Friday, January 28, 2022
Ms. sharda sampath (Ipos-1988), cpMG, Karnataka circle, Department of posts, Ministry of communications, is retiring on superannuation from Government service ;.;.i. th; 'ft"""oln of 31'01'2022 (A/N)'
Ms. Ranju Prasad (IPoS-1988), CPMG, Haryana Circle, Department of Posts, Ministry of communications, is retiring on superannuation from Government service w.e.f. the afternoon of 31.0f .2022 (A/N).
Shri Jaleswar Kanhar (IpoS-1990), CpMG, Bihar Circ1e, Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, is retiring on superannuation from Government service w.e.f. the afternoon of 31.01.2022 (A/N)
Guidelines for Rotational Transfers for the year 2022-23 - Directorate Lr. dtd 28/01/2022
Guidelines for Rotational Transfers of Group "C", Group "B" and Group "A" officials / officers working in a circle for the year 2022-23 -reg
Transfers/Postings/re-allotments in the STS and JTS of IPoS, Group ‘A’ - Directorate Order dtd 28/01/2022
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Thursday, January 27, 2022
Today is a black day for FNPO cadres,-V.V.Rathneswararao(VVR) garu Ex GS NUGDS and CS NAPE-C AP Circle is passed away on 26.1.22
Today is a black day for FNPO cadres,
I am shocked to hear the news in what’s app from Sivaji, GS NAPEc that our beloved leader VV Ratneswar Rao, lovingly called VVR breathed his last yesterday (26.01.2022). Being FNPO man, I will be doing great disservice, if I don’t record VVR’s yeoman service rendered to this great FNPO Organization. I just recollect the memory the day I first saw our beloved VVR at the residence of our founder K.R in the year 1990 (32 years before).
When KR relinquished the post of SG, GS of NAPEc & NUGDS. Our beloved KR proposed V. RATNESWAR RAO as GS NUGDS. I want to know why KR want to propose VVR as GS NUGDS.! Thereafter, I started collecting VVR’s credentials through various sources. In 1960 strike when KR was jailed in Tihar, at that time VVR who was Divisional Secretary in ELURU (A.P) was removed from service for participating in the strike. K.R fought and got the re-instatement of VVR, from the day onwards VVR became the blind devoted follower of K.R, like me.
When K.R was sent out of NFPTE during the Vijayawada Conference, out a few hundred followed him VVR was one of them, from AP Circle. It is a known fact K.R was architecture of the NFPTE. He framed one class in the agreement at the time of re-alignment of Unions. At that juncture no one can form a new Union in P & T. K.R. formed a Progressive Democratic Front (PDF) and VVR was one of the coordinators for PDF. During that time KR was unable to publish circular, thereafter after selling KR’s personal bicycle published Circular. Subsequently KR was unable to publish circular. When VVR visited K. R’s residence Teynampet Postal Quarters, knowing the plight, VVR arranged finance from his brother and helped KR to release the circular.
K.R struggled to get a telephone connection (it took ten years for him to get a telephone connection), VVR collected and helped K.R of Rs.1000/- for the deposit amount, at that time one thousand rupees is a big amount.
After K.R’s retirement as SG FNPO, FNPO leaders planned to conduct a grand felicitation at Andhra Pradesh Circle and decided to give one lakh purse to K.R. VVR was assigned the job of Secretary felicitation committee. Due to sudden heart ailment K.R was admitted in Vijaya Hospital. Therefore the function held at Chennai T.Nagar, according to the conveniency of K.R. Our Beloved Ratneswar Rao, brought even cooks from AP Circle, conducted the felicitation to K.R. in a grand manner. VVR helped me during my tenure as SG FNPO in year of 2010, to conduct 16 workshops across the country, through UNI APRO, brother Christopher & JSR. When I visited Hyderabad to inaugurate Defence assistant seminar in 2004 at Hyderabad, I lost my luggage, in auto at Hyderabad. He immediately directed Sankar Goud to purchase new clothes for me. I cannot forget the help lifetime.
Down the memory lane, I remember so many hundreds of instances, a marathon list…in honor of our Beloved VVR. Of course, I had difference in some area, he does not like me. But I would be failing in my duty if I do not record his highest contribution to this great organization FNPO. VVR, A TIRELESS MAN, NOW TAKEN REST. ONE OF THE DECIPLE OF KR IS NO MORE.
Being the FNPO cadre, let us all pray the Almighty, for the great VVR’s soul dwell in the kingdom of God. OM SHANTHI. Remembering the days journey together – recalling his services lifetime –
D. THEAGARAJAN Ex.SGFNPO.
G S NUPE POSTMAN & MTS Gr-C LETTER TO Director General, Department of Post,-Regarding merger of Town Delivery SO in HO/HSG I offices - Case of Punjab Circle.
G S NUPE POSTMAN & MTS Gr-C LETTER TO CPMG GUJARAT CIRCLE-Regarding contravention reply from PMG Office - Case of Gujrat Circle.
G S NUPE POSTMAN & MTS Gr-C LETTER TO CHAIRAM POSTAL BORD / SECRETARY POST-Delay in declaring departmental promotion exam result of Postmen to PA cadre and direct recruitment exam result for GDS to Postman cadre in Rajasthan Circle.
Sad and Shocking news to FNPO
V.V.Rathneswararao(VVR) garu Ex GS NUGDS and CS NAPE-C AP Circle is passed away on 26.1.22 due to cardiac arrest. We lost a senior veteran leader of FNPO. OM Shanthi.
Sad and Shocking news
Sad
and shocking news of sad demise of Beloved VVR who not only Lead the
FNPO but Live FNPO till his last Breath. During last some month his hand
written posts were Proved it. No words to express my sorrows. May his
Soul Rest in Peace. Long Live VVR.
With tears
T N RAHATE N N MUJAWAR
Ex.GS NUPE P.MAN &MTS Gr-C GS NUPE P.MAN &MTS Gr-C
and SG FNPO.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY, SALUTE TO OUR GREAT REPUBLIC OF INDIA
“A VERY HAPPY & AUSPICIOUS REPUBLIC DAY TO YOU, ALL NUPE POSTMAN,MTS Gr-C/ FNPO MEMBERS & ALL COLLEAGUES FAMILY,
FRIENDS & ALL INDIAN CITIZENS. PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN CITIZEN. SALUTE TO OUR GREAT REPUBLIC OF INDIA, THE GREATEST
DEMOCRACY OF THE WORLD. WE PLEDGE TO END CORRUPTION & EVERY OTHER EVIL FROM OUR SOCIETY”
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON COMPASSIONATE ENGAGEMENT MET ON 22.01.2022 TO CONSIDER THE CASES FOR ENGAGEMENT ON COMPASSIONATE GROUND IN RESPECT OF THE DEPENDENTS OF DECEASED GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS - GUJARAT CIRCLE
Competitive Examination for appointment to the cadre of MTS from eligible GDS for the vacancy year 2021 (01-01-2021 to 31-12-2021) held on 26th December 2021- Declaration of result.
SB Order 02-2022 : Introduction of online PAN verification functionality in Finacle CBS System - Reg
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
FLASH NEWS 25/01/2022 Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launches Revamped CGHS Website and Mobile App “MyCGHS”
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launches Revamped CGHS Website and Mobile App “MyCGHS”
“The user friendly website will provide easy access to healthcare services to more than 40 Lakh beneficiaries”
It is an important and timely step powered by India’s increasing digital penetration: Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
Posted On:
24 JAN 2022 3:08PM by PIB Delhi
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare digitally launched the revamped CGHS (Central Government Health Scheme) website (www.cghs.gov.in) and mobile app, “MyCGHS”, today in the presence of Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare.
“The launch of the revamped CGHS website linked with a mobile app is an important and timely step towards catering to India’s increasing digital penetration. The website has several updated features which shall hugely benefit more than 40 lakhs beneficiaries (both in-service and retired personnel) with real-time information from the convenience of their homes.” He added that such a facility will enable healthcare services being delivered without venturing out, and is a timely innovative step during the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. It is an important and timely step powered by India’s increasing digital penetration, he added.The Health Minister added that the basket of services is enlarged with the revamped website. With the newly provided feature of tele-consultation, CGHS beneficiaries can seek expert advice directly through teleconsultation, he stated. With these improved facilities, CGHS aims to further increase its outreach to beneficiaries with ease of providing various facilities.
The new CGHS website and its extension as a Mobile Application called “MyCGHS”, with various beneficiary friendly features, have been designed for ease of service delivery for the beneficiaries within the safe confines of his home especially during the COVID pandemic.
The various features of the upgraded CGHS website are as follows:
- The Website has been developed in accordance with GIGW (Guidelines for Indian Government Websites). These standards and guidelines make the website 3U compliant i.e., Usable, User-Centric and Universally Accessible.
- As mandated by the GIGW, the site has been made Bilingual (Hindi and English) with provision to make it multi-lingual in future.
- The Website interface is intuitive and with ease of accessing desired information. Extensive search facility has been provided to access the website contents.
- User friendly features have been added for visually impaired persons like audio play of the text and option to increase the font size.
- There is a direct link to the eSanjeevani Teleconsultation facility through the CGHS website.
- The website provides link to the online Grievance Portal developed for CGHS beneficiaries with provision for the grievance to be sent directly to the concerned officer with both SMS and email alert to the concerned officer for timely redressal of complaints.
- The website also has link to beneficiary login for accessing various online facilities such as tracking of Medical Claims, grievances, status of CGHS card, downloading of CGHS card, accessing history of medicines, online appointment system and various other facilities.
Expressing her elation over this achievement, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar stated that “this has come as a result of our understanding of the uses of digital media sources during the pandemic. In line with the Digital Health Mission, this new website has been launched so that beneficiaries can get the benefits at their convenience.” She further noted that “in future, this platform would be useful to cater the health-related information to the associated 40 lakhs beneficiaries.”
The Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) is the nodal healthcare provider to Central Government employees, pensioners and certain other category of beneficiaries and their dependents enrolled under the scheme. It caters to the healthcare needs of eligible beneficiaries covering all four pillars of democratic set up in India namely Legislature, Judiciary, Executive and Press and is unique of its kind due to the large volume of its beneficiary base and pan India presence providing healthcare through allopathic as well as indigenous systems of medicine. In order to cater to India’s increasing digital penetration, CGHS has laid emphasis on delivery of services through various online channels.
Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, Shri. Alok Saxena, AS & DG(CGHS), Dr. Nikhilesh Chandra, Director (CGHS), Dr. Neeta Verma, DG, NIC and senior officials of the Ministry were virtually present at the meet.
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MV/AL
HFW/HFM-Launch of CGHS Website/24January/4
Implementation of revised GDS Online engagement process regarding.
No. 17-23/2016-GDS
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
GDS Section
Dak BhawaniSansad Marg
New Delhi-110 001
Date: – 21.01.2022
To
1.The Chief Postmasters General (Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab Maharasthra and North East Circles)
2.The Chief General Manager, CEPT Bengaluru
3.The General Manager (Operations), CEPT Mysure/Unit at Hyderabad
Subject: – Implementation of revised GDS Online engagement process-reg.
Sir/Madam,
This
is regarding notification of GDS vacancies through revised GDS online
engagement process in 05 states i.e. Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab,
Goa and Manipur due to commencement of the Model Code of Conduct for
Election to Legislative Assembly.
2.In
this context, the matter was taken up with Election Commission with
request to issue NO Objection for notification of GDS vacancies through
revised GDS online engagement process due to commencement of the Model
Code of Conduct for Election to Legislative Assembly in above quoted
Circles/States.
3.Election
Commission of India has informed that “the Commission has no objection,
from MCC angle, to the request made therein subject to the condition
that the result shall be declared after Model Code of Conduct is over
i.e. after completion of election process in the States, where currently
election are going on” (Copy enclosed).
4.Therefore,
I am directed to request you to take immediate action accordingly. CEPT
Mysore is also requested to upload on web portal under GDS category.
Yours sincerely
S/d,
(D,K Tripathi)
Assistant Director General (GDS/PCC)
Tel No. 011-23096629
Email:- adagds426@gmallicom
SECRETARIAT OF THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
NirvachanSadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001.
No 437 6/CG/LA-Multi/ECI/LET/FUNCT/MCC/2022
Dated: 18th January, 2022
To
Secretary,
Government of India,
Ministry of Communications,
Department of Posts, Establishment Division, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001.
[Kind attn.:-Sh. Nirmaljit. Singh, Dy. Director General CVP&DE)]
Subject:
– Ministry of Communications & IT – Permission to issue
notification of GraminDak Sevaks vacancies through revised GDS online
Engagement process w.e.f. 4th week of January, 2022- Regarding.
Sir/Madam,
I
am directed to refer to letter No. 17-23/2016-GDS, dated 12th January,
2022, received from Dy. Director General (VP&DE), Ministry of
Communications on the subject cited, and to state that the Commission
has no objection, from MCC angle, to the request made therein subject to
the condition that the result shall be declared after Model Code of
Conduct is over, i.e. after completion of election process in the
States, where currently elections are going on.
Yours faithfully,
S/d,
(Narendran N.Butolia)
St.Principal Secretary
UNI Apro Post & Logistics-POSTAL NEWS No 06-2022
UNI Apro Post & Logistics
1 POSTAL NEWS No 06-2022
Formulated by UNI Apro Post and Logistics Sector
1.IT/AS Tentative Agreement Extension Reached! January 21, 2022.
2.Cainiao commits US$47 million to safeguard global logistics services. January 20, 2022.
3.Post Office employees get booster jabs. January 20, 2022.
4.The e-service environment of Omniva can now also be used to register parcels to be handed over to the courier and post office. January 18, 2022.
5.Posti Group acquires the Swedish logistics company Veddestagruppen. January 17, 2022.
1.IT/AS Tentative Agreement Extension Reached! January 21, 2022
The American Postal Workers and the United States Postal Service have reached a Tentative Extension Agreement for the Information Technology (IT)/Accounting Service (AS) Collective Bargaining Agreement. The parties have agreed to accept a 22-month extension agreement which will expire on May 17, 2022.
This agreement is retroactive from July 17, 2020. The parties have agreed to retroactive salary increases as follows:-
General Increases: • January 16, 2021: 1% guaranteed increase with potentially a 1.3% increase should the APWU main agreement terms ratify. • January 15, 2022: 1% guaranteed increase with potentially a 1.3% increase should the APWU main agreement terms ratify.
Cost of Living (COLA) : continue with the same formula using the March 2020 index. PP 24/2020 $395, PP 11/2021 $770, PP 24/2021 $1560, and a future COLA effective PP 11/2022.
Additional Salary Increases: In addition to the retroactive salary increases, the parties have agreed to restructure the salary schedule for the N and N2 schedules for levels 19-23. There will be a new top step salary in those levels which will be increased by 4% of the current schedule. This will be established by adding two steps to the current salary schedule with a reduced 36 week step wait period between the new steps. The parties also agreed to increase the number of paid holidays by Juneteenth to the list.
Work Rule Improvements: The parties worked to realign contractual language with the language in the main APWU agreement, which had not been changed as changes were made under the main agreement. Language changes were agreed upon for Article 2, 8, 15, 31, 33, 37, 38, and MOU’s on a guaranteed complement of bargaining unit programmers. We have two MOU’s for pilot telework agreements that we will sign outside of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which have taken a lot of time to develop and for the parties to come to agreement on.
"These negotiations have been a long and draining process but it became time for the parties to agree to what they could accept at this time so as to get the salary increases in the members pockets. The extension will be expiring very quickly but it became necessary for the APWU to accept what it could for the members, and move on to fight another day," stated Support Services Director Steve Brooks.
Source : https://apwu.org/news/itas-tentative-agreement-extension-reached-0
2.Cainiao commits US$47 million to safeguard global logistics services January 20, 2022
Cainiao, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, is committing RMB 300 million (US$47 million) in subsidies to incentivise over 150,000 logistics employees and courier personnel in 300 Chinese cities. These personnel play an essential role in safeguarding logistics services ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival holiday in China.
For consumers, this means that eCommerce purchases made on Alibaba platforms such as Taobao and Tmall will be dispatched as per normal, both in China and around the world. In 2021, Chinese consumers alone spent approximately US$127 billion on shopping and dining, a 28.7 percent increase from 2020. Other countries also saw growth in retail consumption during the Spring Festival last year. For example, Singapore recorded a 5.2 percent year-onyear increase in retail sales and Malaysia saw a spike in online shopping figures last year. These figures are expected to increase this year as a result of growing consumers’ desire to send new year gifts to their loved ones who are physically separated due to the pandemic. In anticipation of a surge in consumer demand, Cainiao’s warehouses spanning tens of millions square meters have pre-stocked over 200 million festive-related goods, with export warehouses seeing five times increase in pre-stock volume compared to last year.
The pre-stocked goods include food, beauty products, furniture, household items and electronic appliances to support cross-border deliveries for over 10,000 Chinese merchants. For overseas consumers in over 200 countries and regions, Cainiao’s export and overseas warehouses will maintain normal operations to ensure logistics timeliness of cross-border parcels. This extends to cross-border logistics services for Lazada’s customers in Southeast Asia, where there are Cainiao’s distribution centers and warehouses in various cities. Cainiao will also subsidize selected cross-border logistics routes and services so that export merchants can enjoy the most cost-effective logistics services. In addition, Cainiao’s warehouses in over 30 industrial manufacturing belts will support the logistics needs of manufacturers to facilitate direct dispatch from factories to consumers in 300 Chinese cities, of which consumers in 209 cities will experience the same logistics efficiency as before. Cainiao’s bonded warehouses situated near 20 ports in China will upkeep regular operations to further safeguard delivery timeliness of imported goods from thousands of overseas merchants to consumers in 200 Chinese cities, while doubling the delivery radius from last year. In the last mile, over 50,000 Cainiao Post stations across 198 Chinese cities will remain serviceable, ensuring that Chinese consumers continue to enjoy the convenience of doorstep deliveries for their Taobao and Tmall eCommerce orders. During the week of the Spring Festival celebration between 30th January and 5th February, eCommerce orders made before 3 p.m. will be delivered by Cainiao Post to consumers’ doorsteps before 9 p.m. on the same day. This service standard and delivery timeliness are made possible due to the contributions and dedication of over 100,000 Cainiao Post employees.
Source : https://postandparcel.info/146269/news/e-commerce/cainiao-commits-us47-millionto-safeguard-global-logistics-services
3.Post Office employees get booster jabs January 20, 2022
Postmaster General Norman Fulgencio of the Philippine Post Office has announced that they have conducted and administered the first batch of booster jabs on 1,000 post office frontline personnel and their eligible dependents with the assistance from Presidential Adviser for COVID-19 Response Secretary Vince Dizon and the City of Manila under the leadership of Mayor Isko Moreno.
Another 2,500 doses will be allocated for the 2nd batch post office employees and their eligible dependents this coming February 03. “At the start of the year, a total of 3,500 booster shots has been allotted to post office employees and their families which is necessary to protect them against Omicron variant of COVID-19.”, Fulgencio said. He added, “getting a Covid Vaccine booster shot gives public confidence that we are serving, including post office personnel and letter carriers they are dealing with are fully vaccinated with booster, erasing fear and doubts of acquiring the virus”. Postal Areas nationwide are advised to coordinate with their local Barangay Health Unit. “We are taking early guard to make our employees safe against new cases of infection surge across the country”, Fulgencio noted. The government noted that vaccinations and boosters help lower the mortality risk and the burden on the country’s health infrastructure. Postmaster General Norman “Mr. Postman” Fulgencio thanked the Office of the President headed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for their support in the vaccination of post office workers and for his continuing effort to protect employees from contracting the virus to keep the workplace safe. “It is necessary for our essential workers to secure vaccines most especially the letter carriers who are usually exposed in the field, as they continue to interact with the public in delivering mails and parcels”, he said.
Source : https://www.phlpost.gov.ph/2022/01/20/post-office-employees-get-booster-jabs
4.The e-service environment of Omniva can now also be used to register parcels to be handed over to the courier and post office January 18, 2022
The private customer e-service environment My Omniva can now also be used to register parcels to be handed over to a courier or post office. According to Agnes Oidsalu, the Head of Digital Channels of Omniva, the innovation will make the lives of customers more convenient, as it will save time spent on sending parcels at the post office and allows planning the delivery of parcels sent by courier better. ‘We plan to further improve My Omniva so that the customers of Omniva can conveniently access information about their shipments and services from one place. The availability and continuous improvement of digital channels is one of the important priorities of Omniva in the near future,’ added Oidsalu. The update allows those who want to send a parcel by courier to indicate in the My Omniva environment the time when they want the courier to pick up the parcel. After registering the parcel in the My Omniva environment and before handing it over to the courier or post office, the parcel code and the telephone number of the recipient/sender must be written on the parcel. This way, the employee of Omniva has all the necessary information about the shipment. Pre-registering the parcel in the e-service makes the handing over of the parcel to the post office faster and smoother for the customer. In the My Omniva environment, private customers can register parcels to Estonia as well as to Latvia and Lithuania, direct the arrived parcel to another parcel machine, and apply for an extension of the storage period for the parcel. In the My Omniva environment, customers canalso specify their preferred parcel machines to which future shipments arriving at the post office will be sent, track their shipments, and add their contact number, which Omniva can use to send a text message notification when parcels arrive instead of a paper notification. The My Omniva e-service also provides information on the locations and opening hours of parcel machines and post offices.
Source : The e-service environment of Omniva can now also be used to register parcels to be handed over to the courier and post office
5.Posti Group acquires the Swedish logistics company Veddestagruppen January 17, 2022
On January 16, 2022, Posti Group Corporation and the owners of Veddestagruppen have signed an agreement, under which Posti Group will acquire the entire share capital of Veddestagruppen AB. Veddestagruppen is majority-owned by PEQ Invest and members of the company management. Veddestagruppen will be integrated with Posti Group’s Swedish subsidiary Aditro Logistics after the closing. The parties have agreed not to disclose the transaction price. Founded in 1992, Veddestagruppen is a logistics company providing services within contract logistics, transportation, field services and staffing in the Stockholm region. In 2020, the company had net sales of around SEK 187 (EUR 18) million. The company employs around 300 people.
“This acquisition is perfectly in line with our strategic objectives, and it accelerates our transition to a strong fulfillment player within eCommerce and enhances our position within B2B. With similar business models, we see strong synergies between Aditro Logistics and Veddestagruppen for example in increased flexibility and scalability in the region of Stockholm and Mälardalen. We are already neighbors in Arlandastad so with merged production, we´ll increase our capacity and expand the pool of value-added services. This will strengthen our capability to tailor services after customers’ specific needs and to seamlessly handle end-to-end logistics and fulfillment – while customers can focus on growing their core business. Veddestagruppen’s current customers will benefit from our techdriven approach, derived from our automated and digital platform. Aditro Logistics and Veddestagruppen will improve the end-to-end logistics for all company sizes within ecommerce, retail and FMCG. Together we are becoming a one-stop-shop for logistics,” says Per Zandrén, CEO of Aditro Logistics.
“It is with great excitement and anticipation that Veddestagruppen with Aditro Logistics as new owner steps into the next chapter of the journey that began 30 years ago. Aditro Logistics' geographical strength, innovation, experience and strong owners in Posti Group enable us to offer enhanced and advanced concepts. Through our combined strength, we can design models to solve challenges that today create headaches for many companies. It is important for our continued development to now be part of a very ambitious, strong and growing group,” says Jonas Eriksson, CEO of Veddestagruppen.
“Since PEQ’s investment a little less than four years ago, Veddestagruppen has continued its growth journey, moved to the new premises with 50 % increased capacity, and further strengthened its position as one of the leading players in e-commerce, always focusing on the client’s demands. It is my firm belief that Veddestagruppen’s successful journey only has begun, and that management together with the new owner Aditro Logistics will continue and accelerate this development”, says Greger Ericsson, CEO of PEQ and Chairman of the Board of Veddestagruppen.
The acquisition of Veddestagruppen strengthens Posti Group’s growth in line with its strategy. “Aditro Logistics has an important role in achieving our strategic goals of growing through parcel business and logistics in Finland, Sweden and the Baltics. Aditro Logistics is a forerunner of delivery and fullfilment services in Sweden and with Veddestagruppen we can expand and strengthen our capabilities even further to better serve our customers. We learn a lot from them as a Group,” says Turkka Kuusisto, President and CEO of Posti Group.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022. After the closing, Veddestagruppen will be integrated into Aditro Logistics, a Business Group within Posti. The current management of Veddestagruppen will continue to work for the joint company.
Source : https://www.posti.com/en/media/media-news/2021/posti-group-acquires-theswedish-logistics-company-veddestagruppen/
UNI Apro Post & Logistics
1 POSTAL NEWS No 05-2022
Formulated by UNI Apro Post and Logistics Sector
1.Australia Post launches new Education Hub to help teachers connect kids across the country. January 21, 2022.
2.PostNL continues to run at full capacity to handle extra volumes. December 20, 2021.
3.Post Office Horizon scandal – was racism an issue? January 19, 2022.
4.All-time record: Swiss Post handles more than 200 million parcels in a single year for the first time. January 18, 2022.
5. J&T Express expands coverage to the UAE and Saudi Arabia. January 17, 2022
1.Australia Post launches new Education Hub to help teachers connect kids across the country January 21, 2022.
This week, Australia Post has launched a brand-new Education Hub to bring its many curriculum-aligned resources together and is encouraging teachers to help their students discover the joy of letter writing through its popular Pen Pal Club. The range of educational resources on the online hub covers topics such as literacy and letter writing, First Nations culture, stamps, coins and collectables and STEAM subjects through activity guides, lesson plans and templates. Australia Post Head of Consumer Marketing Corrina Brazel said the educational resources were a popular way for teachers to help their students develop important skills and establish connections with other kids right around the country. “Australia Post has always been about connecting people, and with our free, fun and engaging lesson plans we create content designed specifically to help classrooms discover, learn and connect,” Ms Brazel said. “We’ve offered the Pen Pal Club since 2019 and it’s a great way to kick off the school year to help teachers connect their students with others across Australia, especially this year when it’s never been more important.” Young entrepreneur Jack Berne, who raised $1.8 million dollars through his Fiver for a Farmer initiative, has teamed up with Australia Post to champion letter writing for kids. “I discovered pen pals last year when I found a box of my Mum’s letters and she told me whatthey were,” he said.
I didn’t even know how to address an envelope but thought it would be great to hear from other kids my age from different parts of the country, so I think the Pen Pal Club is something that all schools should get involved in.”
The Pen Pal Club is open year-round to any educator employed by a nationally recognised early learning centre, kindergarten or primary school in Australia and is free to join. Teachers can register at any time and Australia Post will help to connect them with other classrooms based on classroom size, location and age group. The launch of the new Education Hub comes hot off the heels of Australia Post asking kids to help Australia Post find its first-ever mascot and go in the draw to win an overnight experience at Taronga Zoo for two adults and two children, plus a $2,000 flight gift card to help get them there.
Source : https://newsroom.auspost.com.au/article/australia-post-launches-new-education-hubto-help-teachers-connect-kids-across-the-country
2.PostNL continues to run at full capacity to handle extra volumes December 20, 2021
The Hague, the Netherlands, 20 December 2021 - PostNL is pulling out all the stops to deliver all mail and parcels on time in the hectic next few weeks. The busy peak season invariably involves additional measures being taken. And last Saturday, the Netherlands government announced a strict lockdown, requiring non-essential shops to close until at least mid-January. The additional measures PostNL already has taken for peak season will be extended to absorb the extra pressure.
Increased delivery capabilities until mid-January PostNL has been busy upscaling its parcel delivery capabilities significantly since midNovember, in the run-up to Black Friday and the Saint Nicholas Day celebrations. On a regular day, PostNL delivers some 1.1 million parcels, but the peak season can see daily numbers surge to 2 million. The country’s fresh lockdown has prompted PostNL to extend its peak season measures until at least 14 January 2022, with its sorting centres running 24/7 every day of the week and some 1,500 extra parcel deliverers hitting the streets every day. Liesbeth Kaashoek, PostNL’s Director of Parcels & Logistics, comments: "The lockdown in December 2020 taught us how important it is for businesses and consumers to stay in touch, and our deliverers, drivers, sorters and all other colleagues help us to facilitate this and serve as the connecting link. Once again, we’ll get out there to ensure that the rest of the country can stay at home. We’re doing everything within our power to keep doing our jobs in a healthy, safe and efficient way."
Extra mail delivery days
On any typical day, PostNL’s around 19,000 postal delivery people deliver over 8 million letters on average, with numbers rising to around 12 million a day in the run-up to the holidays. PostNL has taken a variety of measures to prepare for this seasonal peak, including extra scheduled delivery days on Mondays 20 and 27 December and more frequent post box collection times.
More people
Health and safety first
Being extremely busy, PostNL may come very close to maximum network capacity on certain days going forward, and it may occasionally take longer for parcels to be delivered than usual. This will really depend on how much more people order online with non-essential shops closed until at least mid-January – PostNL is and will remain in close contact with webstores about the state of play. At this point, it is unclear what the impact of the Omicron variant will be on employee absence through illness, but the health of employees at its sorting centres and other locations will of course come first. In other words, everyone should be able to continue to do their jobs safely One thing PostNL is currently working on is to get in more people to help deliver mail and parcels over the next few weeks. It is investigating the option of offering work to people who are temporarily out of work because of this latest lockdown, as it did in the December 2020. As well as deliverers, this also involves drivers and sorting centre workers.
PostNL points open during lockdown
Shops hosting a PostNL point are allowed to remain open for collecting and dispensing mail and parcels, and for selling ordinary and festive-season stamps. Owners will receive extra compensation from PostNL for keeping these points open, on top of their usual fees.
Source : PostNL continues to run at full capacity to handle extra volumes | PostNL
3.Post Office Horizon scandal – was racism an issue?January 19, 2022
Bosses “must come clean” on ethnic background of prosecuted postmasters and Post Office’s power to prosecute “has had its day” says Andy Furey.
“Horizon is already a by-word for one of the worst miscarriages of justice – but it’s even more shocking to think that there could have been an element of racism on the part of the
Post Office’s investigators,” said CWU assistant secretary Andy, in response to an article recently published by Britain’s best-known Asian publication Eastern Eye. The article – by Eastern Eye journalist Amit Roy – opens with the question: ‘Were Asians unfairly treated in Post Office Horizon scandal?’ Author Nick Wallis, whose book (seen on page 29 of The Voice) is a comprehensive account of the whole Horizon affair, is quoted at length in Roy’s feature, saying: ‘Anecdotally, I think, non-white sub-postmasters got bigger sentences’. Among those cited in the piece are a pregnant mother of Asian background sentenced to 15 months and an Asian man sent down for three years – both convictions which, ultimately, were overturned by the Court of Appeal. Commenting on the second of the two examples, Wallis tells Roy: ‘I don’t know anyone who’s got a sentence like that who is white – nowhere near it’. Eastern Eye’s request for a list of the 738 postmasters who were convicted between 2000 and 2015, in order to investigate the matter further, was rejected by The Post Office for, in their words, ‘data protection reasons’. But Wallis argues that ‘it’s a matter of public record who these people are, because they were convicted in the courts. And their sentences will be a matter of public record as well as the amount of money they were said to have stolen’ and he goes on to suggest that the submission of formal, Freedom of Information, requests could yield more details and make the true picture much clearer. Andy Furey insists that this aspect of the scandal “must be fully investigated” and that “if there is some solid and substantive data clearly indicating a discriminatory approach by either the Post Office or its prosecuting arm, then this must be revealed and those responsible must be held fully accountable.” The Horizon Inquiry, which is currently in process under retired high court judge Sir Wyn Williams, is expected to make a range of recommendations to the Government when it concludes and among the issues revealed by the scandal has been the absence of safeguards or checks preventing potential abuse of power by the Post Office. “Like any other institution or indeed individual, the Post Office has the legal right to bring private prosecutions – but unlike private companies or private individuals, the Post Office is able to draw on the unlimited financial resources of the state to fund its legal actions,” Andy explains.
“Just this past week, Computer Weekly journalist Karl Flinders – who, like Nick Wallis, is a real credit to his profession in terms of the sheer work he has done uncovering this scandal and keeping it in the spotlight – revealed in detail the cost to the UK taxpayer in 2021, which may have exceeded £1 billion. “But on the other hand, the Post Office’s legal decisions are not subject to the public accountability of the Crown Prosecution Service. “It’s becoming increasingly obvious that this lack of oversight was a major factor in the bringing to court of these fundamentally unsound prosecutions of postmasters – and if racism was also a factor, then this lack of accountability could well be a reason why that was allowed to happen too. “We have called for this to be changed and we repeat that call now. “And we also demand that the possibility of racism by the Post Office must be fully investigated too. “The victims of this scandal deserve nothing less”
Source : https://www.cwu.org/news/post-office-horizon-scandal-was-racism-an-issue
4.All-time record: Swiss Post handles more than 200 million parcels in a single year for the first time January 18, 2022
Swiss Post staff processed 202.1 million parcels in 2021, which is a new record in the company’s history. Compared with the previous year, it represents a 9.6 percent increase in parcel volumes. The downward trend in letter mail continued in 2021, with mail carriers delivering 1,811 million addressed letters last year, 3.3 percent fewer letters than in the previous year. Swiss Post created 809 additional full-time jobs in its logistics unit over the course of 2021. It is thanks to the huge commitment of all staff that the company has managed to maintain its services in these challenging pandemic times. Parcel volumes continued to rise in the second year of the pandemic. This sharp rise is due to the boom in online retail, which has been driven in part by Covid restrictions and working from home. In 2021, 202.1 million parcels were sorted by Swiss Post staff at sorting centers and delivered throughout Switzerland and abroad. This represents a 9.6 percent rise in parcel volumes compared with the first year of the pandemic (2020: 184.4 million parcels) and a sharp increase of around 35 percent on 2019. This is the first time in Swiss Post’s history thatit has processed more than 200 million parcels within a single year − an achievement that was only possible thanks to long-term planning and the tireless commitment of Swiss Post staff throughout Switzerland.
Letter volumes continue to fall
Although the number of letters sent has been falling for years, Swiss Post mail carriers continued to process an impressive volume of addressed letters in 2021, with a total of 1,811 million across the year. This represents a 3.3 percent decline in letter mail year-on-year (2020: 1.873 billion). Over the last ten years, letter volumes have decreased by around 30 percent.
809 additional full-time jobs created in 2021
2021 saw more parcels and fewer letters. These developments vindicate Swiss Post’s decision to merge the organization of letter and parcel processing at Swiss Post at the start of 2021. Combining the letter and parcel businesses into one logistics unit has secured jobs and also guarantees flexibility in exceptional times, with up to 200,000 small parcels sorted in Swiss Post’s letter centers every day last year. Letter mail carriers now deliver around a half of all parcels. Swiss Post was also able to create 809 new full-time jobs in the merged logistics unit last year alone, while offering staff in the new unit more varied prospects.
Swiss Post to invest around 1.5 billion francs in its infrastructure by 2030 Swiss Post expects the upward trend in parcel volumes to continue in the future. Accordingly, the company is making further investments in its logistics, with the goal of doubling sorting capacity by 2030. Specifically, Swiss Post will invest around 1.5 billion francs in its sorting and delivery infrastructure by 2030. This will include expanding and modernizing the existing centers, while also building additional regional parcel centers. These investments will enable Swiss Post to secure existing jobs and create an estimated 1,500 new positions by 2030.
Source : https://www.post.ch/en/about-us/media/press-releases/2022/all-time-record-swisspost-handles-more-than-200-million-parcels-in-a-single-year-for-the-first-time
5. J&T Express expands coverage to the UAE and Saudi Arabia January 17, 2022
International express logistics company J&T Express has launched express networks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, bringing its network coverage to 10 countries. The two countries are the first markets in the Middle East to be covered by J&T Express. The company’s Middle East expansion plans began in April 2021 and were followed by eight months of inspection, site selection and trial operations. J&T Express’s nationwide distribution network in the UAE and localized warehousing system in Saudi Arabia now cover all local provinces and regions in the two countries. Versions of the J&T Express mobile application have also been launched simultaneously for the new networks.
Steven Fan, CEO of J&T Express, said, “The expansion to the UAE and Saudi Arabia marks an important step for J&T Express in establishing a global delivery network. In the future, the company will actively explore opportunities in emerging markets as part of its global strategy to connect the world with greater efficiency and bring logistical benefits to all.” Sean Xiao, head of J&T Express Middle East, said, “We hope that with J&T Express’s efficient and comprehensive delivery network, we can effectively improve the shopping experience of consumers in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and contribute to the development of the e-commerce industry in both countries.”
Source : J&T Express expands coverage to the UAE and Saudi Arabia - Parcel and Postal Technology International
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1.IT/AS Tentative Agreement Extension Reached! January 21, 2022.
2.Cainiao commits US$47 million to safeguard global logistics services. January 20, 2022.
3.Post Office employees get booster jabs. January 20, 2022.
4.The e-service environment of Omniva can now also be used to register parcels to be handed over to the courier and post office. January 18, 2022.
5.Posti Group acquires the Swedish logistics company Veddestagruppen. January 17, 2022.
1.IT/AS Tentative Agreement Extension Reached! January 21, 2022
The American Postal Workers and the United States Postal Service have reached a Tentative Extension Agreement for the Information Technology (IT)/Accounting Service (AS) Collective Bargaining Agreement. The parties have agreed to accept a 22-month extension agreement which will expire on May 17, 2022.
This agreement is retroactive from July 17, 2020. The parties have agreed to retroactive salary increases as follows:-
General Increases: • January 16, 2021: 1% guaranteed increase with potentially a 1.3% increase should the APWU main agreement terms ratify. • January 15, 2022: 1% guaranteed increase with potentially a 1.3% increase should the APWU main agreement terms ratify.
Cost of Living (COLA) : continue with the same formula using the March 2020 index. PP 24/2020 $395, PP 11/2021 $770, PP 24/2021 $1560, and a future COLA effective PP 11/2022.
Additional Salary Increases: In addition to the retroactive salary increases, the parties have agreed to restructure the salary schedule for the N and N2 schedules for levels 19-23. There will be a new top step salary in those levels which will be increased by 4% of the current schedule. This will be established by adding two steps to the current salary schedule with a reduced 36 week step wait period between the new steps. The parties also agreed to increase the number of paid holidays by Juneteenth to the list.
Work Rule Improvements: The parties worked to realign contractual language with the language in the main APWU agreement, which had not been changed as changes were made under the main agreement. Language changes were agreed upon for Article 2, 8, 15, 31, 33, 37, 38, and MOU’s on a guaranteed complement of bargaining unit programmers. We have two MOU’s for pilot telework agreements that we will sign outside of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which have taken a lot of time to develop and for the parties to come to agreement on.
"These negotiations have been a long and draining process but it became time for the parties to agree to what they could accept at this time so as to get the salary increases in the members pockets. The extension will be expiring very quickly but it became necessary for the APWU to accept what it could for the members, and move on to fight another day," stated Support Services Director Steve Brooks.
Source : https://apwu.org/news/itas-tentative-agreement-extension-reached-0
2.Cainiao commits US$47 million to safeguard global logistics services January 20, 2022
Cainiao, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, is committing RMB 300 million (US$47 million) in subsidies to incentivise over 150,000 logistics employees and courier personnel in 300 Chinese cities. These personnel play an essential role in safeguarding logistics services ahead of the upcoming Spring Festival holiday in China.
For consumers, this means that eCommerce purchases made on Alibaba platforms such as Taobao and Tmall will be dispatched as per normal, both in China and around the world. In 2021, Chinese consumers alone spent approximately US$127 billion on shopping and dining, a 28.7 percent increase from 2020. Other countries also saw growth in retail consumption during the Spring Festival last year. For example, Singapore recorded a 5.2 percent year-onyear increase in retail sales and Malaysia saw a spike in online shopping figures last year. These figures are expected to increase this year as a result of growing consumers’ desire to send new year gifts to their loved ones who are physically separated due to the pandemic. In anticipation of a surge in consumer demand, Cainiao’s warehouses spanning tens of millions square meters have pre-stocked over 200 million festive-related goods, with export warehouses seeing five times increase in pre-stock volume compared to last year.
The pre-stocked goods include food, beauty products, furniture, household items and electronic appliances to support cross-border deliveries for over 10,000 Chinese merchants. For overseas consumers in over 200 countries and regions, Cainiao’s export and overseas warehouses will maintain normal operations to ensure logistics timeliness of cross-border parcels. This extends to cross-border logistics services for Lazada’s customers in Southeast Asia, where there are Cainiao’s distribution centers and warehouses in various cities. Cainiao will also subsidize selected cross-border logistics routes and services so that export merchants can enjoy the most cost-effective logistics services. In addition, Cainiao’s warehouses in over 30 industrial manufacturing belts will support the logistics needs of manufacturers to facilitate direct dispatch from factories to consumers in 300 Chinese cities, of which consumers in 209 cities will experience the same logistics efficiency as before. Cainiao’s bonded warehouses situated near 20 ports in China will upkeep regular operations to further safeguard delivery timeliness of imported goods from thousands of overseas merchants to consumers in 200 Chinese cities, while doubling the delivery radius from last year. In the last mile, over 50,000 Cainiao Post stations across 198 Chinese cities will remain serviceable, ensuring that Chinese consumers continue to enjoy the convenience of doorstep deliveries for their Taobao and Tmall eCommerce orders. During the week of the Spring Festival celebration between 30th January and 5th February, eCommerce orders made before 3 p.m. will be delivered by Cainiao Post to consumers’ doorsteps before 9 p.m. on the same day. This service standard and delivery timeliness are made possible due to the contributions and dedication of over 100,000 Cainiao Post employees.
Source : https://postandparcel.info/146269/news/e-commerce/cainiao-commits-us47-millionto-safeguard-global-logistics-services
3.Post Office employees get booster jabs January 20, 2022
Postmaster General Norman Fulgencio of the Philippine Post Office has announced that they have conducted and administered the first batch of booster jabs on 1,000 post office frontline personnel and their eligible dependents with the assistance from Presidential Adviser for COVID-19 Response Secretary Vince Dizon and the City of Manila under the leadership of Mayor Isko Moreno.
Another 2,500 doses will be allocated for the 2nd batch post office employees and their eligible dependents this coming February 03. “At the start of the year, a total of 3,500 booster shots has been allotted to post office employees and their families which is necessary to protect them against Omicron variant of COVID-19.”, Fulgencio said. He added, “getting a Covid Vaccine booster shot gives public confidence that we are serving, including post office personnel and letter carriers they are dealing with are fully vaccinated with booster, erasing fear and doubts of acquiring the virus”. Postal Areas nationwide are advised to coordinate with their local Barangay Health Unit. “We are taking early guard to make our employees safe against new cases of infection surge across the country”, Fulgencio noted. The government noted that vaccinations and boosters help lower the mortality risk and the burden on the country’s health infrastructure. Postmaster General Norman “Mr. Postman” Fulgencio thanked the Office of the President headed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for their support in the vaccination of post office workers and for his continuing effort to protect employees from contracting the virus to keep the workplace safe. “It is necessary for our essential workers to secure vaccines most especially the letter carriers who are usually exposed in the field, as they continue to interact with the public in delivering mails and parcels”, he said.
Source : https://www.phlpost.gov.ph/2022/01/20/post-office-employees-get-booster-jabs
4.The e-service environment of Omniva can now also be used to register parcels to be handed over to the courier and post office January 18, 2022
The private customer e-service environment My Omniva can now also be used to register parcels to be handed over to a courier or post office. According to Agnes Oidsalu, the Head of Digital Channels of Omniva, the innovation will make the lives of customers more convenient, as it will save time spent on sending parcels at the post office and allows planning the delivery of parcels sent by courier better. ‘We plan to further improve My Omniva so that the customers of Omniva can conveniently access information about their shipments and services from one place. The availability and continuous improvement of digital channels is one of the important priorities of Omniva in the near future,’ added Oidsalu. The update allows those who want to send a parcel by courier to indicate in the My Omniva environment the time when they want the courier to pick up the parcel. After registering the parcel in the My Omniva environment and before handing it over to the courier or post office, the parcel code and the telephone number of the recipient/sender must be written on the parcel. This way, the employee of Omniva has all the necessary information about the shipment. Pre-registering the parcel in the e-service makes the handing over of the parcel to the post office faster and smoother for the customer. In the My Omniva environment, private customers can register parcels to Estonia as well as to Latvia and Lithuania, direct the arrived parcel to another parcel machine, and apply for an extension of the storage period for the parcel. In the My Omniva environment, customers canalso specify their preferred parcel machines to which future shipments arriving at the post office will be sent, track their shipments, and add their contact number, which Omniva can use to send a text message notification when parcels arrive instead of a paper notification. The My Omniva e-service also provides information on the locations and opening hours of parcel machines and post offices.
Source : The e-service environment of Omniva can now also be used to register parcels to be handed over to the courier and post office
5.Posti Group acquires the Swedish logistics company Veddestagruppen January 17, 2022
On January 16, 2022, Posti Group Corporation and the owners of Veddestagruppen have signed an agreement, under which Posti Group will acquire the entire share capital of Veddestagruppen AB. Veddestagruppen is majority-owned by PEQ Invest and members of the company management. Veddestagruppen will be integrated with Posti Group’s Swedish subsidiary Aditro Logistics after the closing. The parties have agreed not to disclose the transaction price. Founded in 1992, Veddestagruppen is a logistics company providing services within contract logistics, transportation, field services and staffing in the Stockholm region. In 2020, the company had net sales of around SEK 187 (EUR 18) million. The company employs around 300 people.
“This acquisition is perfectly in line with our strategic objectives, and it accelerates our transition to a strong fulfillment player within eCommerce and enhances our position within B2B. With similar business models, we see strong synergies between Aditro Logistics and Veddestagruppen for example in increased flexibility and scalability in the region of Stockholm and Mälardalen. We are already neighbors in Arlandastad so with merged production, we´ll increase our capacity and expand the pool of value-added services. This will strengthen our capability to tailor services after customers’ specific needs and to seamlessly handle end-to-end logistics and fulfillment – while customers can focus on growing their core business. Veddestagruppen’s current customers will benefit from our techdriven approach, derived from our automated and digital platform. Aditro Logistics and Veddestagruppen will improve the end-to-end logistics for all company sizes within ecommerce, retail and FMCG. Together we are becoming a one-stop-shop for logistics,” says Per Zandrén, CEO of Aditro Logistics.
“It is with great excitement and anticipation that Veddestagruppen with Aditro Logistics as new owner steps into the next chapter of the journey that began 30 years ago. Aditro Logistics' geographical strength, innovation, experience and strong owners in Posti Group enable us to offer enhanced and advanced concepts. Through our combined strength, we can design models to solve challenges that today create headaches for many companies. It is important for our continued development to now be part of a very ambitious, strong and growing group,” says Jonas Eriksson, CEO of Veddestagruppen.
“Since PEQ’s investment a little less than four years ago, Veddestagruppen has continued its growth journey, moved to the new premises with 50 % increased capacity, and further strengthened its position as one of the leading players in e-commerce, always focusing on the client’s demands. It is my firm belief that Veddestagruppen’s successful journey only has begun, and that management together with the new owner Aditro Logistics will continue and accelerate this development”, says Greger Ericsson, CEO of PEQ and Chairman of the Board of Veddestagruppen.
The acquisition of Veddestagruppen strengthens Posti Group’s growth in line with its strategy. “Aditro Logistics has an important role in achieving our strategic goals of growing through parcel business and logistics in Finland, Sweden and the Baltics. Aditro Logistics is a forerunner of delivery and fullfilment services in Sweden and with Veddestagruppen we can expand and strengthen our capabilities even further to better serve our customers. We learn a lot from them as a Group,” says Turkka Kuusisto, President and CEO of Posti Group.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022. After the closing, Veddestagruppen will be integrated into Aditro Logistics, a Business Group within Posti. The current management of Veddestagruppen will continue to work for the joint company.
Source : https://www.posti.com/en/media/media-news/2021/posti-group-acquires-theswedish-logistics-company-veddestagruppen/
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1 POSTAL NEWS No 05-2022
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1.Australia Post launches new Education Hub to help teachers connect kids across the country. January 21, 2022.
2.PostNL continues to run at full capacity to handle extra volumes. December 20, 2021.
3.Post Office Horizon scandal – was racism an issue? January 19, 2022.
4.All-time record: Swiss Post handles more than 200 million parcels in a single year for the first time. January 18, 2022.
5. J&T Express expands coverage to the UAE and Saudi Arabia. January 17, 2022
1.Australia Post launches new Education Hub to help teachers connect kids across the country January 21, 2022.
This week, Australia Post has launched a brand-new Education Hub to bring its many curriculum-aligned resources together and is encouraging teachers to help their students discover the joy of letter writing through its popular Pen Pal Club. The range of educational resources on the online hub covers topics such as literacy and letter writing, First Nations culture, stamps, coins and collectables and STEAM subjects through activity guides, lesson plans and templates. Australia Post Head of Consumer Marketing Corrina Brazel said the educational resources were a popular way for teachers to help their students develop important skills and establish connections with other kids right around the country. “Australia Post has always been about connecting people, and with our free, fun and engaging lesson plans we create content designed specifically to help classrooms discover, learn and connect,” Ms Brazel said. “We’ve offered the Pen Pal Club since 2019 and it’s a great way to kick off the school year to help teachers connect their students with others across Australia, especially this year when it’s never been more important.” Young entrepreneur Jack Berne, who raised $1.8 million dollars through his Fiver for a Farmer initiative, has teamed up with Australia Post to champion letter writing for kids. “I discovered pen pals last year when I found a box of my Mum’s letters and she told me whatthey were,” he said.
I didn’t even know how to address an envelope but thought it would be great to hear from other kids my age from different parts of the country, so I think the Pen Pal Club is something that all schools should get involved in.”
The Pen Pal Club is open year-round to any educator employed by a nationally recognised early learning centre, kindergarten or primary school in Australia and is free to join. Teachers can register at any time and Australia Post will help to connect them with other classrooms based on classroom size, location and age group. The launch of the new Education Hub comes hot off the heels of Australia Post asking kids to help Australia Post find its first-ever mascot and go in the draw to win an overnight experience at Taronga Zoo for two adults and two children, plus a $2,000 flight gift card to help get them there.
Source : https://newsroom.auspost.com.au/article/australia-post-launches-new-education-hubto-help-teachers-connect-kids-across-the-country
2.PostNL continues to run at full capacity to handle extra volumes December 20, 2021
The Hague, the Netherlands, 20 December 2021 - PostNL is pulling out all the stops to deliver all mail and parcels on time in the hectic next few weeks. The busy peak season invariably involves additional measures being taken. And last Saturday, the Netherlands government announced a strict lockdown, requiring non-essential shops to close until at least mid-January. The additional measures PostNL already has taken for peak season will be extended to absorb the extra pressure.
Increased delivery capabilities until mid-January PostNL has been busy upscaling its parcel delivery capabilities significantly since midNovember, in the run-up to Black Friday and the Saint Nicholas Day celebrations. On a regular day, PostNL delivers some 1.1 million parcels, but the peak season can see daily numbers surge to 2 million. The country’s fresh lockdown has prompted PostNL to extend its peak season measures until at least 14 January 2022, with its sorting centres running 24/7 every day of the week and some 1,500 extra parcel deliverers hitting the streets every day. Liesbeth Kaashoek, PostNL’s Director of Parcels & Logistics, comments: "The lockdown in December 2020 taught us how important it is for businesses and consumers to stay in touch, and our deliverers, drivers, sorters and all other colleagues help us to facilitate this and serve as the connecting link. Once again, we’ll get out there to ensure that the rest of the country can stay at home. We’re doing everything within our power to keep doing our jobs in a healthy, safe and efficient way."
Extra mail delivery days
On any typical day, PostNL’s around 19,000 postal delivery people deliver over 8 million letters on average, with numbers rising to around 12 million a day in the run-up to the holidays. PostNL has taken a variety of measures to prepare for this seasonal peak, including extra scheduled delivery days on Mondays 20 and 27 December and more frequent post box collection times.
More people
Health and safety first
Being extremely busy, PostNL may come very close to maximum network capacity on certain days going forward, and it may occasionally take longer for parcels to be delivered than usual. This will really depend on how much more people order online with non-essential shops closed until at least mid-January – PostNL is and will remain in close contact with webstores about the state of play. At this point, it is unclear what the impact of the Omicron variant will be on employee absence through illness, but the health of employees at its sorting centres and other locations will of course come first. In other words, everyone should be able to continue to do their jobs safely One thing PostNL is currently working on is to get in more people to help deliver mail and parcels over the next few weeks. It is investigating the option of offering work to people who are temporarily out of work because of this latest lockdown, as it did in the December 2020. As well as deliverers, this also involves drivers and sorting centre workers.
PostNL points open during lockdown
Shops hosting a PostNL point are allowed to remain open for collecting and dispensing mail and parcels, and for selling ordinary and festive-season stamps. Owners will receive extra compensation from PostNL for keeping these points open, on top of their usual fees.
Source : PostNL continues to run at full capacity to handle extra volumes | PostNL
3.Post Office Horizon scandal – was racism an issue?January 19, 2022
Bosses “must come clean” on ethnic background of prosecuted postmasters and Post Office’s power to prosecute “has had its day” says Andy Furey.
“Horizon is already a by-word for one of the worst miscarriages of justice – but it’s even more shocking to think that there could have been an element of racism on the part of the
Post Office’s investigators,” said CWU assistant secretary Andy, in response to an article recently published by Britain’s best-known Asian publication Eastern Eye. The article – by Eastern Eye journalist Amit Roy – opens with the question: ‘Were Asians unfairly treated in Post Office Horizon scandal?’ Author Nick Wallis, whose book (seen on page 29 of The Voice) is a comprehensive account of the whole Horizon affair, is quoted at length in Roy’s feature, saying: ‘Anecdotally, I think, non-white sub-postmasters got bigger sentences’. Among those cited in the piece are a pregnant mother of Asian background sentenced to 15 months and an Asian man sent down for three years – both convictions which, ultimately, were overturned by the Court of Appeal. Commenting on the second of the two examples, Wallis tells Roy: ‘I don’t know anyone who’s got a sentence like that who is white – nowhere near it’. Eastern Eye’s request for a list of the 738 postmasters who were convicted between 2000 and 2015, in order to investigate the matter further, was rejected by The Post Office for, in their words, ‘data protection reasons’. But Wallis argues that ‘it’s a matter of public record who these people are, because they were convicted in the courts. And their sentences will be a matter of public record as well as the amount of money they were said to have stolen’ and he goes on to suggest that the submission of formal, Freedom of Information, requests could yield more details and make the true picture much clearer. Andy Furey insists that this aspect of the scandal “must be fully investigated” and that “if there is some solid and substantive data clearly indicating a discriminatory approach by either the Post Office or its prosecuting arm, then this must be revealed and those responsible must be held fully accountable.” The Horizon Inquiry, which is currently in process under retired high court judge Sir Wyn Williams, is expected to make a range of recommendations to the Government when it concludes and among the issues revealed by the scandal has been the absence of safeguards or checks preventing potential abuse of power by the Post Office. “Like any other institution or indeed individual, the Post Office has the legal right to bring private prosecutions – but unlike private companies or private individuals, the Post Office is able to draw on the unlimited financial resources of the state to fund its legal actions,” Andy explains.
“Just this past week, Computer Weekly journalist Karl Flinders – who, like Nick Wallis, is a real credit to his profession in terms of the sheer work he has done uncovering this scandal and keeping it in the spotlight – revealed in detail the cost to the UK taxpayer in 2021, which may have exceeded £1 billion. “But on the other hand, the Post Office’s legal decisions are not subject to the public accountability of the Crown Prosecution Service. “It’s becoming increasingly obvious that this lack of oversight was a major factor in the bringing to court of these fundamentally unsound prosecutions of postmasters – and if racism was also a factor, then this lack of accountability could well be a reason why that was allowed to happen too. “We have called for this to be changed and we repeat that call now. “And we also demand that the possibility of racism by the Post Office must be fully investigated too. “The victims of this scandal deserve nothing less”
Source : https://www.cwu.org/news/post-office-horizon-scandal-was-racism-an-issue
4.All-time record: Swiss Post handles more than 200 million parcels in a single year for the first time January 18, 2022
Swiss Post staff processed 202.1 million parcels in 2021, which is a new record in the company’s history. Compared with the previous year, it represents a 9.6 percent increase in parcel volumes. The downward trend in letter mail continued in 2021, with mail carriers delivering 1,811 million addressed letters last year, 3.3 percent fewer letters than in the previous year. Swiss Post created 809 additional full-time jobs in its logistics unit over the course of 2021. It is thanks to the huge commitment of all staff that the company has managed to maintain its services in these challenging pandemic times. Parcel volumes continued to rise in the second year of the pandemic. This sharp rise is due to the boom in online retail, which has been driven in part by Covid restrictions and working from home. In 2021, 202.1 million parcels were sorted by Swiss Post staff at sorting centers and delivered throughout Switzerland and abroad. This represents a 9.6 percent rise in parcel volumes compared with the first year of the pandemic (2020: 184.4 million parcels) and a sharp increase of around 35 percent on 2019. This is the first time in Swiss Post’s history thatit has processed more than 200 million parcels within a single year − an achievement that was only possible thanks to long-term planning and the tireless commitment of Swiss Post staff throughout Switzerland.
Letter volumes continue to fall
Although the number of letters sent has been falling for years, Swiss Post mail carriers continued to process an impressive volume of addressed letters in 2021, with a total of 1,811 million across the year. This represents a 3.3 percent decline in letter mail year-on-year (2020: 1.873 billion). Over the last ten years, letter volumes have decreased by around 30 percent.
809 additional full-time jobs created in 2021
2021 saw more parcels and fewer letters. These developments vindicate Swiss Post’s decision to merge the organization of letter and parcel processing at Swiss Post at the start of 2021. Combining the letter and parcel businesses into one logistics unit has secured jobs and also guarantees flexibility in exceptional times, with up to 200,000 small parcels sorted in Swiss Post’s letter centers every day last year. Letter mail carriers now deliver around a half of all parcels. Swiss Post was also able to create 809 new full-time jobs in the merged logistics unit last year alone, while offering staff in the new unit more varied prospects.
Swiss Post to invest around 1.5 billion francs in its infrastructure by 2030 Swiss Post expects the upward trend in parcel volumes to continue in the future. Accordingly, the company is making further investments in its logistics, with the goal of doubling sorting capacity by 2030. Specifically, Swiss Post will invest around 1.5 billion francs in its sorting and delivery infrastructure by 2030. This will include expanding and modernizing the existing centers, while also building additional regional parcel centers. These investments will enable Swiss Post to secure existing jobs and create an estimated 1,500 new positions by 2030.
Source : https://www.post.ch/en/about-us/media/press-releases/2022/all-time-record-swisspost-handles-more-than-200-million-parcels-in-a-single-year-for-the-first-time
5. J&T Express expands coverage to the UAE and Saudi Arabia January 17, 2022
International express logistics company J&T Express has launched express networks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, bringing its network coverage to 10 countries. The two countries are the first markets in the Middle East to be covered by J&T Express. The company’s Middle East expansion plans began in April 2021 and were followed by eight months of inspection, site selection and trial operations. J&T Express’s nationwide distribution network in the UAE and localized warehousing system in Saudi Arabia now cover all local provinces and regions in the two countries. Versions of the J&T Express mobile application have also been launched simultaneously for the new networks.
Steven Fan, CEO of J&T Express, said, “The expansion to the UAE and Saudi Arabia marks an important step for J&T Express in establishing a global delivery network. In the future, the company will actively explore opportunities in emerging markets as part of its global strategy to connect the world with greater efficiency and bring logistical benefits to all.” Sean Xiao, head of J&T Express Middle East, said, “We hope that with J&T Express’s efficient and comprehensive delivery network, we can effectively improve the shopping experience of consumers in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and contribute to the development of the e-commerce industry in both countries.”
Source : J&T Express expands coverage to the UAE and Saudi Arabia - Parcel and Postal Technology International
UNI Apro Post & Logistics - POSTAL NEWS No 03-2022
UNI Apro Post & Logistics
1 POSTAL NEWS No 03-2022
Formulated by UNI Apro Post and Logistics Sector
1.UK Post Office: Our cash and banking offer performed very strongly. January 13, 2022.
2.Biden administration taps USPS and postal workers for distribution of COVID test kits. January 13, 2022.
3.Post Office Scheme: Invest Rs 95 daily to get about Rs 14 lakh on maturity, here’s how. January 13, 2022.
4.Management team acquires DHL's route planning tool Green plan through a Management Buyout. January 12, 2022.
5.Correos launches dedicated cargo airline. January 07, 2022.
1.UK Post Office: Our cash and banking offer performed very strongly January 13, 2022
UK Post Office today reports its key trading figures for the peak Christmas period from 29 November to 26 December 2021.
Because the Covid-19 restrictions in 2020 created exceptional demand for mails and parcels services, as people could not meet in person and sent cards and presents by post instead, the organisation has included comparisons with the pre-pandemic 2019 period where appropriate. In 2021, the pandemic continued to contribute to a challenging retail environment and reduced footfall on Britain’s High Streets. However, Post Office’s performance was resilient. There were 50.5 million customer transactions during the four-week period, down just 1.7% on the same period in 2019, before the pandemic, and down only 1.5% on 2020.
Total network income* for the four-week period was £73.8m. Compared with the same period in 2019, before the pandemic, this was an increase of 15%. Compared with the exceptional 2020 period it was a 5% fall.
Highlights § The week beginning Monday 13 December was our busiest week of the year, with 14.6m customer transactions. On Christmas Day itself, 65,000 transactions took place at Post Offices that were open, typically in convenience stores. § Network availability was as its highest level since before the pandemic, with 11,596 branches trading in December, almost 100 branches over our 11,500 requirements. § Over 3,100 Post Offices offered ‘Click and Collect’ services for DPD and Amazon for the first time. Around 70% of parcels were collected within one day of arriving at a Post Office branch. § Post Office launched new charity partnership with Trussell Trust, the charity that works to end the need for food banks in the UK, on 30 November, donating 1p from every over-thecounter cash withdrawal at branches and hoping to raise £250,000 for the charity. Post Office made excellent progress in reaching this target over the period.
Commenting on Christmas trading, Post Office Chief Executive, Nick Read, said: “Whilst the parcel market remains highly competitive and challenging, Post Offices have delivered a resilient performance in the face of Covid-19 restrictions, dramatic falls in footfall on our High Streets and general uncertainty about the cost of living. It’s a testament to the determination and hard work of Postmasters that so many remained open, providing essential services to their community, with well over 11,500 branches trading. “Our cash and banking offer performed very strongly, ensuring people could withdraw cash to spend locally on hospitality and gifts, and small businesses had somewhere open to deposit their takings. Our travel business goes from strength to strength and the recent relaxation in travel testing rules provides us with further opportunities to benefit commercially over the coming months. This year we will also expand our ‘Click and Collect’ services from 3,100 branches to over 6,000.”
Source : https://postandparcel.info/146210/news/e-commerce/uk-post-office-our-cash-and banking-offer-performed-very-strongly
2.Biden administration taps USPS and postal workers for distribution of COVID test kits January 13, 2022.
The Biden Administration has announced a program to mail at-home COVID test kits to every household that requests them. These kits could be mailed to as many as 160 million addresses. APWU members will be critical to the success of the program. “The APWU is excited and fully supports this plan,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “It is in the interests of the health and wellbeing of the general population as this dangerous pandemic continues. It underscores the invaluable role of the public Postal Service in the lives of the people. It shines a light on the importance of maintaining universal service to every address and person. It opens up the opportunity for similar expanded ‘fulfilment’ work in the future.” APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman and Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks jointly worked with the Postal Service to secure a Memorandum of Understanding that defines the project as “new work” and ensures that the “fulfilment” work associated with packaging and labelling the packages for this temporary project is determined as clerk work. At the same time, the MOU gives the USPS the flexibility to keep holiday temporary workers on the rolls so as to increase the workforce capacity to make this project a success. The fulfillment work will be performed at 43 existing postal facilities throughout the country.
“APWU-represented clerk craft bargaining unit employees boldly accept the ‘new work’ opportunity to fulfill the distribution of the COVID test kits authorized by the Biden Administration’s call to action,” said Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks. “This is just another example of clerks, as part of the Postal Service institution, rising to the challenge of connecting the public during these difficult times while still carrying out our mission of processing the mail.” “This is an amazing opportunity to once again show the American people that we are here to serve them and how important the Postal Service is to this country. This proves we are ready and able to offer expanded services” stated Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman.
The APWU is ready to do our part. It will be up to the Biden Administration to ensure that the necessary number of test kits are quickly manufactured and that the ordering process for these kits is easily accessible for the people.
Source : https://apwu.org/news/biden-administration-taps-usps-and-postal-workersdistribution-covid-test-kits
3.Post Office Scheme: Invest Rs 95 daily to get about Rs 14 lakh on maturity, here’s howJanuary 13, 2022.
Post Office offers several investment opportunities that provide impressive returns with the safety of the principal.
New Delhi: Post Office offers a slew of investment opportunities that provide impressive returns with the safety of the principal. In one such plan, named Gram Sumangal Rural Postal Life Insurance Scheme, offered by the Post Office, you can get about Rs 14 lakh at the time of maturity by investing Rs 95 daily. As the name suggests, the Gram Sumangal Rural Postal Life Insurance Scheme is best for investors living in rural areas. The scheme is a Money Back Policy with a maximum sum assured of Rs 10 lakhs, according to the Post Office’s website. According to Post Office, the scheme is best for investors who need periodical returns. Under the policy, survival benefits are also paid to the insurant periodically. Full sum assured with accrued bonus is payable to the assignee, nominee or the legal heir, in case of an unexpected death of the insurant.
Age limit in Gram Sumangal Yojana The minimum age to invest in Gram Sumangal Yojana is 19 years. The maximum age at entry is 40 years for 20 years’ term policy and 45 years for 15 years’ term policy in the Post Office scheme.
Bonus on maturity In the Gram Sumangal Yojana, the investor gets money back benefits which are available three times. A 20 per cent money back is available on the completion of six years, nine years and 12 years each in the 15-year policy. On maturity, the remaining 40 per cent of the money including the bonus is also provided to the investor.
How to get Rs 14 lakh by investing Rs 95 daily? If an investor aged 25 starts investing in the policy for 20 years with a sum insured of Rs 7 lakh, the monthly instalment will come at Rs 2853 or about Rs 95 daily. The annual premium, in this case, will be Rs 32,735.
Investors will receive Rs 1.4 lakh in the 8th, 12th and 16th years. In the 20th year, the benefit of the sum insured of Rs 2.8 lakh will be provided along with an annual bonus of Rs 48 per thousand. The total bonus will stand at Rs 6.72 lakh over a period of 20 years. On adding all the instalments and bonuses, investors will get a total of about Rs 13.72 lakh at the time of maturity.
Source : https://zeenews.india.com/personal-finance/post-office-scheme-invest-rs-95-daily-toget-about-rs-14-lakh-on-maturity-here-s-how-2427671.html
4.Management team acquires DHL's route planning tool Greenplan through a Management BuyoutJanuary 12, 2022
• Deutsche Post DHL Group has signed an agreement with current management team to divest Greenplan GmbH, a route planning solution provider owned by DHL.
• Greenplan's unique software solution enables route optimization with significant cost, time and CO2 savings for delivery and maintenance organizations worldwide. • The divestment will further accelerate the successful development of Greenplan.
Bonn - Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced the divestment of Greenplan GmbH, a DHL owned route planning solution provider, to current management team through a management buyout (MBO). Dr. Clemens Beckmann, CEO of Greenplan, has led the acquisition together with Florian Merget, former Head of Strategy and Business Development at Greenplan and now Co-owner with a 25% share and Managing Director of Greenplan GmbH. They will continue to manage and strategically develop Greenplan's business of cloud-based, dynamic route optimization. Greenplan provides an attractive solution for national and international logistics companies to improve business performance and customer satisfaction in an environment-friendly way.
"The commitment by Dr. Clemens Beckmann and Florian Merget to invest in and further develop the Greenplan solution, marks an important step in the successful growth story of Greenplan. With the management buyout the team will now accelerate the growth of that unique route planning solution provider", says Katja Busch, Chief Commercial Officer at DHL. "Smart route planning, based on a powerful algorithm, helps forwarders and customers with large fleets to optimize the utilization of their vehicles, to improve route planning, and ultimately reduce CO2 emissions by driving fewer kilometers." "Greenplan, having its roots in the world's leading logistics company DHL and the renowned Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn, Germany, has created a superior solution to improve the efficiency and reduce the costs of the transport industry, and making a big impact in fighting climate change", says Dr. Clemens Beckmann, CEO of Greenplan. "Together with the team we have the right industry knowledge, skill set and expertise needed to capture the global business opportunity. We are enthusiastic about this opportunity to drive the growth of Greenplan together as a team." "Tech company Greenplan started off as a research cooperation between DHL and the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn in 2016, initially being a research project to optimize transportation and route planning for the world-leading logistics company DHL", Florian Merget says. "In the last years, Greenplan successfully expanded its customer base, solutions and won blue-chip external clients for its algorithm. We are confident that we can release our full potential going forward and grow into new markets. We are convinced that Greenplan has an excellent future." With the transaction Deutsche Post DHL Group is following its commitment to focus on its core business of transportation and logistics services; as Deutsche Post DHL does not consider the commercial scale-up of software start-ups to be a core activity. The new management will now lead the global scale-up of the business and further development of the algorithm, while DHL is looking forward to remain an important long-term customer.
Source : Deutsche Post DHL Group | Jan 12, 2022: Management team acquires DHL's route planning tool Greenplan through a Management Buyout (dpdhl.com)
5.Correos launches dedicated cargo airline January 07, 2022
The Spanish national postal agency, Correos, has established its own dedicated cargo airline. Initially, the company signed a joint-venture with Iberojet, which will operate two A330-300 freighters (passenger aircraft without seats) but is later planning to apply for its own Air Operator Certificate (AOC).
On 2 January, the first of the two A330s arrived back at Madrid after being painted at Dublin into a bright yellow Correos-livery. According to CH-Aviation, Iberojet is planning to convert the aircraft, EC-LXA (670) into a full A330-300P2F-freighter by the end of July. The second A330 is due to arrive later this year as well. Correos is planning to first utilise the aircraft on flights between Madrid and Hong Kong.
Source : https://www.scramble.nl/civil-news/correos-launches-dedicated-cargo-airline
1 POSTAL NEWS No 03-2022
Formulated by UNI Apro Post and Logistics Sector
1.UK Post Office: Our cash and banking offer performed very strongly. January 13, 2022.
2.Biden administration taps USPS and postal workers for distribution of COVID test kits. January 13, 2022.
3.Post Office Scheme: Invest Rs 95 daily to get about Rs 14 lakh on maturity, here’s how. January 13, 2022.
4.Management team acquires DHL's route planning tool Green plan through a Management Buyout. January 12, 2022.
5.Correos launches dedicated cargo airline. January 07, 2022.
1.UK Post Office: Our cash and banking offer performed very strongly January 13, 2022
UK Post Office today reports its key trading figures for the peak Christmas period from 29 November to 26 December 2021.
Because the Covid-19 restrictions in 2020 created exceptional demand for mails and parcels services, as people could not meet in person and sent cards and presents by post instead, the organisation has included comparisons with the pre-pandemic 2019 period where appropriate. In 2021, the pandemic continued to contribute to a challenging retail environment and reduced footfall on Britain’s High Streets. However, Post Office’s performance was resilient. There were 50.5 million customer transactions during the four-week period, down just 1.7% on the same period in 2019, before the pandemic, and down only 1.5% on 2020.
Total network income* for the four-week period was £73.8m. Compared with the same period in 2019, before the pandemic, this was an increase of 15%. Compared with the exceptional 2020 period it was a 5% fall.
Highlights § The week beginning Monday 13 December was our busiest week of the year, with 14.6m customer transactions. On Christmas Day itself, 65,000 transactions took place at Post Offices that were open, typically in convenience stores. § Network availability was as its highest level since before the pandemic, with 11,596 branches trading in December, almost 100 branches over our 11,500 requirements. § Over 3,100 Post Offices offered ‘Click and Collect’ services for DPD and Amazon for the first time. Around 70% of parcels were collected within one day of arriving at a Post Office branch. § Post Office launched new charity partnership with Trussell Trust, the charity that works to end the need for food banks in the UK, on 30 November, donating 1p from every over-thecounter cash withdrawal at branches and hoping to raise £250,000 for the charity. Post Office made excellent progress in reaching this target over the period.
Commenting on Christmas trading, Post Office Chief Executive, Nick Read, said: “Whilst the parcel market remains highly competitive and challenging, Post Offices have delivered a resilient performance in the face of Covid-19 restrictions, dramatic falls in footfall on our High Streets and general uncertainty about the cost of living. It’s a testament to the determination and hard work of Postmasters that so many remained open, providing essential services to their community, with well over 11,500 branches trading. “Our cash and banking offer performed very strongly, ensuring people could withdraw cash to spend locally on hospitality and gifts, and small businesses had somewhere open to deposit their takings. Our travel business goes from strength to strength and the recent relaxation in travel testing rules provides us with further opportunities to benefit commercially over the coming months. This year we will also expand our ‘Click and Collect’ services from 3,100 branches to over 6,000.”
Source : https://postandparcel.info/146210/news/e-commerce/uk-post-office-our-cash-and banking-offer-performed-very-strongly
2.Biden administration taps USPS and postal workers for distribution of COVID test kits January 13, 2022.
The Biden Administration has announced a program to mail at-home COVID test kits to every household that requests them. These kits could be mailed to as many as 160 million addresses. APWU members will be critical to the success of the program. “The APWU is excited and fully supports this plan,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “It is in the interests of the health and wellbeing of the general population as this dangerous pandemic continues. It underscores the invaluable role of the public Postal Service in the lives of the people. It shines a light on the importance of maintaining universal service to every address and person. It opens up the opportunity for similar expanded ‘fulfilment’ work in the future.” APWU President Mark Dimondstein, Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman and Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks jointly worked with the Postal Service to secure a Memorandum of Understanding that defines the project as “new work” and ensures that the “fulfilment” work associated with packaging and labelling the packages for this temporary project is determined as clerk work. At the same time, the MOU gives the USPS the flexibility to keep holiday temporary workers on the rolls so as to increase the workforce capacity to make this project a success. The fulfillment work will be performed at 43 existing postal facilities throughout the country.
“APWU-represented clerk craft bargaining unit employees boldly accept the ‘new work’ opportunity to fulfill the distribution of the COVID test kits authorized by the Biden Administration’s call to action,” said Clerk Craft Director Lamont Brooks. “This is just another example of clerks, as part of the Postal Service institution, rising to the challenge of connecting the public during these difficult times while still carrying out our mission of processing the mail.” “This is an amazing opportunity to once again show the American people that we are here to serve them and how important the Postal Service is to this country. This proves we are ready and able to offer expanded services” stated Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman.
The APWU is ready to do our part. It will be up to the Biden Administration to ensure that the necessary number of test kits are quickly manufactured and that the ordering process for these kits is easily accessible for the people.
Source : https://apwu.org/news/biden-administration-taps-usps-and-postal-workersdistribution-covid-test-kits
3.Post Office Scheme: Invest Rs 95 daily to get about Rs 14 lakh on maturity, here’s howJanuary 13, 2022.
Post Office offers several investment opportunities that provide impressive returns with the safety of the principal.
New Delhi: Post Office offers a slew of investment opportunities that provide impressive returns with the safety of the principal. In one such plan, named Gram Sumangal Rural Postal Life Insurance Scheme, offered by the Post Office, you can get about Rs 14 lakh at the time of maturity by investing Rs 95 daily. As the name suggests, the Gram Sumangal Rural Postal Life Insurance Scheme is best for investors living in rural areas. The scheme is a Money Back Policy with a maximum sum assured of Rs 10 lakhs, according to the Post Office’s website. According to Post Office, the scheme is best for investors who need periodical returns. Under the policy, survival benefits are also paid to the insurant periodically. Full sum assured with accrued bonus is payable to the assignee, nominee or the legal heir, in case of an unexpected death of the insurant.
Age limit in Gram Sumangal Yojana The minimum age to invest in Gram Sumangal Yojana is 19 years. The maximum age at entry is 40 years for 20 years’ term policy and 45 years for 15 years’ term policy in the Post Office scheme.
Bonus on maturity In the Gram Sumangal Yojana, the investor gets money back benefits which are available three times. A 20 per cent money back is available on the completion of six years, nine years and 12 years each in the 15-year policy. On maturity, the remaining 40 per cent of the money including the bonus is also provided to the investor.
How to get Rs 14 lakh by investing Rs 95 daily? If an investor aged 25 starts investing in the policy for 20 years with a sum insured of Rs 7 lakh, the monthly instalment will come at Rs 2853 or about Rs 95 daily. The annual premium, in this case, will be Rs 32,735.
Investors will receive Rs 1.4 lakh in the 8th, 12th and 16th years. In the 20th year, the benefit of the sum insured of Rs 2.8 lakh will be provided along with an annual bonus of Rs 48 per thousand. The total bonus will stand at Rs 6.72 lakh over a period of 20 years. On adding all the instalments and bonuses, investors will get a total of about Rs 13.72 lakh at the time of maturity.
Source : https://zeenews.india.com/personal-finance/post-office-scheme-invest-rs-95-daily-toget-about-rs-14-lakh-on-maturity-here-s-how-2427671.html
4.Management team acquires DHL's route planning tool Greenplan through a Management BuyoutJanuary 12, 2022
• Deutsche Post DHL Group has signed an agreement with current management team to divest Greenplan GmbH, a route planning solution provider owned by DHL.
• Greenplan's unique software solution enables route optimization with significant cost, time and CO2 savings for delivery and maintenance organizations worldwide. • The divestment will further accelerate the successful development of Greenplan.
Bonn - Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced the divestment of Greenplan GmbH, a DHL owned route planning solution provider, to current management team through a management buyout (MBO). Dr. Clemens Beckmann, CEO of Greenplan, has led the acquisition together with Florian Merget, former Head of Strategy and Business Development at Greenplan and now Co-owner with a 25% share and Managing Director of Greenplan GmbH. They will continue to manage and strategically develop Greenplan's business of cloud-based, dynamic route optimization. Greenplan provides an attractive solution for national and international logistics companies to improve business performance and customer satisfaction in an environment-friendly way.
"The commitment by Dr. Clemens Beckmann and Florian Merget to invest in and further develop the Greenplan solution, marks an important step in the successful growth story of Greenplan. With the management buyout the team will now accelerate the growth of that unique route planning solution provider", says Katja Busch, Chief Commercial Officer at DHL. "Smart route planning, based on a powerful algorithm, helps forwarders and customers with large fleets to optimize the utilization of their vehicles, to improve route planning, and ultimately reduce CO2 emissions by driving fewer kilometers." "Greenplan, having its roots in the world's leading logistics company DHL and the renowned Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn, Germany, has created a superior solution to improve the efficiency and reduce the costs of the transport industry, and making a big impact in fighting climate change", says Dr. Clemens Beckmann, CEO of Greenplan. "Together with the team we have the right industry knowledge, skill set and expertise needed to capture the global business opportunity. We are enthusiastic about this opportunity to drive the growth of Greenplan together as a team." "Tech company Greenplan started off as a research cooperation between DHL and the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn in 2016, initially being a research project to optimize transportation and route planning for the world-leading logistics company DHL", Florian Merget says. "In the last years, Greenplan successfully expanded its customer base, solutions and won blue-chip external clients for its algorithm. We are confident that we can release our full potential going forward and grow into new markets. We are convinced that Greenplan has an excellent future." With the transaction Deutsche Post DHL Group is following its commitment to focus on its core business of transportation and logistics services; as Deutsche Post DHL does not consider the commercial scale-up of software start-ups to be a core activity. The new management will now lead the global scale-up of the business and further development of the algorithm, while DHL is looking forward to remain an important long-term customer.
Source : Deutsche Post DHL Group | Jan 12, 2022: Management team acquires DHL's route planning tool Greenplan through a Management Buyout (dpdhl.com)
5.Correos launches dedicated cargo airline January 07, 2022
The Spanish national postal agency, Correos, has established its own dedicated cargo airline. Initially, the company signed a joint-venture with Iberojet, which will operate two A330-300 freighters (passenger aircraft without seats) but is later planning to apply for its own Air Operator Certificate (AOC).
On 2 January, the first of the two A330s arrived back at Madrid after being painted at Dublin into a bright yellow Correos-livery. According to CH-Aviation, Iberojet is planning to convert the aircraft, EC-LXA (670) into a full A330-300P2F-freighter by the end of July. The second A330 is due to arrive later this year as well. Correos is planning to first utilise the aircraft on flights between Madrid and Hong Kong.
Source : https://www.scramble.nl/civil-news/correos-launches-dedicated-cargo-airline
Monday, January 24, 2022
What is the procedure for payment of PLI & RPLI Premium through DoP ATMs?
What is the procedure for payment of PLI & RPLI Premium through DoP ATMs?
Video Link : https://youtu.be/uaM3M0HRGqM
PLI/RPLI Online Transactions MDR Charges list || Applicable Charges from 17.01.2022
Details of PLI Online Transactions Charges, Which shall paid by customer/Card Holder, wherever applicable for Online PLI/RPLI premium payment transactions from 17.01.2022
F.No. 56-02/2018-LI
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Directorate of Postal Life Insurance)
Chanakyapuri P.0. Complex
New Delhi-110021
Dated: 18th January 2022
Office Memorandum
Sub: MDR (Merchant Discount Rate) Charges in r/o PLI/RPLI online transactions to be borne by Customers w.e.f. 17.01.2022.
In pursuance of para 3(ii) of Department of Expenditure (Ministry of Finance) 0/o Controller General of Acounts OM no. R-180001/1/2020-GBA-CGA/918-1068 dated 17.09.2021, “No MDR shall be paid by the Government portal to the Authorized Acquirer Bank and their PGs/PGAs. All MDR charges would be paid by the Customer/Card Holder..”, the necessary orders are being implemented for PLI/RPLI online premium payment transactions.
2. In light of above, MDR charges shall henceforth be paid/borne by the customer/card holder, wherever applicable for the online PLI/RPLI premium payment transactions w.e.f 17.01.2022.
3.
This information may be disseminated among sub-ordinate offices,
Marketing Staff, Customers and all concerned for their necessary
information and compliance.
This issues with the approval of competent authority.
(Hariom Sharma)
Deputy Divisional Manager-II
Copy to:
- 1-2 PS to Minister of Communications/Minister of State for Communications.
- 3-4 Sr. PPS to Secretary (Posts)/Sr. PPS to Director General Postal Services.
- 5-12 PPS/PS to Member (Banking)/Member (0)/ Member (P)/ Member
- (Planning & HRD)/ Member (PLI)/Member (Tech)/ Addl. DG (Coordination)/ Secretary (PSB)
- 13-14 Sr. Deputy Director General (Vigilance) & CVO/Sr. Deputy Director General (PAF)
- 15-16 CGM (BD)/CGM (Parcel)
- 17-30 All DDGs, Dak Bhawan
- 31-60 All CPMGs/Addl. DG, APS/Director, RAKNPA, Ghaziabad/ CGM (CEPT)
- 64-70 All Director, PTCs/ Director, PLI, Kolkata
| PAYMENT GATEWAY TYPE | MODE OF TRANSACTIONS | APPLICABLE CHARGES |
|---|---|---|
| SBI Gateway | SBI Debit Card | Rs 0 |
| All Credit Card | Rs 12/- | |
| Rupay Card | Rs 0 | |
| UPI | Rs 0 | |
| SBI Net banking | Rs 0 | |
| Other Net Banking | Rs 6/- | |
| PayU Gateway | Debit Card | Rs 0 |
| All Credit Card | 1 % + GST | |
| Rupay Card | Rs 0 | |
| UPI | Rs 0 | |
| Net Banking | Rs 0 | |
| Wallets | 1.5 % + GST |
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