read 6957 times)
Estonian Post Selects Company To Manage IT Infrasrtucture
26 October 2010
Estonian Post has accepted a joint bid by OÜ Tieto Estonia Services, Tieto Oyj and IT Group for the procurement of rental and administrative service of IT workstations. The contract is said to be worth up to 21 million kroons...
(This article read 5829 times)
Pitney Bowes launches Connect+ Customer Communication Series
05 October 2010
Pitney Bowes has launched the Connect+ Customer Communication Series – a revolutionary full-colour mailing system that prints high resolution colour onto envelopes in the same pass as it prints postage....
(This article read 5827 times)
New UK Postal Regulator Faces Budget Cuts
21 October 2010
Ofcom, which is to take on the responsibilities of postal regulator Postcomm, is to shed around a fifth of its staff as a result of budget-cutting austerity measures announced by the government. It was confirmed last week that Citizens Advice and Trading Standards would be taking over the role of some existing quangos facing closure, including the role of Consumer Focus....
(This article read 5685 times)
Hermes Opens Two New UK Depots
05 October 2010
Hermes, the UK's largest home delivery courier company, is extending its national infrastructure with the opening of two depots in Dunstable and Perth...
(This article read 5680 times)
UK Law Firm Gallant Macmillan Taken Offline In Revenge Attacks
03 October 2010
Law firm Gallant & Macmillan, which was threatened with a DDos attack by 4chan yesterday, appears to have disappeared from the internet. It is unclear whether the host disconnected the domain in advance of the attack or whether Gallant & Macmillan is now the latest company to be forced offline through traffic overload and contentious compensation claims...
(This article read 5265 times)
Royal Mail Extends Delivery Office Opening Hours
13 July 2010
Royal Mail announced today that it is to add almost a quarter of a million extra hours a year to the opening times of its busiest delivery offices. It said the extended hours would make it easier for people to receive items they have ordered online or from a catalogue...
(This article read 5224 times)
New Stamp From Correos To Mark World Alzheimers Day
09 September 2010
To mark World "Alzheimer's Day", Spanish postal operator Correos has released a new stamp today which captures perfectly, the vagueness associated with this progressive and fatal brain disease...
(This article read 4935 times)
OCR Upgrade Outperforms Expectations
09 September 2010
A parcel read rate increase of 25% is the outcome of a project recently completed by Prime Vision for its client, Post Danmark. The Delft-based OCR specialist and systems’ integrator was commissioned to upgrade its existing OCR and ICR software installed at the post’s Brøndby parcel sorting hub outside Copenhagen...
(This article read 4316 times)
OPEX - New Rapid Extraction Desk With Milling Cutter Technology
06 October 2010
OPEX Corporation has announced the release of the OPEX Model 72, the next generation Rapid Extraction Desk (RED). It features an all-new feeder, milling cutter, and auto-jog transport – making it the most efficient way for one operator to open and extract a wide range of incoming mail....
(This article read 4131 times)
Portugese Mobile Phone Users Gain Post Office Location Service
20 August 2010
Portugese postal operator CTT has announced the launch of a new application via the 'Phone-ix" mobile phone service which allows users to easily locate the nearest post office or find out the postcode for any address in Portugal...
(This article read 3750 times)
Hayes - UK Postal Regulation Failed Universal Service
08 November 2010
The Communication Workers Union reacted angrily today to news that postal prices are set to reach as much as 12%, warning that it was "a sign of things to come" with privatisation of the Royal Mail planned for next year, and argued the universal service would not be at risk if regulation had been better managed...(This article read 3746 times)
Hermes Upgrades Mobile Communications To Meet Retailer Delivery Requirements
28 September 2010
Hermes has expanded its real-time parcel tracking, MI reporting and SMS messaging capabilities in parallel with a major upgrade of the company’s Courier Hand Held Terminal. These service enhancements build on the initial, successful deployment of mobile handheld terminals across 7,500 couriers last year...
(This article read 3741 times)
Shoppers Demanding Far More From Delivery Networks
27 September 2010
Online shoppers now expect added value services such as SMS notification and real-time tracking information as standard, according to new research from Hermes, the UK’s largest courier delivery network...
(This article read 3188 times)
UK Mail Group Issues Trading Update
07 October 2010
UK Mail Group plc today issues the following pre-close trading update for the half year ended 30 September 2010. The first half of the year has been satisfactory, with trading performance continuing to be in line with management expectations...
(This article read 3102 times)
Four Delicate But Heavy Packages
01 November 2010
Last night saw the broadcast on BBC2 of 'Return of the Rhino: A Last Chance to See Special' - a documentary plotting the extraordinary journey of four white Rhinos from the Czech Republic to Kenya, in a desperate attempt to encourage them to breed....
(This article read 3026 times)
DA Systems Appoints New Channel Manager to Support Demand in Mobile Data
21 October 2010
DA Systems Ltd, leading supplier of software solutions throughout the transportation, logistics and field service delivery sectors, has announced the appointment of Lynton Stewart-Ashley as Channel Manager (SI) for DA Systems’ bespoke mobile data solution, NX Framework...
(This article read 2960 times)
TNT Post Moves To Split Mail And Express As Revenue Declines
02 August 2010
With mail volume continuing to decline, TNT NV has reported an underlying revenue decline of € 28 million (-2.7%). Peter Bakker, CEO of TNT said: "Before full separation can be implemented, the Supervisory Board and Board of Management have more work to do..
(This article read 2792 times)
Prime Vision To Demonstrate Webcoding Solution At Post Expo
28 September 2010
The OCR specialist and systems’ integrator, Prime Vision, has two features topping the bill at Post-Expo 2010. Not only will the company be demonstrating its brand new WebCoding product, it will also have representatives on its stand from the first postal organisation to benefit from this development...
(This article read 2741 times)
Deutsche Post To Implement Price Changes In 2011
28 October 2010
Deutsche Post is to introduce price changes for a number of international postal products on 1 January 2011 although it said on the whole customers will benefit from price reductions...
(This article read 2711 times)
Estonia Post Sees Increase In Turnover On Larger Items
15 September 2010
Transport of pallets and large items, which represent around 10% of logistics services provided by Estonian Post, has seen an increase in turnover of 100% compared to last year.
(This article read 2694 times)
CWU Describes Royal Mail Sell Off Plan As Politically Motivated
10 September 2010
The Communication Workers Union said today that the Royal Mail was not only successful but in the midst of a modernisation plan and that not only was privatisation unpopular, it would allow the government to get its hands on £26 billion in pension fund assets. The union condemned the plans and vowed to fight what it described as a "politically motivated" plan for a sell off...
(This article read 2651 times)
Saving The Snail Mail
09 October 2010
Today is 'World Post Day', marking the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (USU) and the beginning of the free flow of global mail. However, the postman is facing the same fate as the milkman and the bread van, swept aside by our appetite for the immediate and the more accessible...
(This article read 2627 times)
Intelligent Parcel Tracking Site Is Launched
01 November 2010
Home delivery management company MetaPack has launched Parcel-Track.com – an intelligent parcel tracking engine that has been developed and used internally by the company as a standard feature in their multi-carrier management software and which has now been made available as a standalone service...
(This article read 2622 times)
TNT Post Sets Standards In Direct Mail
06 December 2010
TNT Post is the first direct mail supplier to be awarded the coveted ‘Level 3’ certification to PAS 2020, an environmental standard from BSI for the direct marketing and direct mail sector...(This article read 2588 times)
Postal Union Prepares For Royal Mail Privatisation Battle
15 September 2010
The Communication Workers Union is laying the groundwork for a battle with the the coalition government, and set to bring out the big guns, calling on the support of other trade unions to help it shoot down plans for a privatised Royal Mail...
(This article read 2543 times)
Royal Mail And CWU Establish New Deal
08 March 2010
A new agreement has been established between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union which centres around a three-year plan to modernise the postal service and forge stronger links between the union and Royal Mail management. The agreement comes after months of intensive negotiations during an interim no-strike period...
(This article read 2503 times)
Pitney Bowes Connect+ Wins Editors Choice Award
27 October 2010
Pitney Bowes’ flagship new product the Connect+ Communication Series™ has won a prestigious Editors Choice Award from respected business technology publication Business Info...
(This article read 2495 times)
Royal Mail - Granny Smith May Have To Make Do
02 November 2010
A not entirely unexpected announcement by the Royal Mail this week - that its letters division is barely a going concern. To make matters worse, online retailers are starting to become more than a little annoyed that the postal service is not in tune with modern business...
(This article read 2493 times)
Hooper Report 2010 - At A Glance
10 September 2010
The Richard Hooper report made public today concluded that with letter volumes likely to decline between 25% and 40% over the next five years: "There must be no let-up in the pressure on Royal Mail management, workforce and unions to accelerate the pace of modernisation. Private sector capital would inject private sector disciplines into the company and reduce the risk of political intervention in commercial decisions, thus accelerating modernisation...
(This article read 2464 times)
Data Cleansing Service Includes Royal Mail NCOA
31 August 2010
data8, the premier data enrichment specialists, have upgraded their online data cleansing service to include the new Royal Mail NCOA, Update NCOA Suppress data files and the reConnect file from Equifax...
(This article read 2451 times)
Research Shows That Royal Mail Customers Would Accept Five Day Service
08 November 2010
A major new piece of research from Postcomm and Consumer Focus, published today, has surveyed the needs of postal customers and tested their views on potential changes to the postal service. According to the in-depth new survey, customers may be prepared to reductions to the current system, such as changing to a five day a week service...
(This article read 2424 times)
Royal Mail Agreement Awaits Approval
03 March 2010
After more than two months of talks, Royal Mail and the Communication Workers have managed to find the basis of an agreement to improve industrial relations and see continued modernisation of the distribution of letters. It is hoped the agreement will see approval by the union's postal executive committee before a final vote by union members....
(This article read 2409 times)
Nuts And Bolts - File Sharing Money Earner
02 September 2010
This isn't the first time that Hellmail has reported on the apparently unchecked runaway train of threats through the post that are the "Pay us money now or (allegedly) face court action" bonanza - just the thing needed to boost earnings for solicitors in a recession...
(This article read 2395 times)
Agreement Established Between Zumbox Digital Mail And DST Output
03 August 2010
DST Output, a leading provider of print and electronic output solutions, and Zumbox, the leader in digital postal mail services, have entered into an agreement to provide digital postal mail capabilities for DST Output clients, which includes some of the largest transactional mailers in the U.S.....
(This article read 2394 times)
Global Postal Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions By Half A Million
23 September 2010
The postal industry cut its CO2 emissions by over half a million tonnes in 2009, on 2008 figures, a result of the first year of the postal industry’s collective efforts to reduce its environmental impact, under the International Post Corporation’s (IPC) Environmental Measurement and Monitoring System (EMMS)...
(This article read 2326 times)
Mastering The Mailroom
08 October 2010
The mailroom is rightly regarded as the core hub of any organisation and the level of efficiency has corresponding impact on corporate performance and revenue. However many mailrooms have simply evolved without any proper planning and there is considerable scope for improvements in every respect...
(This article read 2265 times)
Poste Italiane Introduces Later Delivery Times
27 July 2010
Poste Italiane is introducing a new, more responsive delivery service in order to meet the increasing demand by domestic customers and small business for later and more flexible deliveries...
(This article read 2237 times)
Royal Mail And CWU Talks - Sustainable Future Is Key
26 February 2010
A deal between the Communication Workers Union and Royal Mail is expected to be concluded in the next week. It follows over two months of talks after the CWU agreed to call of strike action before Christmas last year. I asked Steve Lawson, editor for Hellmail postal news whether he thought any agreement was likely to follow a similar pattern to the 2007 agreement...
(This article read 2159 times)
ONEPOST - Official Postal Supplier To Public Sector
06 September 2010
ONEPOST, the UK’s leading provider of independent postal advice and management, has been awarded a framework agreement for Postal Services to fulfil public sector requirements...
(This article read 2101 times)
Royal Mail Postage Discounts With Neopost Bulk Mailer Software
28 September 2010
Royal Mail makes up to a million changes to its PAF (Postal Address File) every year. This means that your company’s mailing database will become out of date. Incorrectly addressed envelopes can create unnecessary expense and inconvenience...
(This article read 2090 times)
Review of Royal Mail Financial Report and 2009 Reforms
12 January 2010
The recent release of financial results by Royal Mail, as well as, news of a stamp price increase, has renewed such topics as viability of Universal Service (USO), modernisation efforts and back pension obligations, while concerns about continued industrial action persist. To begin, Royal Mail released financial data for the period April to September, to include operating profit of £184m (a 4% increase), revenues of £4.58Bn (a £73m decrease) and a cash flow deficit totaling £434m. All four Royal Mail groups (Post Office, Letters, Parcelforce Worldwide and GLS) reported profits, but overall, profit was down...
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Interlink Express Donates 62nd Variety Club Sunshine Coach
21 October 2010
Interlink Express this month donated a 62nd Variety Club Sunshine Coach to St. John Lloyd Primary School in Cardiff where 240 children celebrated the event with European Athletics silver medallist Rhys Williams (son of Welsh rugby legend J.J. Williams)...
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Swiss Post Pleased By Half-Year Profit
01 September 2010
Swiss Post described its half-year profit as 'pleasing'. In the first half of 2010, Swiss Post generated Group profit of 484 million Swiss francs - an increase of 35 percent on the same period last year. Swiss Post posted good results in all four markets....
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Royal Mail Interim Strike Agreement Continues
19 February 2010
Talks are continuing between the Communication Workers Union and Royal Mail to bring a lasting settlement and to avoid further industrial action. In December last year, an interim agreement was established to bring to an end pre-christmas strike action on the basis that talks would continue and be facilitated by Acas....
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Estonian Post Distributes Calculators Ahead Of Euro Adoption
08 November 2010
Estonian Post is delivering thousands of euro calculators to people all over Estonia - some 561,000 in all. The calculators convert Estonain kroons to Euros, ahead of Estonia's switch to the euro in January...
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French Mail Rail Service To Reduce Truck Road Miles
16 September 2010
Following a European consultation launched by the French postal operator La Poste in 2009 for the delivery of advertising mail by rail, the European group Geodis, a global supply chain and the French company TAB, specializing in rail transportation, have just been selected. A contract for a period of three years was signed between La Poste and each of the two companies...
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