Norway Post seeks to abandon Saturday deliveries
Norway’s postal service Posten Norge is now expecting that letter volumes will amount to only 30% of the levels seen at the turn of the Millennium by the year 2020. It has recently revised its forecast...
View ArticleDutch postal reforms to eliminate Monday deliveries
The Dutch government wants to allow the country’s universal postal service provider to cut back to five days’ delivery per week to avoid “significant” rate rises. Henk Bleacher, the secretary for...
View ArticleGuernsey Post to end Saturday deliveries from next month
Guernsey Post is switching its delivery service to a five-day week from the end of next month. The Channel Island postal operator said it will be running a Monday to Friday delivery service from Monday...
View ArticleBrits would back cut in mail delivery days, says Consumer Focus
British consumers may be willing to have a reduced number of postal deliveries during the week – and remove the distinction between First and Second Class services. That’s according to new research...
View ArticleAbandoning Saturday postal delivery “acceptable” says Ofcom consumer survey
Britain’s postal regulator has said there is public acceptance for eliminating Saturday mail deliveries – if packets and signed-for items could be collected on Saturdays and during evenings. Ofcom...
View ArticleAustralian postal union slams pay-for-delivery idea
Australia’s communications industry trade union has denounced the idea of charging the public to provide daily mail deliveries. The criticism came after Australia Post conducted an online survey asking...
View ArticleRoyal Mail poll backs standard for six-day-a-week postal delivery
Royal Mail has hit out at rivals TNT Post UK as expectations that its end-to-end delivery service is set to expand further in the UK. The universal service provider commissioned new research from Ipsos...
View ArticleAustralia Post to expand letter and parcel services
Australia Post has announced plans to extend its parcel and express services to include Saturday delivery, in response to customer demand. The company had already been providing six-day-a-week service...
View ArticleItella to trial four-day-per-week business mail delivery
Finland’s national postal service Itella will run a three-month trial this autumn, delivering high-volume business mail four days per week instead of five. The company said newspapers and parcels will...
View ArticleRoyal Mail to trial Sunday parcel delivery in London area
Royal Mail is planning to trial seven-day-a-week delivery for parcels this summer, as it looks to claw back a bigger slice of e-commerce growth in the UK. The universal postal service provider is...
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