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First Wincor Nixdorfs Go-Live This Week!
This week sees the Go-Live of the first batch of Wincor-Nixdorf ProPostal Machines in the UK. The full installation schedule has been released by Royal Mail (Tallents House) and can be seen here:- Click for Installation Schedule
Post & Go Installation and Go-Live Schedule~Inital Phase
Branch (Label Code) Shown on Labels/Stamps Branch Name Number of Machines Delivery & Installation Date Actual Go-Live date 020511 The Galleries 2 08/10/2008 08/10/2008 005343 Sunderland 2 10/10/2008 13/10/2008 021329 South Shields 2 10/10/2008 13/10/2008 002458 Premier Old Hastings 1 16/10/2008 16/10/2008 012941 Maidstone 2 14/10/2008 15/10/2008 007311 Doncaster 2 14/10/2008 14/10/2008 005008 Clapham Common […]
Countdown To Go-Live!
It was confirmed today that the first Wincor-Nixdorf UK Post and Go Machine producing Royal Mail postage labels and Post Office ‘Fast Stamps’ will go-live on 8th October 2008 at the Galleries Branch, Bristol. This will be followed on 10th October 2008 at two locations -Sunderland and South Shields…..Thanks to Royal Mail, Tallents House, the full […]
Horizon Postage Labels Pt3-“Training” Labels
Horizon Training Labels       2004 Horizon ‘Training’ Postage Label – Produced in Counter Training Offices to familarise new staff to using Postage Label. The example shown is stamped ‘Training 209 Office’ dated 21st October 2004. Note the label is dated 9th December 2003 – the reason for the difference in […]
The ‘Essentials’ Enigma
 First day of Post Office Essentials SiD On 1st September 2008 a new style of Post Office, known as ‘Post Office Essentials’ (Previously known as ‘Urban Outreach’) opened in the Old Town area of Hastings. This is the first branch of this type (other than a trial branch in Canterbury) to be ‘branded’ in […]
Coming Soon to a Post Office near you..
Nixdorf ‘Pro-Postal’ machine – to be rolled out to 700 UK Post Offices in 2009
Post & Go -Part 2 Wincor Nixdorf
 The ‘Post and Go’ story continues in September 2008 with the roll-out of 20 Wincor Nixdorf ProPostal 2000 machines, commencing on 8th October 2008 in Bristol at ‘The Galleries’ Branch where two Nixdorf machines will replace the existing Fujitsu ones. These machines will vend two distinct and very different labels.  The larger type is for items to be posted […]