Business Post appoints new MD
Business Post has appointed a new managing director to lead its charge into the new deregulated mail delivery market.
The Birmingham company, which has its national HQ near Bromford Lane, has appointed Steve Patrick (right) as head of its UK Mail arm.
The 49-year-old had been sales and marketing director for the division since its introduction as the first alternative to Royal Mail in 2004.
He replaces Guy Buswell, who has become chief Mr Patrick has worked at Royal Mail, where he was sales and customer services director and then head of channel strategy, responsible for the development of all Royal Mail’s UK channels to market.
A subsidiary of the Business Post group, UK Mail currently handles around 250 million letters a year, mainly for banks, mobile phone companies and utility groups.
It collects and sorts mail before handing it to Royal Mail who do the “last mile” and deliver it.
