Postal services – What does the future hold?
International Comparisons:
Consignia La Poste Deutsche TPG Sweden Australia NZPost
Unit UK France Post Neth Posten Post
Rural del p/w Number 6 6 6 6 5 5 6
urban del p/day Number 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Full price lett % 91 81 95 95 95 92 96
del on D+1
Basic price of UKp 27.0 28.4 34.8 22.6 33.9 15.3 11.2
ordinary letter
Letters per emp Number 96,993 128,049 91,250 73,620 108,810 184,119 154,789
Inhab per count Number 3,222 3,433 6,074 6,503 4,911 3,946 851
Profit bef tax £m -275 317 1,478 327 -89 132 10
1999 or 2000
Royal Mail, Inland first and second class letter traffic
1995-1996 ~ 16,250m items
1999-2000 ~ 19,000m items
The new technologies:
Active Internet users in Europe
70 million at end 2000
255 million at end 2004
Source: Europe report 12 April 2001
NB Population of EU-15 is about 375m
Active on-line banking users in Europe
26 million in 2000
66 million in 2003
Source: Datamonitor report 5 March 2001
NB Population of EU-15 is about 375m
