HARLOW, UNITED KINGDOM– – A result of the Royal Mail rate change that came into effect in April has been increasing financial pressures facing Britain's SMEs. With a standard first class stamp now costing … More: continued here
Read More »Pitney Bowes Urges SMES to Stamp Out Their Losses – MarketWatch (press release)
Pitney Bowes Urges SMES to Stamp Out Their LossesMarketWatch (press release)HARLOW, UNITED KINGDOM, Jul 19, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — A result of the Royal Mail rate change that came into effect in April has been increasing financial pressures facing Britain's SMEs. With a standard first class stamp now costing …
Read More »Royal Mail Gets Into Geodata Capture Business
With the volume of mail declining worldwide, the Royal Mail (the UK version of the USPS) is trailing new ways to make money. One is having carriers set aside their delivery duties and instead capture GPS data of front doors of homes and businesses. The trial is in Essex,… Continue reading …
Read More »Royal Mail posties map co-ordinates for delivery addresses – Post and Parcel
Royal Mail posties map co-ordinates for delivery addressesPost and ParcelRoyal Mail said today it started a pilot project in East Anglia on Monday in which postmen and women will use special satellite receivers to record GPS longitude, latitude and altitude data for every property in the region. The postal operator …
Read More »Royal Mail Might Earn Those Enormous Price Increases by Making GPS Better – Gizmodo UK
Gizmodo UK Royal Mail Might Earn Those Enormous Price Increases by Making GPS BetterGizmodo UKGary Cutlack -. The Royal Mail is putting its fleet of vans and people to work in a clever new way, using the daily rounds of its crews in East Anglia to augment existing GPS data …
Read More »60 posties in North Staffordshire are bitten by dogs in 12 months – This is Staffordshire
60 posties in North Staffordshire are bitten by dogs in 12 monthsThis is StaffordshireRoyal Mail today described the figure as 'unacceptably high'. Now Royal Mail and union leaders are appealing for homeowners to keep their dogs under control during the school summer holidays when incidents normally peak. Posties are also …
Read More »Increase in number of dog attacks on posties – Lancashire Evening Post
Increase in number of dog attacks on postiesLancashire Evening PostNew figures released by Royal Mail show that 49 postmen and women were attacked across the PR postcode area by dogs from April 2011 to April 2012, up 20% on the previous year. Today, Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union …
Read More »Golf: Royal Portrush’s chances of staging Open are dented – WalesOnline (blog)
Golf: Royal Portrush's chances of staging Open are dentedWalesOnline (blog)by Anthony Woolford, Western Mail; Jul 19 2012. THE chances of Welshman Jamie Donaldson returning to the scene of his epic Irish Open win earlier this month for a Claret Jug contest has suffered a heavy blow, with Royal Portrush warned …
Read More »Royal Mail trials capture of GPS customer address data – PocketGPSWorld.com
Royal Mail trials capture of GPS customer address dataPocketGPSWorld.comRoyal Mail has announced it is beginning a trial that will see the precise co-oridinates, of individual customer and business addresses, captured to improve the accuracy of their location based information data. The 'Pinpoint' trial is taking place in … More: continued …
Read More »Stertil Stokvis installs eight loading bays for Royal Mail – Materials Handling World Magazine
Stertil Stokvis installs eight loading bays for Royal MailMaterials Handling World MagazineStertil Stokvis has installed a series of eight loading bays for Royal Mail Group Limited as part of an exclusive supplier three-year contract. The installation, which supports the Mail Centre at Strood in Kent, is the latest project undertaken …
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