TNT weighs up 'final mile' service

Mail operator TNT has said it will decide in the next year whether to take on Royal Mail by launching a ‘final mile’ delivery service in the UK.

The service would focus on bulk mail such as direct mail. Dutch firm TNT’s planned decision over whether to launch the service has been accelerated by the ongoing strike action at Royal Mail.

TNT has already run trials of a final-mile service in Manchester and Glasgow, and is now looking at a national network.

Chief executive Peter Bakker said: ‘We expect a decision by TNT over the next 12 months on setting up this activity.’