Postcomm grants licence exemption to Royal Mail for changes to Sameday Service
Postcomm, the independent regulator for UK postal services, has decided to approve an application from Royal Mail for an exemption from the notification requirements under Condition 7 of its licence for changes to its Sameday service.
Condition 7 of its licence requires Royal Mail to notify Postcomm of any changes to existing prices and services three months before they are introduced and to publish information about such changes after this notification.
Following consultation on this issue, Postcomm approved Royal Mail’s request on the basis that Sameday appears to be offered in a developed sector of the market, so that lifting the notification requirements for this service should not adversely affect customers.
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Printed copies of the directions document (pdf, 21KB) will be available shortly from Postcomm at 6 Hercules Road, London, SE1 7DB.
Sameday is a courier service that collects urgent items from customers and delivers them to specified addresses almost anywhere in the UK, on the same day.
More information on Royal Mail’s Sameday Service.
