Blog:Posties off their bikes and on their trolleys
The familiar sight of the postie on Mbt shoe his bike could rapidly disappear from Britain’s streets next year, to be replaced by the postie and his … trolley.
Adam Crozier, chief executive, said that Royal Mail was spending £120 million on about 2,400 electric-powered trolleys and 24,000 lightweight trolleys to help postmen and women with their rounds.
He added: “It will help take the weight off our people’s backs — although it will mean, of course, that fewer of them will be using bikes.”
The spending is part of a £2 billion investment programme discount Mbt shoes which, by the end of 2011, should mean that three quarters of the letters delivered to Britain’s homes by Royal Mail will have been “walk sequenced” by machines introduced as part of the company’s modernisation process. The machines sort mail down to the exact route walked by the postman or woman on their round.
Mr Crozier said that, after a trial involving 55 of the walk-sequencing machines, they would be installed at the rate of three to six a week from January — with the aim of having more than 500 in use by the end of 2011.
He added: “What this means is that our postmen and women will spend Mbt shoes uk less time in the sorting office before going on their rounds and will have more time to deliver. Customers should see better consistency and quality of service.”
Mr Crozier admitted that, during the six months to the end of September, Royal Mail’s letters division suffered an 8 per cent drop in volumes compared with the same six months last year. This translated to a £55 million drop in revenues.Mbt sale
