TNT Post – Royal Mail's biggest rival (UK)
According to the latest annual Business Customer Survey from Postcomm, TNT Post has confirmed its market leading position in the deregulated postal market. The survey of 1800 businesses found that, of those surveyed, 38 per cent were aware of TNT Post’s services, beating its nearest rival by a considerable margin (DHL Global Mail – 24 per cent).
The survey also highlighted that TNT Post, which had the largest base of customers among the survey’s respondents, has seen growth across all types of mailing services such as sorted and unsorted solutions.
Nick Wells, chief executive, TNT Post, said:
“TNT Post is the main competitor to Royal Mail because we offer a wide range of services that appeal to customers, both large and small. Our brand awareness, as monitored by Postcomm, has increased year on year in line with our new business wins, both at a national and local level throughout the UK.”
TNT Post, formerly TNT Mail, was established in early 2003 and signed its downstream access agreement in April 2004 and began operations in late August 2004. Since its launch, it has developed a number of products for customers including Premier, Premier Sort and PremierSort Flex. TNT Post is the second largest UK postal company and currently handles between 190 million to 200 million items a month.
Since the liberalisation of the UK postal market on 1st January 2006, TNT Post says it has continued to impress businesses in the UK with its “innovative, sophisticated mailing services that bring unrivalled value and flexibility to clients”. TNT Post’s high profile wins in the addressed mail market include BT and Centrica.
